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Akshan Build

Mid Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 18,839 gamesUpdated

49.8%win rate0.8%pick1.4%ban

Who counters Akshan

Every Mid matchup for Akshan, ranked →

How to build Akshan

Gunmetal Greaves→The Collector→Lord Dominik's Regards→Infinity Edge

Gunmetal Greaves → The Collector → Lord Dominik's Regards → Infinity Edge

56.1% win rate 19% of games 2,371 games
RunesPrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut DownSorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm40% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite85%
Skills
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Avengerang
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Going Rogue
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Heroic Swing
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Comeuppance
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Akshan build →
49.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 48.8% over 46,990 gamesPatch 26.21: 49.8% over 18,839 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
51.2%at Emerald+
0.8%pick rate
1.4%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 3 last patch
49.8%under 22 min
50.8%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 10–15m
MASTER+
Akshan champion portraitM AkshanvsLocke champion portraitM Locke
1 / 0 / 2

Build

Slightly Magical Footwear|

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

EQQWQRQEQE
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Akshan champion portraitM AkshanvsYasuo champion portraitM Yasuo
4 / 5 / 4

Build

Armored Advance|The Collector→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEQWQRQEQEREEWWR
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Akshan champion portraitM AkshanvsVeigar champion portraitM Veigar
12 / 7 / 10

Build

Armored Advance|The Collector→Lord Dominik's Regards→Infinity Edge→Kraken Slayer

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

EQQWQRQEQEREEWW

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 49.0% win rate · 40% of games · 7,401 games
PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Runner up 49.8% win rate · 23% of games · 4,124 games
PrecisionPress the AttackPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite85%50.1%16,566 games
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport6%48.9%1,240 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Gunmetal Greaves60%Chainlaced Crushers17%Immortal Path9%
Gunmetal Greaves most often · 50.9% win rate

Akshan build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. The Collector1st
  2. Infinity Edge2nd
  3. Lord Dominik's Regards3rd
11% of games that reach a third item take this path57.6% win rate1,388 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Akshan →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 19,149 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Gunmetal GreavesGunmetal Greaves
59% · 51.0% win rate
Chainlaced CrushersChainlaced Crushers
17% · 47.7% win rate
Immortal PathImmortal Path
9% · 52.4% win rate
Armored AdvanceArmored Advance
7% · 52.4% win rate
SwiftmarchSwiftmarch
5% · 53.5% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 32.6% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. The Collector›Infinity Edge+Gunmetal Greaves5% of games · 40.3% win rate · 953 games
  2. The Collector+Gunmetal Greaves4% of games · 32.9% win rate · 811 games
  3. The Collector›Infinity Edge›Lord Dominik's Regards+Gunmetal Greaves3% of games · 58.1% win rate · 633 games
  4. The Collector›Lord Dominik's Regards+Gunmetal Greaves2% of games · 39.8% win rate · 402 games
  5. Infinity Edge›The Collector+Gunmetal Greaves2% of games · 36.8% win rate · 394 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Akshan against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Akshan's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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