Akshan vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Akshan
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Akshan vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Akshan
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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.”
Akshan vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some influential Akshan vs. Vex counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Vex..
Akshan often has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they receives more damage than Vex. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Vex
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Who is Better, Akshan or Vex?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vex, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter to Vex.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Vex, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Vex.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your play 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 Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan in order to counter Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Vex. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akshan versus Vex build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs Vex than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Vex with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Vex as Akshan, Akshan players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Akshan vs Vex matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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