Akshan vs Hwei
How to Beat Hwei as Akshan
based on 3,433 Akshan vs Hwei matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Hwei Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Hwei Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hwei as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Hwei
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 Hwei
After Hwei paints a Torment spell he is vulnerable to being rushed down.
Hwei needs to predict your positioning and take time to cast, catch him by surprise.
Hwei's lightning is deadly but slow; it deals more damage when you are alone or unable to move.
Akshan vs Hwei Counter Stats
How to Counter Hwei with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some influential Akshan against Hwei counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champs. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hwei’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Hwei. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Hwei. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Hwei?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when taking on Hwei, with a 54.2% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a great counter to Hwei.
While Akshan does have a much higher win rate compared to Hwei, 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 should be be fine when picking Akshan into Hwei.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hwei. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Hwei matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akshan is a great counter for Hwei. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Hwei.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Hwei. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Hwei build consist of Terminus, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Hwei than with many other common builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 54.2% when playing against Hwei with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Hwei as Akshan, Akshan players 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Akshan vs Hwei counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.2% win rate overall.
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