Sett vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Sett
based on 1,837 Sett vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sett vs Akshan Matchup Summary
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Sett vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Sett in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Sett versus Akshan matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akshan..
Sett often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Sett or Akshan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually wins when facing off against Akshan, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Sett makes a good counter to Akshan.
While Sett does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when facing one another, Sett also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sett into Akshan.
Additionally, Sett has almost no 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 Sett vs Akshan matchups, Sett is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sett is a decent counter for Akshan. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sett against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sett to counter Akshan during both the early game 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 presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Sett versus Akshan build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Sett combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Akshan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Akshan as Sett, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Sett vs Akshan counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Sett are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.