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How to Win Illaoi vs Akshan Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Akshan

How to Beat Akshan as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Akshan as Illaoi

based on 1,295 Illaoi vs Akshan matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
1.48
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our database, Illaoi faced Akshan 1295 times. Having so many matchups for Illaoi vs Akshan provides us faith in our capability to produce actionable stats and a pro build to suppress your rival. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Illaoi fights Akshan in only 1.8% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Akshan Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a ok job of beating Akshan. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.7% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Illaoi against Akshan games, Illaoi’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Akshan.

Best Illaoi vs Akshan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreakerSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
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Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishBone Plating
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Akshan

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Illaoi vs Akshan Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Akshan Image
5.3
< Kills >
8.4
6.7
< Deaths >
6.2
4.6
< Assists >
5.9
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
186
< Minions Killed >
165
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.43
23,696
< Physical Damage >
19,691
847
< Magic Damage >
3,426
368
< True Damage >
1,216
24,911
< Damage Dealt >
24,334
35,641
< Damage Taken >
22,343
11,958
< Gold Earned >
12,678
2.79
< Towers >
2.03
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
8,707
< Total Healing >
4,617
15,274
< Experience >
14,480
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
452
< Time Dealing CC >
55

How to Counter Akshan with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Illaoi versus Akshan matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..

Illaoi usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Akshan

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Akshan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Akshan

Who is Better, Illaoi or Akshan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when taking on Akshan, with a 50.7% win rate. Therefore, Illaoi makes an ok counter for Akshan.

While Illaoi does have a higher win rate than Akshan, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Illaoi into Akshan.

Additionally, Illaoi also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Akshan matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Illaoi is a decent counter to Akshan. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Akshan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Akshan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akshan as Illaoi, we analyzed 1,295 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Akshan as Illaoi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Illaoi versus Akshan build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Akshan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 50.7% battling Akshan with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Akshan as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Demolish runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Illaoi vs Akshan fights, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Illaoi vs Akshan tips and counter stats for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every game finished with both champs.