Blitzcrank vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Blitzcrank
based on 2,744 Blitzcrank vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Akshan
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Blitzcrank vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Blitzcrank versus Akshan counter stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Akshan
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when taking on Akshan, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a great counter for Akshan.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Akshan.
Moreover, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Akshan matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter for Akshan. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Blitzcrank in order to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Akshan. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Akshan build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Blitzcrank used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Akshan than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 53.6% when playing against Akshan with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Akshan as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Blitzcrank vs Akshan counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.6% win rate overall.
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