Lux Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 48.9%
- Pick rate
- 1.8%
- Ban rate
- 0.7%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Domination 
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Cheap Shot
Ultimate Hunter
Summoner spells
56.0%
84 games
Max order
E
Q
W
44.2%
77 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Lux
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Lux wins 48.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (348 games).
- Most common core: Malignance → Stormsurge → Rabadon's Deathcap — 43% win rate over 7 games.
- Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 76% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Hwei (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Twisted Fate (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Lux is an early-game champion: 51% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 37% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 75.0% | 1% (4) | |
| 54.8% | 9% (31) | |
| 53.8% | 4% (13) | |
| 53.5% | 29% (101) | |
| 52.0% | 7% (25) | |
| 52.0% | 44% (152) | |
| 49.4% | 44% (154) | |
| 48.8% | 49% (172) | |
| 46.2% | 52% (182) | |
| 42.9% | 2% (7) | |
| 33.3% | 3% (9) | |
| 27.3% | 6% (22) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Domination
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Cheap Shot
Ultimate Hunter
Sorcery +
Precision
Domination +
Sorcery 
Keystones
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
49.6%76% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
45.6%16% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
50.0%3% pick
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Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
50.0%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
48.7%55% pick
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Flash + Barrier
56.0%24% pick
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Flash + Ignite
41.2%10% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
E
Q
W
44.2%77 games
E
W
Q
50.0%2 games
Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (43%), E → Q → E (44%), Q → E → W (50%).
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PIlluminationLux's damaging spells charge the target with energy for a few seconds. Lux's next attack ignites the energy, dealing bonus magic damage (depending on Lux's level) to the target.
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QLight Binding
Lux releases a sphere of light that binds and deals damage to up to two enemy units.
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WPrismatic Barrier
Lux throws her wand and bends the light around any friendly target it touches, protecting them from enemy damage.
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ELucent Singularity
Fires an anomaly of twisted light to an area, which slows nearby enemies. Lux can detonate it to damage enemies in the area of effect.
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RFinal SparkAfter gathering energy, Lux fires a beam of light that deals damage to all targets in the area. In addition, triggers Lux's passive ability and refreshes the Illumination debuff duration.