Akshan vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Akshan
based on 1,603 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
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Akshan vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Akshan vs. Blitzcrank matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. 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 capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Akshan or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter to Blitzcrank.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Blitzcrank.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akshan versus Blitzcrank build include Kraken Slayer, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Wit's End. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better versus Blitzcrank than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Blitzcrank as Akshan, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akshan vs Blitzcrank fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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