Akshan vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Akshan
based on 3,327 Akshan vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Kayn Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Akshan Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Kayn as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Akshan vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Akshan against Kayn counter stats that can help you explain the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. On average, they receives less damage than Kayn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Kayn
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Akshan or Kayn?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Kayn, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Kayn.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Kayn, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Kayn.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Kayn matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Kayn. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Kayn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Akshan
Additional Information for Akshan Players
How We Calculated Our Akshan vs Kayn Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Kayn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan usually gets much more CS relative to Kayn. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Akshan versus Kayn build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better versus Kayn than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 50.8% battling Kayn with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Kayn as Akshan, Akshan players should equip 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 picked for Akshan vs Kayn battles, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
If you need to view Akshan vs Kayn tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using every round played with both champions.