Akshan vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Akshan
based on 2,410 Akshan vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Akshan vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Akshan against Vayne matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Vayne..
Akshan often has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Vayne
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Who is Better, Akshan or Vayne?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vayne, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter for Vayne.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate than Vayne, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Vayne.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Vayne matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Vayne. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Vayne. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akshan versus Vayne build consist of Kraken Slayer, Wit's End, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Vayne than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Vayne with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Vayne as Akshan, Akshan players 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 Vayne counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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