Akshan·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Akshan Top 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 Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves and Stormrazor. For your last 3 items, you should build Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Immortal Shieldbow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.6% winrate over 411 matches played.

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 Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Cut Down in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, then Gluttonous Greaves as a second item and Stormrazor 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 51.7% win rate across 143 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Akshan Top 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 Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Statikk Shiv as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and The Collector as third item. The last 3 options are Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards and Immortal Shieldbow. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.6% win rate over 129 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.