Xerath with Akshan
How to Synergize Xerath and Akshan
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Xerath Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Akshan
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Akshan Will Play
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.”
Xerath Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akshan helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Akshan, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Akshan does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Akshan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akshan.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Akshan on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Akshan does a poor job of protecting Xerath in team fights.
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no perfect companion for Xerath that will always be his top synergy. However, overall, Akshan is a very typical ally for Xerath. By playing on the same team as Xerath, they decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 50.0%. This signals that there is a weak strategic relationship between Xerath and Akshan that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be careful when finding Akshan comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Xerath players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Xerath and Akshan together, you probably will not be giving your other allies enough attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Akshan ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to work well with Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Xerath and Akshan synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Akshan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 50.0% helping carry Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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