Akshan vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Akshan
based on 1,024 Akshan vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Akshan vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Akshan against Heimerdinger counter statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their matchup does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter to Heimerdinger.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Heimerdinger.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This 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 Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Heimerdinger during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Heimerdinger build include Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better when facing Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Heimerdinger with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Akshan, Akshan players should equip 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 builds players picked for Akshan vs Heimerdinger counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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