Nami vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Nami
based on 1,940 Nami vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Akshan
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Nami vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Nami against Akshan counter stats that can help you realize the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akshan. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Akshan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Akshan
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Who is Better, Nami or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Akshan, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes a bad counter for Akshan.
While Nami does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nami into Akshan.
Additionally, Nami has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nami is a garbage counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Akshan 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Nami versus Akshan build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Akshan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 48.0% battling Akshan with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Akshan as Nami, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Nami vs Akshan counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Nami are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.