Riven vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Riven
based on 2,112 Riven vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Akshan
Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
Riven vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several significant Riven versus Akshan matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Riven usually has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Riven and Akshan
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Who is Better, Riven or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when playing against Akshan, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter for Akshan.
While Riven does have a higher win rate than Akshan, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Riven into Akshanas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Riven also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Akshan matchups, Riven is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Riven is a decent counter for Akshan. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Riven in order to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Riven versus Akshan build include Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Akshan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Riven had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Akshan with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Akshan as Riven, Riven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Riven vs Akshan battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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