Thresh vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Thresh
based on 15,131 Thresh vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Lux
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some important Thresh against Lux matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Thresh usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Lux
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Who is Better, Thresh or Lux?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Lux, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter for Lux.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Luxas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh 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 late stage team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Lux. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to counter Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh on average gets less CS as Lux. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Lux build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Lux than with most other typical builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Lux as Thresh, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Thresh vs Lux LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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