Taric vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Taric
based on 3,344 Taric vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Lux
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Taric in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Taric versus Lux counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lux..
Taric typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Lux
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Who is Better, Taric or Lux?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Lux, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Taric makes a good counter for Lux.
While Taric does have a higher win rate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Taric also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Taric into Lux.
Furthermore, Taric also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taric vs Lux matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Taric is a decent counter to Lux. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average gets less CS as Lux. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Taric versus Lux build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Taric used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Lux than with most other typical builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 51.6% battling Lux with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Lux as Taric, Taric players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taric vs Lux counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lux as Taric are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.