Akshan vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Akshan
based on 942 Akshan vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Akshan vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Akshan against Zoe matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zoe’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Zoe..
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Zoe
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Who is Better, Akshan or Zoe?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when playing against Zoe, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Zoe.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Zoe, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Zoe.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Zoe matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter to Zoe. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Zoe during both the laning 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zoe. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akshan versus Zoe build consist of Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan combined at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better against Zoe than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Zoe with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Zoe as Akshan, you should take 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. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Akshan vs Zoe battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zoe as Akshan are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.