The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Volibear versus Akshan matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akshan..
Volibear typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akshan. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Akshan, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a poor counter to Akshan.
While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Akshan, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Akshan.
Moreover, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Volibear is a somewhat poor counter to Akshan. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Akshan.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Akshan. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Volibear versus Akshan build include Visage spirituel, Dent de Nashor, and Créateur de failles. When Volibear used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Akshan than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Akshan as Volibear, you should use the Tempo mortel, Triomphe, Légende : alacrité, Baroud d'honneur, Démolition, and Revitalisation runes from the Précision and Volonté rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Volibear vs Akshan counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Volibear are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.