Lux vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Lux
based on 3,344 Lux vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Taric
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
Advice to Win Against Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Lux vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Lux in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Lux versus Taric matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric..
Lux usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lux and Taric
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Who is Better, Lux or Taric?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually loses when trying to fight Taric, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Lux makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Lux does have a lower win rate compared to Taric, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Lux into Taric.
Moreover, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter to Taric. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Taric during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux often racks up more CS relative to Taric. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Lux versus Taric build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Taric than with most other common builds. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Taric with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Taric as Lux, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lux vs Taric LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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