Katarina vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Katarina
based on 2,295 Katarina vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Akshan
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
Katarina vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Katarina in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Katarina against Akshan matchup stats that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..
Katarina normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Akshan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Katarina and Akshan
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Who is Better, Katarina or Akshan?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Katarina usually loses when trying to fight Akshan, with a 48.1% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a bad counter for Akshan.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate than Akshan, when on opposite teams, Katarina also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Katarina into Akshanas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Katarina 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Katarina is a somewhat poor counter for Akshan. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Katarina against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Katarina to counter Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Katarina versus Akshan build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Katarina incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Akshan than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when countering Akshan with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Akshan as Katarina, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Katarina vs Akshan counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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