Champion sheet · Mid

Lux

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

7.6%#94 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.7%picked in 841 of 18,053 games
Ban: 2.9%491 bans over 17,107 games, against 0.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.5% between 48.2% and 56.8% over 362 gamesSoloQ 50.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 26.6 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 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 Mid.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 87% of mid laners.CC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
0.7%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.7%
SoloQ
0.6%
2.7% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 0.6% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
26.6 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 26.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet84% · 4,340

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport52% · 2,669

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 33 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 310

20%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Stormsurge
Shadowflame

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 87% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top14%1.2 · mid laners: 0.7

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

What marks it

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 36 in lane, 49 in mid game and 67 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

508-20 vs 528

891-8 vs 899

1,253+75 vs 1,179

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

Luxmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 72% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 36 of 100 among mid laners508 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners891 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 67 of 100 among mid laners1,253 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 37 of 100 among mid laners-79 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 28 of 100 among mid laners-218 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 54 of 100 among mid laners3.4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 28 of 100 among mid laners363 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners54% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 37 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 67 of 100 among mid lanersrank 67 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 87 of 100 among mid laners1.2 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 65 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

Lee Sin65.7% · expected 53.8% · 35 g+11.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn52.6% · expected 50.6% · 38 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +5.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus62.5% · expected 54.1% · 32 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Xayah67.6% · expected 54.5% · 34 g+13.2 ptSoloQ -1.0

Jhin56.7% · expected 48.3% · 30 g+8.4 ptSoloQ -0.3

Yunara55.9% · expected 54.9% · 34 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +1.1

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus54.5% · expected 50.9% · 33 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

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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