Akshan with Xerath
How to Synergize Akshan and Xerath
based on 2,214 Akshan with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akshan Xerath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Akshan and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Akshan with Xerath
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.”
Advice to Understand How Xerath Will Play
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.
Akshan Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Akshan in LoL
The Akshan Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akshan sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xerath helps Akshan perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akshan tries to synergize with Xerath, they sees a small decrease in their total damage dealt. This change could signal that Xerath does not help cover for them to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Akshan is played alongside Xerath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Xerath.
Additionally, when Akshan plays with Xerath on the same team, they usually receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Akshan in teamfights.
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Is Akshan better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no one best champion pairing for Akshan that will 100% of the time be their top teammate. However, overall, Xerath is a pretty good teammate for Akshan. By playing on the same side as Akshan, he increases their win rate by 1.0% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Akshan and Xerath that results in them performing better together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Akshan. That means you need to be very careful when lining up Xerath comrades to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Akshan and Xerath together, you will not be providing your side much AD. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Akshan and Xerath synergy build include Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed much better when fighting alongside Xerath than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 50.0% when playing alongside Xerath with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, Akshan players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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