How to counter Akshan?

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What are Akshan's abilities?

Akshan's kit: Dirty Fighting (Passive), Q Avengerang, W Going Rogue, E Heroic Swing, R Comeuppance.

What position does Akshan play?

Akshan is typically played in the Marksman and Assassin roles.

Champions / Akshan

the Rogue Sentinel

Akshan

MarksmanAssassinDifficulty · Low

Win rate

49.4%

Tier

DMid

Pick

2.6%

Ban

2.0%

// What they do

// Abilities

Passive

Dirty Fighting

Every three hits from Akshan's Attacks and Abilities deals bonus damage and grants him a Shield if the target was a champion. When Akshan Attacks, he fires an additional Attack for reduced damage. If he cancels the additional Attack, he instead gains Move Speed.

// Base stats at level 1Bar = against every champion

Health610

Attack dmg52

Armor26

Magic resist33

Move speed330

Range500

// Skins

5 total · in-game view

// Playing them · playing against them

As Akshan

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.”

// Lore

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Yasuo40.2%

Malphite43.6%

// More on Akshan

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At a glance

Released: 22 July 2021
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP
Range: Ranged
Adaptive type: Physical
Role: Marksman, Assassin
Positions: Middle

Basic attacksPlaystyleAbilities

Mode balance

ARAM · Damage dealt +5%
ARAM · Damage taken -5%
URF · Damage dealt +5%

Ability details

Innate: Whenever Akshan uses a basic attack, he fires an additional shot after a delay that deals 50% AD physical damage, increased to 100% AD against minions. Issuing an attack order on a different target before the additional shot has been launched causes Akshan to fire it at the new target. If the second shot is cancelled instead, he gains 20 – 75 (based on level) (1 + 100% bonus attack speed) bonus movement speed decaying over 1 second.
The additional shot applies on-hit effects, triggers on-attack effects, and is affected by critical strike modifiers.
Innate: Akshan's basic attacks on-hit and ability hits apply a stack of Dirty Fighting to enemies for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent applications and stacking up to 3 times. The third stack against a target consumes them all to deal them 15;40;80;150 (based on level) (+ 60% AP) bonus magic damage; if the target is a champion, Akshan will also gain a 40+(240/17)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1)) (based on level) (+ 35% bonus AD) shield for 2 seconds. The shield may be gained only once every few seconds.

Targeting: Passive
Damage type: Physical Magic
Spell shield: false
Projectile: true

Notes

If the first shot has killed its target, Akshan will automatically acquire another enemy within 200 units beyond his basic attack range, else he can do so by issuing an attack order to a different target.
The second shot:
Is treated as a basic attack.
Critically strikes independently from the first shot.
Can be cancelled by inputting a different command right after using the first shot.
Counts as a separate hit for effects such as Electrocute, Shock, and Ever Rising Moon.
Starts the attack windup's cooldown after it is used, rather than when the first shot is.
The attack speed scaling on the movement speed buff includes the bonus attack speed gained from Akshan's innate attack speed growth.
At level 20, at minimum it grants decaying movement speed.
Changing targets for the second shot will also acquire the new target.
The second shot, if the first shot's target was killed, will prioritize visible enemy champions, then minions on low health.

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