Nasus vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Nasus
based on 2,061 Nasus vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Akshan Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Nasus Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Akshan as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Akshan
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Nasus vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Nasus in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Nasus against Akshan counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan..
Nasus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Akshan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Akshan
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Nasus or Akshan?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nasus usually wins when facing off against Akshan, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a good counter to Akshan.
While Nasus does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when facing one another, Nasus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nasus into Akshan.
Moreover, Nasus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Akshan matchups, Nasus is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nasus is an above average counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Akshan.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nasus
Additional Information for Nasus Players
How We Calculated Our Nasus vs Akshan Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nasus to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Nasus versus Akshan build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Frozen Heart. When Nasus used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Akshan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 52.5% battling Akshan with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Akshan as Nasus, Nasus players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nasus vs Akshan clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
If you want to view Nasus vs Akshan tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct rank, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all games completed with these champions.