Caitlyn vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Caitlyn
based on 7,082 Caitlyn vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Akshan
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Caitlyn vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Caitlyn against Akshan matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..
Caitlyn usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Akshan
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akshan, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Akshan.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Akshan.
Moreover, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Caitlyn versus Akshan build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Akshan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Akshan with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Akshan as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Caitlyn vs Akshan counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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