Akshan vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Akshan
based on 1,781 Akshan vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Akshan vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some strategic Akshan against Hecarim counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Hecarim..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. Typically, they receives less damage than Hecarim. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Akshan or Hecarim?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Hecarim.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Hecarim.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Hecarim matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average accumulates much more CS compared to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Akshan versus Hecarim build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Hecarim than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Hecarim with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Hecarim as Akshan, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Akshan vs Hecarim face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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