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 Bone Plating and Overgrowth 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Mortal Reminder. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 41.1% winrate over 107 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, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm 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 Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Boots as your second item and Kraken Slayer as your third item. The rest of the items in order are The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 36.0% win rate over 75 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, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Hubris as a third item. You want to finish the build with The Collector, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 59.7% 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.