Akshan vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Akshan
based on 4,554 Akshan vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Akshan vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Akshan against Yasuo matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Akshan typically has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives less damage than Yasuo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Akshan or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Akshan does have a much lower win rate compared to Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Yasuo.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akshan is a garbage counter to Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Yasuo during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Akshan versus Yasuo build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better vs Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 45.8% battling Yasuo with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Yasuo 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 we have analyed for Akshan vs Yasuo matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.8% winrate overall.
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