Akshan vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Akshan
based on 1,295 Akshan vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Akshan vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Akshan vs. Illaoi counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they receives less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Akshan or Illaoi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Illaoi, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Illaoi.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi 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 teamfights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Illaoi.
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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 Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Illaoi. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akshan versus Illaoi build consist of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Illaoi than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Illaoi with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Illaoi as Akshan, Akshan players 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 runes players chose for Akshan vs Illaoi counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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