Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
The stat comparisons provided here show some critical Sivir against Akshan counter statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akshan..
Sivir often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when trying to fight Akshan, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a bad counter for Akshan.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Sivir into Akshan.
Furthermore, Sivir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sivir is a terribly counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Akshan.
To truly master Sivir to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Sivir versus Akshan build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better versus Akshan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sivir had an average winrate of 46.4% when playing against Akshan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Akshan as Sivir, Sivir players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Sivir vs Akshan face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Sivir are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.