Akshan vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Akshan
based on 7,082 Akshan vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Akshan vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Akshan vs. Caitlyn matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Caitlyn..
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Caitlyn matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akshan versus Caitlyn build include Infinity Edge, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan bought at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better when fighting Caitlyn than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Caitlyn as Akshan, Akshan players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akshan vs Caitlyn LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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