Orianna vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Orianna
based on 986 Orianna vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Akshan Counter Build
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Core Orianna Items
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Akshan
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Orianna vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several significant Orianna vs. Akshan matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Orianna normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Akshan
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Who is Better, Orianna or Akshan?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when taking on Akshan, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a bad counter to Akshan.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Akshanas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna 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 team fights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Orianna versus Akshan build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Akshan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 48.7% battling Akshan with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Akshan as Orianna, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Orianna vs Akshan LoL games, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Orianna are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.