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Akshan looks slippery, and he is, but his whole kit leans on his own movement to stay alive. He has no hard crowd control, no stun, and no root, and his mobility is conditional: Heroic Swing only works when there is terrain to anchor to, and his camouflage needs a wall nearby. Catch him in the open with no walls to swing from and he is just a squishy marksman. He also has to walk up to do real damage, so anyone who can lock him down with a stun or a point-and-click hit, or burst him faster than he can react, shuts the dance down. The way to beat Akshan is to deny his escape angles, hold your crowd control for the moment he commits, and punish him in the windows his swing is on cooldown. When you pick him, you are betting on your own movement and target selection, so respect anyone who can pin you in place or delete you before you swing away.
Akshan beats
- Miss Fortune (61% win rate, mid lane)
- Gangplank (59% win rate, top lane)
- Gragas (58% win rate, mid lane)
- Taliyah (58% win rate, mid lane)
- Tristana (58% win rate, mid lane)
Beats Akshan
- Teemo (33% win rate against Akshan, top lane)
- Smolder (35% win rate against Akshan, mid lane)
- Kennen (39% win rate against Akshan, mid lane)
- Yorick (40% win rate against Akshan, mid lane)
- Smolder (40% win rate against Akshan, bottom lane)
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