Counter Lux

You own the first ten minutes, he owns everything after. Your only plan is to make his early game miserable: shove the wave relentlessly, force him to eat Lucent Singularity to farm, and deny him every free level. Once his ultimate is online the lane is gone, he jumps your root and arrives on you whenever he chooses. From then on never stand alone, hold the root exclusively for the moment he appears on top of you, and play objectives with your team instead of the duel.

You own the first ten minutes, he owns everything after. Your only plan is to make his early game miserable: shove the wave relentlessly, force him to eat Lucent Singularity to farm, and deny him every free level. Once his ultimate is online the lane is gone, he jumps your root and arrives on you whenever he chooses. From then on never stand alone, hold the root exclusively for the moment he appears on top of you, and play objectives with your team instead of the duel.

Katarina punishes you the second you miss an ability. Never throw Light Binding on cooldown: it's the one button that interrupts her sequence, and without it you die standing still. Hold it, and a defensive summoner with it, for the exact moment she commits. Clear waves from range so you don't hand her free daggers, and watch the edges of a fight, she always waits until your spells are spent before dropping on you.

Katarina punishes you the second you miss an ability. Never throw Light Binding on cooldown: it's the one button that interrupts her sequence, and without it you die standing still. Hold it, and a defensive summoner with it, for the exact moment she commits. Clear waves from range so you don't hand her free daggers, and watch the edges of a fight, she always waits until your spells are spent before dropping on you.

A duel between two immobile mages, decided by whoever lands their skillshots. You have the range and the faster combo, he has the cage and a damage ceiling that eventually passes yours. Play the early game hard: poke from your maximum distance, refuse to walk near his cage and move laterally the instant he raises his arm. Every minute you steal from him is a minute he doesn't spend stacking power.

A duel between two immobile mages, decided by whoever lands their skillshots. You have the range and the faster combo, he has the cage and a damage ceiling that eventually passes yours. Play the early game hard: poke from your maximum distance, refuse to walk near his cage and move laterally the instant he raises his arm. Every minute you steal from him is a minute he doesn't spend stacking power.