Akshan vs Twitch
How to Beat Twitch as Akshan
based on 2,763 Akshan vs Twitch matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Twitch Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Twitch Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Twitch as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Twitch
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 Twitch
Spell Shields won't block the damage from Deadly Venom, but they will block the effects Twitch can trigger with it.
If you suspect Twitch has left the lane, let your teammates know that Twitch is ''MIA.''
Twitch is fragile. Work with teammates to focus on him when you're able to catch him out of Camouflage.
Akshan vs Twitch Counter Stats
How to Counter Twitch with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Akshan against Twitch matchup stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Twitch’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Twitch..
Akshan usually has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Twitch. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Twitch
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Who is Better, Akshan or Twitch?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when playing against Twitch, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter to Twitch.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Twitch, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Twitch.
Moreover, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Twitch. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Twitch matchups, Twitch is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Twitch. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Twitch.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Twitch during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often racks up a similar amount of CS as Twitch. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Akshan versus Twitch build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Twitch than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Twitch with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Twitch as Akshan, you should equip 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Akshan vs Twitch face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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