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How to Synergize Akshan with Shaco on the Same TeamAkshan is in the b tier of champions

Akshan with Shaco

How to Win With Akshan and Shaco Paired TogetherAkshan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Akshan and Shaco

based on 2,342 Akshan with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Akshan has gone into battle with Shaco in 2342 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Akshan play with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Akshan to play alongside Shaco as allies. This has only taken place in approximately 3.3% of rounds with Akshan.

Akshan Shaco Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akshan does a poor job of teaming up with Shaco. Usually, they wins a lowly 47.3% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Akshan when playing alongside Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akshan vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Akshan Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeKraken SlayerThe Collector

Optional Items

Guinsoo's RagebladeRapid FirecannonTerminusWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akshan to level upq
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Second ability for Akshan to level upe
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Last skill for Akshan to max outw

Runes

PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveShield BashBone Plating
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Akshan's passive ability p
Akshan's q ability q
Akshan's w ability w
Akshan's e ability e
Akshan's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Akshan and Shaco

Tips for Playing as Akshan with Shaco

Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”

Advice to Understand How Shaco Will Play

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.

Akshan Shaco Synergy Stats

Akshan Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Shaco Image
8.2
< Kills >
8.2
6.9
< Deaths >
6.5
5.8
< Assists >
5.6
1.91
< Killing Sprees >
1.88
171
< Minions Killed >
167
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,496
< Physical Damage >
18,901
3,323
< Magic Damage >
3,201
1,199
< True Damage >
1,158
24,018
< Damage Dealt >
23,260
22,867
< Damage Taken >
21,909
12,821
< Gold Earned >
12,572
2.06
< Towers >
2.11
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,375
< Total Healing >
4,213
14,607
< Experience >
14,216
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
54
< Time Dealing CC >
53

How to Play with Shaco as Akshan in LoL

The Akshan Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akshan sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shaco helps Akshan perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akshan is an ally to Shaco, they gets a little increase in their complete damage output. This may signal that Shaco provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Akshan is played with Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Shaco. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Shaco.

Moreover, when Akshan plays with Shaco on the same team, they on average takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Shaco does a poor job of covering Akshan in teamfights.

Synergies between Akshan and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Akshan
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akshan
Shaco

Is Akshan better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no one best ally for Akshan that will no matter what be their best synergy. However, Shaco is a not very good companion for Akshan. By being on the same team as Akshan, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 47.3%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Akshan and Shaco that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Akshan. That means Akshan players need to be very careful when lining up Shaco allies to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, Akshan players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Akshan and Shaco together, you will not be giving your team much cover. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Shaco ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akshan Players

How We Calculated Our Akshan Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akshan and Shaco, we analyzed 2,342 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akshan with Shaco comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to work well with Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Akshan and Shaco synergy build include Infinity Edge, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Akshan used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better as an ally of Shaco than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akshan boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when playing alongside Shaco with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Akshan players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Shaco with Akshan are shown for every ranked division. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.