Taric vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Taric
based on 668 Taric vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Akshan
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
Taric vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Taric vs. Akshan counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akshan. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Akshan
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Who is Better, Taric or Akshan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Akshan, with a 56.7% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a fantastic counter for Akshan.
While Taric does have a much higher winrate than Akshan, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Akshan.
Additionally, Taric also 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Akshan matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Taric is a great counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Taric in order to counter Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Akshan. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Taric versus Akshan build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Akshan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 56.7% when playing against Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Akshan as Taric, Taric players should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Taric vs Akshan counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 56.7% win rate overall.
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