Samira vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Samira
based on 17,218 Samira vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Samira
Advice to Win Against Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Samira vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several critical Samira versus Lux matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Samira usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Lux
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Who is Better, Samira or Lux?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when trying to fight Lux, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a poor counter for Lux.
While Samira does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Samira into Lux.
Furthermore, Samira has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Samira against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira on average accumulates more CS relative to Lux. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Samira versus Lux build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Hubris. When Samira included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when facing Lux than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Lux with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Lux as Samira, Samira players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Treasure Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Samira vs Lux face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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