Akshan vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Akshan
based on 2,792 Akshan vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Akshan vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several significant Akshan against Thresh matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan typically has a much larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Thresh
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Who is Better, Akshan or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when playing against Thresh, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akshan into Thresh.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Thresh 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a good counter to Thresh. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Thresh during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up much more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Thresh build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Thresh than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Thresh with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Thresh 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. Out of all the runes players used for Akshan vs Thresh counters, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.3% win rate overall.
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