Akshan vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Akshan
based on 3,457 Akshan vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Akshan vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Akshan versus Master Yi matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi..
Akshan usually has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Akshan or Master Yi?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when facing off against Master Yi, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Master Yi, 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 still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Master Yi.
Moreover, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower 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 Master Yi. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan in order to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often racks up much more CS compared to Master Yi. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Master Yi build include Terminus, Kraken Slayer, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs Master Yi than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Master Yi as Akshan, Akshan players 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 rune sets players chose for Akshan vs Master Yi counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Akshan are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.