Kassadin vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Kassadin
based on 873 Kassadin vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Akshan
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Kassadin vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Kassadin versus Akshan matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Kassadin normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Akshan
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Akshan?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually loses when facing off against Akshan, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Kassadin makes a bad counter for Akshan.
While Kassadin does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kassadin into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a garbage counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kassadin to counter Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kassadin versus Akshan build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Malignance. When Kassadin used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Akshan than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average win rate of 46.2% when playing against Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Akshan as Kassadin, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kassadin vs Akshan face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Kassadin are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.