Akshan vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Akshan
based on 6,938 Akshan vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Akshan vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Akshan versus Lux counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Lux. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they receives more damage than Lux. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Lux
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Who is Better, Akshan or Lux?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Lux, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter to Lux.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate compared to Lux, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Lux.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter for Lux. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average racks up more CS relative to Lux. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Lux build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Lux than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Lux with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Lux as Akshan, Akshan players 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. Out of all the runes players used for Akshan vs Lux counters, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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