Xerath vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Xerath
based on 2,735 Xerath vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Akshan
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Xerath vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Xerath in LoL
The stats provided here feature several critical Xerath vs. Akshan matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Xerath typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Akshan
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Who is Better, Xerath or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akshan, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Xerath makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Akshan matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Akshan. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically gets less CS compared to Akshan. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xerath versus Akshan build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Akshan than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when countering Akshan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Akshan as Xerath, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Xerath vs Akshan clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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