Twitch vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Twitch
based on 4,751 Twitch vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Twitch vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Twitch vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Twitch
Tips for Playing as Twitch against Akshan
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
Twitch vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Twitch in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Twitch vs. Akshan counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan..
Twitch often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Twitch and Akshan
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Who is Better, Twitch or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akshan, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Twitch makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Twitch does have a higher win rate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Twitch also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Twitch into Akshan.
Additionally, Twitch also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Akshan matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Twitch is a decent counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Twitch against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Twitch to counter Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Twitch versus Akshan build include Kraken Slayer, Infinity Edge, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Twitch combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Akshan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Twitch boasted an average win rate of 50.2% battling Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Akshan as Twitch, Twitch players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Twitch vs Akshan clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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