Shaco vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Shaco
based on 2,553 Shaco vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Shaco vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Shaco vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Shaco
Tips for Playing as Shaco against Akshan
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Shaco vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Shaco in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several important Shaco against Akshan counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Shaco usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Akshan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Shaco and Akshan
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Who is Better, Shaco or Akshan?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Shaco usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akshan, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes an ok counter to Akshan.
While Shaco does have a lower winrate than Akshan, when they face off with one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Shaco into Akshanas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Shaco has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Shaco 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.
Shaco is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Shaco against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Shaco 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Shaco typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Shaco versus Akshan build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Shaco combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Akshan than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Akshan as Shaco, Shaco players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Shaco vs Akshan clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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