Twitch with Akshan
How to Synergize Twitch and Akshan
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Twitch Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Twitch and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Twitch with Akshan
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
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.
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.”
Twitch Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Twitch in LoL
The Twitch Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Twitch sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Akshan helps Twitch perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Twitch is an ally to Akshan, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Akshan helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Twitch is played alongside Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Akshan.
Moreover, when Twitch plays with Akshan on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Akshan does a poor job of covering Twitch in teamfights.
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Is Twitch better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no top companion for Twitch that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Akshan is a very typical teammate for Twitch. By being on the same team as Twitch, they improves their win rate by 0.1% to 50.1%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Twitch and Akshan that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Twitch. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Akshan allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Twitch and Akshan together, you will not be giving your team much cover. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Akshan ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Twitch in order to pair well with Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Twitch and Akshan synergy build consist of Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Kraken Slayer. When Twitch bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Akshan than with most other common builds. In fact, Twitch had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing alongside Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Akshan with Twitch are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.