User blog comment:TheTobarMethod/Why is Mid one-sided?/@comment-71.169.182.28-20130316183639

Lux works well against almost any mid (except Kass, but he has other counters, most notably AD assassin mids.) Lux's shield can mitigate the burst of most assassins, and since most of them are melee she can kite them around with her Q and E.