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How to Win Akshan vs Galio Counter MatchupAkshan is in the b tier of champions

Akshan vs Galio

How to Beat Galio as Akshan in LoLAkshan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Galio as Akshan

based on 1,781 Akshan vs Galio matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Galio as Akshan resulted from an examination of 1781 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This particular champion pairing is relatively rare. Akshan is forced to battle against Galio in only 2.5% of their games.

Akshan vs Galio Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akshan has done a below average job of countering Galio. Typically, they wins a lowly 48.2% of the time the champs face one another in. In Akshan against Galio rounds, Akshan’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that they most likely will be able to get first blood versus Galio.

Best Akshan vs Galio Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Akshan Items

~22 Mins
Blade of The Ruined KingTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonInfinity EdgeGuinsoo's RagebladeWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akshan to level upq
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Second ability for Akshan to level upe
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Last skill for Akshan to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveShield BashBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akshan's passive ability p
Akshan's q ability q
Akshan's w ability w
Akshan's e ability e
Akshan's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Galio as Akshan

Tips for Playing as Akshan against Galio

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 Galio

Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.

Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.

Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.

Akshan vs Galio Counter Stats

Akshan Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Galio Image
8
< Kills >
5.8
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
6
< Assists >
9.5
1.84
< Killing Sprees >
1.33
167
< Minions Killed >
134
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.46
19,954
< Physical Damage >
429
2,568
< Magic Damage >
18,725
1,176
< True Damage >
486
23,699
< Damage Dealt >
19,641
21,576
< Damage Taken >
24,365
12,465
< Gold Earned >
10,801
2.08
< Towers >
1.69
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,234
< Total Healing >
2,383
14,048
< Experience >
13,422
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
10
55
< Time Dealing CC >
125

How to Counter Galio with Akshan in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several important Akshan versus Galio matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Galio’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Galio..

Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Galio. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Akshan and Galio

Damage Types Compared

Akshan
Galio
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akshan
Galio

Who is Better, Akshan or Galio?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when taking on Galio, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a bad counter for Galio.

While Akshan does have a lower winrate compared to Galio, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Galio.

Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Galio.

Additional Information for Akshan Players

How We Calculated Our Akshan vs Galio Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Galio as Akshan, we analyzed 1,781 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Galio as Akshan comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akshan typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Galio build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Galio than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Galio with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Galio as Akshan, you should take 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Akshan vs Galio counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.

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