Akshan vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Akshan
based on 2,493 Akshan vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Akshan vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some valuable Akshan vs. Veigar counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..
Akshan usually has a similar longest kill spree as their enemy does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Veigar
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Who is Better, Akshan or Veigar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when trying to fight Veigar, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a bad counter to Veigar.
While Akshan does have a lower winrate than Veigar, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Veigar.
Additionally, Akshan also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a lower 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 terribly counter for Veigar. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akshan in order to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Veigar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Akshan versus Veigar build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Veigar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Veigar with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Veigar as Akshan, you should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Akshan vs Veigar clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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