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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Senna vs. Lux counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Lux..
Senna often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lux, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Senna makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Senna does have a lower win rate than Lux, when facing one another, Senna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Senna into Luxas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Senna also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Senna is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Senna against Lux.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Senna in order to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lux. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Senna versus Lux build consist of Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Senna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Lux than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Lux as Senna, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Senna vs Lux counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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