Annie vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Annie
based on 1,191 Annie vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Akshan
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Annie vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Annie in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Annie vs. Akshan counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Annie often has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Akshan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Akshan
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Who is Better, Annie or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Annie usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akshan, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Annie makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Annie does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when facing one another, Annie also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Annie into Akshan.
Moreover, Annie has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Annie is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Annie against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Annie to counter Akshan 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie on average gets a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Annie versus Akshan build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Annie combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Akshan than with most other typical builds. In fact, Annie boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Akshan with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Akshan as Annie, Annie players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Annie vs Akshan matchups, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Annie are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.