Akshan vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Akshan
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Akshan vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Malzahar
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 Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Akshan vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several critical Akshan against Malzahar matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akshan usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their matchup does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akshan and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Akshan or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Akshan makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Akshan also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akshan is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akshan in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Akshan versus Malzahar build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Akshan included at least these three items in their build, they did much better when facing Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Malzahar as Akshan, 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. Of all the runes players picked for Akshan vs Malzahar LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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