Lux support is a troll pick in ranked

Elohaven·1/26/2020, 12:56:17 PM·3 votes·1,097 views

Lux isn't a bad champion herself but picking her as a support is just a troll pick at this point just like picking Tahm Kench is. Tahm Kench is probably better than Lux support.

Her W offers a very small shield initially and has a long time to land its bigger one while being a huge telegraphed skillshot. Her Q is a telegraphed, slow spell that can easily be blocked by minions or dodged or predicted due to the champion animation. She's squishier than a fly on the wall.

Once you miss your Q, the opponent can literally just walk to you and end the game.

Winning as Lux relies on your opponent purposefully just running it down on you without knowing how the game works. She's destroyed so easily by the rest of the support roster and basically is a free intfest when there's a hook support or Leona on the other side.

It is also important to state her kit synergy with other ADCs is horrid.

Playing what you want is perfectly valid, but don't complain when you're 1/7 and your ADC doesn't engage because you don't know how many portals of weakness you opened. Usually, bot lane is won with whoever lands the first CC ability and auto because that initial damage just means they'll kill you sooner. And it's horrid for a squishy like Lux as she'll die pretty fast. So when an ADC is auto'ing to take down the opponent and you die in 3 seconds, that's on you.

Your positioning is on you.

And for christ sakes, ward. Lux supports are too notorious for not warding or buying control wards. Nowadays, they're the toxic versions of Vayne/Riven/Yasuo players except there's no mechanical difficulty to your champion to excuse you.

12 Comments

CoolKnightST1/26/2020, 1:52:03 PM2 votes

Lux support is still viable. The problem is that she's a pick than can be punished very hard in poor drafts where she is gated by her team compositions or the teams she's playing against.

The reason why she's punished so heavly in higher mmr is because players are building her wrong. The reason Lux support ever became god-tier was the Aftershock into Athene's rush with W max. People that still stick with Meteor into Ludens rush are going to get punished for it add some point.

Right now I see 2-4 possible builds for her:

  • Going Aftershock into Athene's rush with W max.
  • Going Guardian into Anthene's rush with W max.
  • Afternative rush from these build above for example into AD matchups would be item 3504 item 3107 item 2065
  • Going Meteor into Ludens but you take summoner 21
  • Going Glacial with the catcher build (recently became popular on Veigar) with item 3030 item 3905 into item 3157 or item 3102. You probally have to get summoner 21 for this build as well.

Overal their are better support picks you can go for right now. The lategame support budget is rediculus low right now. Since Lux is very item depended I'm really not supprised.

Sir Saltarin1/26/2020, 2:26:51 PM2 votes

Wrong.

Lux Supp is a totally fine champ/role combination for soloQ.

Cônnie1/26/2020, 2:43:58 PM2 votes

Did someone lose a game playing with a lux support... Lux item 3073

Saezio1/26/2020, 2:47:52 PM2 votes

Ezreal bot is way more troll pick than lux support.

Malfectious1/26/2020, 6:10:55 PM1 votes

I hear this a lot, but i almost never have a bad Lux supp. I'll take a Lux that doeant feed and has some idea of what a support is supposed to do in lane any day.

Zero Skill Tank1/26/2020, 1:04:50 PM1 votes

Poeple don't play Lux because she is effective, but because she is easy.

It's perfectly fine to play an easier champion then a more effective one (especially when in an off-role/autofilled).

chipndip11/26/2020, 6:20:19 PM1 votes

Lux support is a sub 45% win rate pick in ranked right now for Plat+ and Diamond+ filters on u.gg.

Why does this thread have so many down votes?

Why is it that these boards want to be taken seriously and keep doing shit like this?

Yes, Lux support IS a troll pick in ranked right now. One of the worst things you could do to your bot lane partner is unironically picking Lux. Why is this down voted?

Zyniya1/26/2020, 1:55:20 PM1 votes

I'm only Bronze but I have a better winrate on Lux support then I do on my main Xayah adc xD

KlydeFrog1/26/2020, 6:00:54 PM1 votes

Agreed I despise lux supp , people pick her either feed or just take all the kills

Highwiseene1/26/2020, 6:10:12 PM1 votes

Her shield is small? Have you seen her shielding with it at max rank? It's not "small", especially considering it can be used on the entire team.