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Akshan Guide

the Rogue Sentinel

Marksman

Assassin

Tier A Mid

Akshan, the Rogue Sentinel, is a marksman and assassin champion. Across our 409 analysed ranked games, Akshan is mostly played in Mid (89% of its games), and more rarely in Top (11%), with a 51.7% win rate in that role: tier A among Mid champions (#6 of 42, ranked by win rate). Akshan's damage is mostly physical (86%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 54.4% in long games (over 35 min, 46 games) versus 50.0% in short games (under 25 min).

Averages measured over 362 Mid games played with Akshan, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Akshan is a mobile marksman: every third hit, he deals bonus damage and gains a shield on a champion. Avengerang throws a boomerang that gains range with each hit, Going Rogue camouflages him and revives his allies by killing a Scoundrel, and Heroic Swing swings him from terrain.

Harassment

Q › AA AA › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Avengerang deals damage on the way out and back, its range increases with each hit; the third action triggers your passive's damage and shield.

The ambush

W › E › AA AA

When: A Scoundrel is spotted.

Going Rogue camouflages you and speeds you toward Scoundrels; Heroic Swing swings you and fires repeatedly at the nearest enemy.

The precision ultimate

R

When: An enemy champion is visible.

Comeuppance locks onto a champion, stores bullets then fires them all; the damage depends on the missing health of the first champion, minion or structure hit.

Laning phase

Your attacks are doubled by a weaker extra attack: cancel it to gain movement speed. Avengerang gains range with each enemy hit.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate without checking who will be hit first.
• Staying visible away from tall grass or terrain features while camouflaged.
• Forgetting the cancelable extra attack.

Riot's official tips for playing 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.”

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector (109 games, 56.9% win rate), usually with Immortal Path (48.7% over 76 games).

Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards+The Collector

109 games · 56.9%

Infinity Edge+Rapid Firecannon+The Collector

49 games · 57.1%

Infinity Edge+Lord Dominik's Regards+Rapid Firecannon

45 games · 64.4%

Boots

Immortal Path48.7% · 76 games

Chainlaced Crushers62.3% · 53 games

Armored Advance60.9% · 46 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite52.2% · 270 games

Flash + Teleport52.5% · 59 games

Exhaust + Flash38.5% · 26 games

Most-played runes

Press the Attack + Sorcery

53.7% · 190 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind96%

Legend: Alacrity99%

Cut Down98%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Absolute Focus98%

Gathering Storm98%

Shards

Attack speed95%

Adaptive force100%

Health88%

Press the Attack + Resolve

49.1% · 112 games

Primary tree · Precision

Presence of Mind96%

Legend: Alacrity97%

Coup de Grace51%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Bone Plating94%

Overgrowth70%

Shards

Attack speed96%

Adaptive force100%

Health53%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Akshan's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team52.9% · 121 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

The Collector 50.5%

Infinity Edge 60.5% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 64.8% ▲

Kraken Slayer 48.0%

Rapid Firecannon 68.0% ▲

Mortal Reminder 52.4%

The item that stands out most is Rapid Firecannon: 68.0% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team54.6% · 86 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

The Collector 53.2% ▲

Infinity Edge 61.4% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 57.1%

Kraken Slayer 47.8%

Rapid Firecannon 64.7%

Hexoptics C44 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Infinity Edge: 61.4% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team49.0% · 155 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

The Collector 47.3%

Infinity Edge 48.9% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 50.6% ▼

Kraken Slayer 50.0%

Hexoptics C44 60.0% ▼

Rapid Firecannon 45.8%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Abilities

PassiveDirty 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.

QAvengerang

Akshan throws a boomerang that deals damage going out and coming back, extending its range each time it hits an enemy.

WGoing Rogue

Akshan passively marks enemy champions as Scoundrels when they kill his ally champions. If Akshan kills a Scoundrel, he resurrects the allies they killed, gains bonus gold, and clears all marks.

When activated, Akshan enters camouflage and gains Move Speed and Mana Regen while moving towards Scoundrels. Akshan loses the camouflage quickly while he is not in brush or near terrain.

EHeroic Swing

Akshan fires a grappling hook into terrain then swings around it, repeatedly firing at the nearest enemy while swinging. He can jump off early or gets knocked off when colliding with champions or terrain.

RComeuppance

Akshan locks onto an enemy champion and starts storing bullets. When released, he fires all stored bullets, dealing damage based on missing health to the first champion, minion, or structure hit.

Frequently asked questions

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