Naafiri vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Naafiri
based on 926 Naafiri vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Akshan
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Naafiri vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Naafiri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Naafiri against Akshan matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Naafiri usually has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. On average, they receives more damage than Akshan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when playing against Akshan, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a good counter for Akshan.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Akshan, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Akshan.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Akshan matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Naafiri is a decent counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Naafiri in order to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Naafiri versus Akshan build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri used at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better vs. Akshan than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 51.0% battling Akshan with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Akshan as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Naafiri vs Akshan counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Naafiri are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.