Akshan vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Akshan
based on 973 Akshan vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Akshan vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Akshan versus Jarvan IV matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Jarvan IV..
Akshan normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Akshan or Jarvan IV?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when playing against Jarvan IV, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when facing one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Jarvan IV.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Jarvan IV matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Jarvan IV. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan typically accumulates much more CS as Jarvan IV. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Jarvan IV build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan bought at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Jarvan IV than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Jarvan IV with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Jarvan IV 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 combinations players picked for Akshan vs Jarvan IV fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.5% winrate overall.
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