Jarvan IV vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Jarvan IV
based on 973 Jarvan IV vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Akshan
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Jarvan IV vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Jarvan IV against Akshan counter stats that may help you figure out the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akshan. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Akshan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Akshan
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Akshan, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Akshan.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate than Akshan, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Akshan.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jarvan IV against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Akshan build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Akshan than with most other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Akshan with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Akshan as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Jarvan IV vs Akshan fights, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Jarvan IV are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.