Akshan vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Akshan
based on 1,081 Akshan vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Akshan vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Akshan in LoL
The stats provided here show several vital Akshan versus Jayce matchup stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Jayce..
Akshan often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Jayce?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually wins when playing against Jayce, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes a good counter for Jayce.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate than Jayce, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Jayce.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Jayce matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akshan is a decent counter to Jayce. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akshan versus Jayce build include Kraken Slayer, The Collector, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Akshan used at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Jayce than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Jayce with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Jayce as Akshan, Akshan players 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 Jayce counters, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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