Lux vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Lux
based on 5,759 Lux vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Lux vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some valuable Lux vs. Xayah counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Xayah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Lux usually has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lux and Xayah
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Who is Better, Lux or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lux usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Lux makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Lux does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Lux into Xayah.
Moreover, Lux has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Xayah matchups, Lux is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Lux is a great counter for Xayah. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lux against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lux to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically racks up less CS relative to Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lux versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Lux bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Xayah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 53.4% battling Xayah with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xayah as Lux, Lux players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Lux vs Xayah matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.4% winrate overall.
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