Akshan vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Akshan
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Akshan vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Akshan vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Akshan vs. Rek'Sai counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai..
Akshan usually has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Typically, they takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Akshan or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually wins when trying to fight Rek'Sai, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a good counter to Rek'Sai.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akshan into Rek'Sai.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Rek'Sai matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a good counter for Rek'Sai. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Akshan versus Rek'Sai build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan included at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better vs. Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Rek'Sai as Akshan, you 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 Rek'Sai face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.6% win rate overall.
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