Akshan vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Akshan
based on 533 Akshan vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Elise
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 Win Against Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Akshan vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some critical Akshan versus Elise matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Elise..
Akshan typically has a similar longest killing spree as their counter does. Typically, they takes less damage than Elise. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Elise
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Who is Better, Akshan or Elise?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Elise, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Elise.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Elise, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Elise.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Elise. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Elise matchups, Elise is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Elise. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically picks up much more CS compared to Elise. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Akshan versus Elise build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Elise than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Elise with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Elise as Akshan, you 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Akshan vs Elise clashes, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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