Akshan vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Akshan
based on 1,568 Akshan vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Talon Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Talon as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Akshan vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Akshan versus Talon counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon..
Akshan often has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. Typically, they takes less damage than Talon. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Talon?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually wins when taking on Talon, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a good counter for Talon.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Talon.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Talon matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akshan is a decent counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Talon during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Talon. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Talon build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better countering Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Talon with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Talon 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 rune sets players chose for Akshan vs Talon matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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