Imperial Mandate Lux Build

Imperial Mandate Lux Build.

Imperial Mandate Lux build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Lux guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Lux build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Lux ability Prismatic Barrier should be leveled first.
W
Lux ability Light Binding should be leveled second.
Q
Lux ability Lucent Singularity should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Morellonomicon should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Lux Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

OK option if you want to play more support-ish as it provides extra healing.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option. Improves your damage.

Ghost

Ghost

Mobility option. Helps you position better to apply slows. Good for kiting or chasing. And running away.

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How it works

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate and slowing your enemies.
  2. You support your team through disrupting fights, slowing enemies, providing healing/buffs, and soaking damage.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Disrupt fights with slows and CC.

  2. 🎯

    Proc Imperial Mandate and support your allies.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt to the game and get items to counter enemy team.

How to play

  1. You rush Imperial Mandate as your only mandatory item.
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augment that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.

How Imperial Mandate works

  1. Imperial Mandate requires your TEAM to proc it for damage. Try coordinating it with your allies - mark targets when they're about to get poked or when your team goes in.

Buffing your team

  1. Font of Life heal triggers various support items like Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  2. If your team needs sustain, you can even get Diadem of Songs.
  3. If your team has auto attackers, get Ardent Censer. Your Font of Life will buff them constantly.
  4. Bandlepipes is excellent - gives MS and buffs allies' attack speed when you CC/slow enemies.
  5. Staff of Flowing Water is good item if you have lots of AP scaling champions on the team.

Adaptation

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR items like Kaenic Rookern or Spirit Visage.
  2. Enemy team heavy on AD? Buy Armor items like Thornmail or Randuin's Omen.
  3. Your team lacks damage? You can buy damage items - Liandry's Torment or Blackfire Torch work well.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. You can use Lucent Singularity (E) for scouting and bush control.
  2. Lux is great at countering pushes. You can use Lucent Singularity (E) to stop enemy minions from afar, and you can clear them with E + Final Spark (R) if needed.
  3. If you are playing more support oriented Lux, you can be more useful to not detonate your Lucent Singularity (E) instantly - it keeps applying AoE slow triggering Font of Life effect as well as items like Imperial Mandate.
  4. Look for enemies that are hiding behind a single minion. You can catch unsuspecting enemies with your Light Binding (Q) (second part).

Riot

  1. Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
  2. If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
  3. Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.

Skill Order

  • Lux [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Light Binding
  • Lux [object Object] ability.
    W
    Prismatic Barrier
  • Lux [object Object] ability.
    E
    Lucent Singularity
  • Lux [object Object] ability.
    R
    Final Spark

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Diadem of Songs item.
Redemption item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Bandlepipes item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Knight's Vow item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Force of Nature item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Randuin's Omen item.
Thornmail item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Frozen Heart item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Situational dmg items
Cosmic Drive item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Cryptbloom item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Rod of Ages item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Morellonomicon item.
Knight's Vow item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.