Akshan vs Sylas
How to Beat Sylas as Akshan
based on 2,262 Akshan vs Sylas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Sylas Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Sylas
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 Sylas
Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.
Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!
Akshan vs Sylas Counter Stats
How to Counter Sylas with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Akshan versus Sylas matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sylas’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Sylas..
Akshan normally has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. On average, they takes less damage than Sylas. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Sylas
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Who is Better, Akshan or Sylas?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually wins when facing off against Sylas, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a great counter for Sylas.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Sylas, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Akshan into Sylas.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sylas. 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 Sylas matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akshan is a great counter for Sylas. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Sylas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sylas. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Akshan versus Sylas build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better countering Sylas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Sylas with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Sylas 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for Akshan vs Sylas clashes, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.
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