Akshan·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Akshan Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Press the Attack as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Shield Bash in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Magic Resist in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, followed by Mercury's Treads and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 13 665 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Akshan Mid build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Shield Bash in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Magic Resist in defense. The items for the build are Kraken Slayer, which you should build first, followed by Berserker's Greaves as your second item and Blade of The Ruined King as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Guinsoo's Rageblade, Lord Dominik's Regards and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.9% win rate over 9 799 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Magic Resist as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Serylda's Grudge and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 56.6% win rate across 5 400 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Akshan Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Magic Resist as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Stormrazor as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Infinity Edge as third item. The last 3 options are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 56.0% win rate over 912 matches played.

Situational Akshan Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Akshan build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.