Akshan vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Akshan
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Akshan vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Akshan vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some significant Akshan versus Nami matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akshan typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when playing against Nami, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a good counter to Nami.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Nami.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Nami matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a higher 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 decent counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Nami 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Nami build include Rapid Firecannon, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Nami than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Nami with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nami 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. Of all the runes players used for Akshan vs Nami clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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