Akshan vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Akshan
based on 1,639 Akshan vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Akshan vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Akshan against Nunu & Willump matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. On average, they takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Akshan or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes an ok counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akshan into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akshan versus Nunu & Willump build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Nunu & Willump as Akshan, Akshan players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Shield Bash, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Akshan vs Nunu & Willump battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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