Akshan·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Akshan Bot 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 Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Magical Footwear and Triple Tonic in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Statikk Shiv as your first item, followed by Symbiotic Soles and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 53.6% winrate over 399 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Akshan Bot build would be to take Flash and Barrier 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 Overgrowth in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health 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 The Collector as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Infinity Edge, 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 43.7% win rate over 71 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Treasure Hunter in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Coup de Grace in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Statikk Shiv as your first item, then Symbiotic Soles as a second item and The Collector as a third item. You want to finish the build with Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Rapid Firecannon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 43.3% win rate across 67 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.