Akshan vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Akshan
based on 4,409 Akshan vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Akshan vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Akshan versus Lucian counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Lucian..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Lucian?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lucian, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Lucian, when they face off with 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 careful when picking Akshan into Lucian.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Lucian matchups, Akshan 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 team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Lucian 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Lucian. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Lucian build include Rapid Firecannon, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Lucian than with most other common builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Lucian with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Lucian as Akshan, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akshan vs Lucian clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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