Zoe vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Zoe
based on 942 Zoe vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Akshan Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zoe Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Akshan
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Zoe vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Zoe in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Zoe against Akshan counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akshan..
Zoe typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akshan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Akshan
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Zoe or Akshan?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zoe usually fairs equally well when playing against Akshan, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Zoe makes an ok counter for Akshan.
While Zoe does have a lower winrate than Akshan, when facing one another, Zoe also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Zoe into Akshan.
Moreover, Zoe also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zoe vs Akshan matchups, Akshan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Zoe is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zoe in order to counter Akshan during both the early game 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 tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akshan. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Zoe versus Akshan build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Akshan than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Zoe had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Akshan as Zoe, Zoe players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Zoe vs Akshan counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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