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Akali with Akshan

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How to Synergize Akali and Akshan

based on 1,679 Akali with Akshan pairs
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Akali has fought alongside Akshan in 1679 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much complete data directly from the hosts of League, we feel confident that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Akali play with Akshan. It is very rare for Akali to play alongside Akshan as teammates. This has only happened in approx. 0.7% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Akshan Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali has done a poor job of playing alongside Akshan. Normally, she wins a dismal 47.4% of the time the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Akali when playing with Akshan by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Akshan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
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Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Akshan

Tips for Playing as Akali with Akshan

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Akshan Will Play

Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”

Akali Akshan Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Akshan Image
8.9
< Kills >
9
6.2
< Deaths >
6
4.9
< Assists >
5.1
2.04
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
160
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,374
< Physical Damage >
1,335
22,439
< Magic Damage >
21,516
780
< True Damage >
759
24,593
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
27,569
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,915
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.58
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,413
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,726
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
76
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Akshan as Akali in LoL

The Akali Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Akshan helps Akali perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akali tries to synergize with Akshan, she sees a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Akshan helps provide cover for her to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played with Akshan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Akshan. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Akshan.

Additionally, when Akali plays with Akshan on the same team, she usually takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Akshan does a poor job of covering Akali during team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Akshan

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Akshan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Akshan

Is Akali better when played alongside Akshan?

There is no one best synergy for Akali that will always be her best teammate. Yet, Akshan is a below average companion for Akali. By playing on the same side as Akali, they drops their win rate by -1.7% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Akali and Akshan that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Akali. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Akshan teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting alongside, Akali players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by bringing Akali and Akshan together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much tankyness. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Akshan teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Akshan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Akshan, we analyzed 1,679 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Akshan comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to work well with Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to focus on in your Akali and Akshan synergy build include Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Akshan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Akshan with this build.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.

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