Akshan vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Akshan
based on 2,735 Akshan vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Akshan vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several valuable Akshan against Xerath matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. On average, they takes more damage than Xerath. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Xerath
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Who is Better, Akshan or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Xerath, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Xerath.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Xerath. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically gets more CS compared to Xerath. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akshan versus Xerath build include Terminus, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan combined at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs. Xerath than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Xerath with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Xerath as Akshan, Akshan players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akshan vs Xerath counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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