Akshan vs Garen
How to Beat Garen as Akshan
based on 2,455 Akshan vs Garen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Garen Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Garen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Garen as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Garen
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 Garen
Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.
Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.
Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.
Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.
Akshan vs Garen Counter Stats
How to Counter Garen with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Akshan versus Garen counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between these two champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Garen..
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. On average, they receives less damage than Garen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Garen
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Who is Better, Akshan or Garen?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when playing against Garen, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter for Garen.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Garen.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Garen matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Garen. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Garen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Garen. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Garen build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Akshan combined at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Garen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 50.3% battling Garen with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Garen as Akshan, you should take 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 runes that we analyzed for Akshan vs Garen fights, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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