Akshan vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Akshan
based on 2,010 Akshan vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Akshan vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Akshan against Vi counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Akshan typically has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Typically, they receives less damage than Vi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Vi
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Who is Better, Akshan or Vi?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Vi.
Furthermore, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Vi matchups, Vi 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 to Vi. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akshan against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often gets much more CS compared to Vi. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Vi build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better countering Vi than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Vi with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Vi as Akshan, you 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akshan vs Vi face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vi as Akshan are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.