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 Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Conditioning and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force 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 Plated Steelcaps and The Collector. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Edge of Night. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 42.7% winrate over 110 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 Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Deep Ward and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind 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 of Swiftness as your second item and Umbral Glaive as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Voltaic Cyclosword, Rapid Firecannon and Infinity Edge. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 39.7% win rate over 78 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Treasure Hunter 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 Berserker's Greaves as a second item and Kraken Slayer 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 48.5% win rate across 68 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.