Akshan vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Akshan
based on 4,564 Akshan vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Akshan vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Akshan versus Jhin counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their opponent does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Jhin
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Who is Better, Akshan or Jhin?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Jhin, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter for Jhin.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Jhin, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Jhin.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Jhin matchups, Jhin 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 somewhat poor counter to Jhin. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Jhin during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jhin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Jhin build consist of Kraken Slayer, Infinity Edge, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Jhin than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Jhin with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Jhin as Akshan, Akshan players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Akshan vs Jhin LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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