Akshan vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Akshan
based on 4,244 Akshan vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Akshan vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Akshan vs. Brand matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Akshan often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. On average, they takes less damage than Brand. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Brand?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when playing against Brand, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a poor counter to Brand.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Brand, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Brand.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Brand. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often picks up more CS compared to Brand. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Brand build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs Brand than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Brand with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Brand as Akshan, you should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Akshan vs Brand counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Brand as Akshan are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.