[Champion] Lux, the Lady of Luminosity - Page 12

Flashing into Prismatic Barrier
The standard trick with Lux's shield is to throw it in the direction you're running away, so the second shield will hit you faster as you run into it. This is pretty basic stuff, but in an emergency you can also flash into or past the shield particle, which will give you the second shield immediately. This is a very rarely used trick but every once in a while it can save you from the last tick of an Ignite or an autoattack that you know will kill but hasn't quite hit you yet.


Prismatic Barrier and Zhonyas
Your shield works a little bit strangely with Zhonyas Hourglass. If another character uses Zhonya and you try to shield them while they're in stasis, it doesn't work. However, when the shield particle comes back to you it DOES give you the shield even if you're in the middle of stasis. Stasis lasts 2.5 seconds which is the same time it takes the shield to get back to you if you're standing still.

What this means is if you get caught in a fight, you can shield yourself, wait till the enemy team breaks your first shield, and then use Zhonyas. Your second shield will hit you and activate while you're still in stasis and you'll have it the moment you come out.

Using Lucent Singularity for Vision
Your E will see into any bush that it just barely touches. Knowing this, there are a few spots on the map where you can use it to see into two bushes at the same time, click the spoilers for the possible positions. There are also many spots in the jungle where throwing an E on top of a jungle wall will see things on both sides of the wall.
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Lucent Singularity levelup "exploit"
One of the more mechanical tricks you can do with Lux, when levelling up in the early game, you should try to level Lucent Singularity after casting it but before detonating it. Throw out the E, press Ctrl+E immediately to level the ability while the orb is traveling, and then detonate it when it lands.

What this does is give that particular instance of the spell the mana cost of the lower rank but the damage of the higher rank. You can only do this trick once each time you level the skill and it only saves 15 mana, so it's not going to win you any games, but it's not hard to do with a bit of practice and it gives you a small advantage in the early lane.

1-2 Passive Combo
Your standard combo is to throw out a Q and wait to see if it hits. If it does, cast E then R, and hit E again to detonate it right as the R channel finishes. Remember that you do NOT need to cast E and R before the snare hits, the snare will last long enough for you to wait and see if it's going to hit. If you can, autoattack them right after for a second passive proc.

If they use Zhonyas to dodge your ult, you can leave the Singularity on the ground and hit them with it when they come out of stasis.


3 Passive Combo
Doing a 3 passive combo is more difficult, and generally requires you to be in more or less melee range with the opponent, but it can be good to do in duels with bruisers or when people facecheck you in a bush.

Snare the person with Q and then immediately cast R. After the R channel finishes throw an E under them and autoattack them. Right after the first autoattack hits detonate the E, the snare will usually end while your second autoattack is in the air, but at that point they can't stop it.

Being very close to them is important for doing a 3 passive combo correctly, because if they have tenacity and your autoattack has too long a travel time the snare will end in time for them to flash out of your E. You cast E after R in this combo so that if they do have a lot of CC reduction and try to flash away too early you can still follow them with the E.


Other Final Spark Interactions
One of the most important things to know about Final Spark is that during the half second charge time, you can still use Barrier and Ignite. You'll get in many situations during your games where casting Barrier during the ult channel will buy you enough time to finish the channel and kill the other guy.

Final Spark is also uninterruptable by enemy CC, so in some cases you can time using it just as an enemy stun is about to land on you as a way of partially ignoring the stun.


Common Ult Spots
Finally, I've put some common ult spots in the spoilers below. These spots let you hit buff camps and dragon/baron without being seen by common wards.
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