Akshan vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Akshan
based on 972 Akshan vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Akshan vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some important Akshan versus Xayah counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Xayah
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Who is Better, Akshan or Xayah?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a good counter for Xayah.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akshan into Xayah.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Xayah 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 allies during teamfights.
Akshan is an above average counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Xayah during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Xayah build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 52.1% when playing against Xayah with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Xayah as Akshan, you 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Akshan vs Xayah fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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