Akshan vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Akshan
based on 1,524 Akshan vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Akshan vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Akshan vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Akshan or Vel'Koz?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Vel'Koz, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets more CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Akshan versus Vel'Koz build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when facing Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 49.7% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Vel'Koz 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. Of all the rune sets players picked for Akshan vs Vel'Koz counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
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