Kayn vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Kayn
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Kayn vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Akshan
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Kayn vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Kayn against Akshan matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..
Kayn typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Akshan
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Who is Better, Kayn or Akshan?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akshan, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Kayn does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Akshan matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayn 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kayn versus Akshan build consist of Prowler's Claw, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kayn combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Akshan than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Akshan with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Akshan as Kayn, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kayn vs Akshan face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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