Akshan·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Akshan Support 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 Shield Bash and Bone Plating in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Symbiotic Soles and Kraken Slayer. For your last 3 items, you should build The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Rapid Firecannon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 50.0% winrate over 102 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Akshan Support 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, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter 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 Celestial Opposition, 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 Mortal Reminder, Infinity Edge and Rapid Firecannon. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 50.0% win rate over 60 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Triumph with Coup de Grace in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Symbiotic Soles as a second item and Hubris as a third item. You want to finish the build with Umbral Glaive, Rapid Firecannon and Vigilant Wardstone. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - W - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 53.6% win rate across 56 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.