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 underscore some significant Volibear vs. Lux matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Volibear typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Lux. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lux, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when facing one another, Volibear also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Lux.
Furthermore, Volibear also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Volibear is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Lux.
To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lux. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Volibear versus Lux build consist of Spirit Visage, Riftmaker, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Lux than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Lux with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Lux as Volibear, Volibear players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Volibear vs Lux battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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