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the Lady of Luminosity

Lux Mid build & stats

MageSupport C 212 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
45.8%
Pick rate
5.1%
Ban rate
7.1%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
2,800 gold
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
8,750 gold
57.1% WR 28 games

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
900 gold
45.5% 11 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
62.5% WR
16 games · 8% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
50.9% 53 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 45.8% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (212 games).
  • Most common core: Shadowflame → Stormsurge → Luden's Echo — 57% win rate over 28 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 76% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Malzahar (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Yone (22% over 9 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
57.1% WR
28 games · 13% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
44.4% WR
18 games · 8% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
55.6% WR
9 games · 4% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
46.8% WR
190 games · 90% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
45.5% WR
11 games · 5% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
50.0% WR
4 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 66.7% 1% (3)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 51.3% 53% (113)
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 50.0% 2% (4)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 50.0% 2% (4)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 47.1% 33% (70)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 47.0% 55% (117)
Malignance Malignance
 46.8% 29% (62)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 46.5% 74% (157)
Horizon Focus Horizon Focus
 37.5% 4% (8)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 36.8% 18% (38)
Void Staff Void Staff
 33.3% 4% (9)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Domination Domination
50.6% WR
87 games · 41% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
33.3% WR
33 games · 16% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
62.5% WR
16 games · 8% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Coup de Grace Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 49.1%76% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 34.1%19% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 50.0%3% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 0.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 47.8%54% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 50.9%25% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 36.4%16% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PIllumination

    Lux'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.

  • QLight Binding

    Lux releases a sphere of light that binds and deals damage to up to two enemy units.

  • WPrismatic Barrier

    Lux throws her wand and bends the light around any friendly target it touches, protecting them from enemy damage.

  • 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.

  • RFinal Spark

    After 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.