Thresh vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Thresh
based on 2,792 Thresh vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Akshan
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Thresh vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Thresh in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several vital Thresh vs. Akshan counter statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Akshan
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Who is Better, Thresh or Akshan?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Akshan, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter to Akshan.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Thresh into Akshanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Thresh is a trash counter to Akshan. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a lot less CS as Akshan. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Akshan build consist of Thornmail, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Akshan than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Akshan with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Akshan as Thresh, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Thresh vs Akshan counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.7% winrate overall.
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