Vel'Koz vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Vel'Koz
based on 1,524 Vel'Koz vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Akshan
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Vel'Koz vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Vel'Koz vs. Akshan counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan..
Vel'Koz often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Akshan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Akshan
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Akshan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akshan, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Akshan.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher win rate compared to Akshan, when they face off with one another, Vel'Koz also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Akshanas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vel'Koz has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Akshan matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz usually racks up less CS as Akshan. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Vel'Koz versus Akshan build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Akshan than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Akshan as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Akshan fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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