Akshan vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Akshan
based on 2,744 Akshan vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Blitzcrank
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Akshan vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some valuable Akshan versus Blitzcrank matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Akshan or Blitzcrank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a poor counter for Blitzcrank.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Blitzcrank.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akshan is a trash counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often racks up much more CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Akshan versus Blitzcrank build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Blitzcrank than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 46.4% when playing against Blitzcrank with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Blitzcrank as Akshan, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Akshan vs Blitzcrank counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.4% winrate overall.
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