Akshan vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Akshan
based on 2,894 Akshan vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Akshan vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some valuable Akshan vs. Varus counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Akshan normally has a similar longest kill spree as their matchup does. Typically, they receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Varus
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Who is Better, Akshan or Varus?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Akshan does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Akshan also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Varus.
Moreover, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Varus matchups, Akshan 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 late stage team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Akshan versus Varus build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs Varus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Varus with these items in their kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Varus 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. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Akshan vs Varus counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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