Karthus vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Karthus
based on 943 Karthus vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Akshan
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
Karthus vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Karthus in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some influential Karthus versus Akshan counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between these two champions. For instance, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..
Karthus normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Akshan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Akshan
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Who is Better, Karthus or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Karthus usually loses when facing off against Akshan, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Karthus makes a poor counter for Akshan.
While Karthus does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when they face off with one another, Karthus also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Karthus into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Karthus also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Karthus is a trash counter for Akshan. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Karthus against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Karthus in order to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus usually accumulates less CS as Akshan. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Karthus versus Akshan build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Karthus included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Akshan than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus had an average win rate of 47.5% battling Akshan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Akshan as Karthus, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Karthus vs Akshan face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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