Akshan vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Akshan
based on 2,174 Akshan vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Akshan vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Akshan versus Kayle counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Kayle
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Who is Better, Akshan or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when taking on Kayle, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Kayle.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akshan is a garbage counter for Kayle. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kayle. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Akshan versus Kayle build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Kayle than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Kayle with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kayle as Akshan, you should use 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 used for Akshan vs Kayle counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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