Akshan vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Akshan
based on 926 Akshan vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Akshan
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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.”
Akshan vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Akshan against Naafiri counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Naafiri..
Akshan usually has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Akshan or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Naafiri, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Naafiri.
Moreover, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champ 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 somewhat poor counter to Naafiri. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Akshan versus Naafiri build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better countering Naafiri than with most other common builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Naafiri as Akshan, you should take 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 chose for Akshan vs Naafiri clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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