Nunu & Willump vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,639 Nunu & Willump vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Akshan
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Nunu & Willump vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several influential Nunu & Willump against Akshan matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akshan. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Akshan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akshan, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Nunu & Willump does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Akshan.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a decent counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often gets a lot less CS relative to Akshan. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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 require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Akshan build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Akshan than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when playing against Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Akshan as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nunu & Willump vs Akshan counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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