Rakan vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Rakan
based on 2,041 Rakan vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Akshan
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Rakan vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Rakan versus Akshan counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akshan. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rakan and Akshan
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Who is Better, Rakan or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Akshan, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a great counter to Akshan.
While Rakan does have a much higher win rate than Akshan, when facing one another, Rakan also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Akshan.
Moreover, Rakan also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Akshan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Rakan is a great counter for Akshan. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rakan 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan often racks up a lot less CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Rakan versus Akshan build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Akshan than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 54.1% when countering Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Akshan as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Rakan vs Akshan face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.
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