Champion sheet · Support

Lux

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.3%#97 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.5%picked in 855 of 18,795 games
Ban: 2.8%491 bans over 17,787 games, against 0.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Support51.5% between 47.7% and 55.3% over 458 gamesSoloQ 49.2%: no clear gap

Median length30.2 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 19,023 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 90% of supports.CCDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Jinx in amateur play: +22.6 pts over 37 games, range above zero.+22.6 pt37 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
1.7%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
0.6%
2.7% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.6% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.2 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 30.2 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet93% · 11,148

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal82% · 9,883

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 84 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 159

15%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Stormsurge
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 90% of supports.

Crowd control (CC)top10%1.5 · supports: 1
Team damagetop15%15% · supports: 9%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

CC
Damage
Poke

Like other supports

Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Few teamfights

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 80 in lane, 89 in mid game and 87 in late game, out of 100 supports.

387+99 vs 288

574+233 vs 342

657+269 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Luxsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 78% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 80 of 100 among supports387 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 89 of 100 among supports574 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 87 of 100 among supports657 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 78 of 100 among supports+276 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 78 of 100 among supports+410 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 53 of 100 among supports5.2 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 36 of 100 among supports303 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 22 of 100 among supports50% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 75 of 100 among supports21% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 26 of 100 among supportsrank 26 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 90 of 100 among supports1.5 · median 1
Team damage · rank 85 of 100 among supports15% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Jinx in amateur play: +22.6 pts over 37 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong55.6% · expected 47.0% · 36 g+8.5 ptSoloQ +1.5

Jarvan IV57.9% · expected 53.6% · 38 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +2.1

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Jinx70.3% · expected 47.7% · 37 g+22.6 ptSoloQ +2.6

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus62.5% · expected 53.1% · 40 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Lulu56.4% · expected 53.6% · 55 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.3

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong63.9% · expected 56.0% · 36 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -3.4

Jarvan IV56.4% · expected 49.5% · 39 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +2.1

Midgap to expected

Ahri67.6% · expected 54.1% · 34 g+13.5 ptSoloQ +1.6

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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