Lux vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Lux
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Lux vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Lux vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Lux vs. Tristana counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Tristana. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Lux normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Tristana
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Who is Better, Lux or Tristana?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when playing against Tristana, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Lux makes an ok counter to Tristana.
While Lux does have a higher win rate compared to Tristana, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Tristana.
Furthermore, Lux also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Lux vs Tristana matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lux is a decent counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux often racks up less CS relative to Tristana. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Lux versus Tristana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Tristana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Tristana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Tristana as Lux, Lux players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Ultimate Hunter, and Cheap Shot runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Lux vs Tristana LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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