How to win your mid lane with The Rogue Sentinel in his first week of release.
Akshan was introduced by Riot as an AD mid laner, Akshan possessing a lot of mechanisms, hegemony effects. The flip side of such an “overload kit” is that it makes it difficult for gamers to learn and play the parcel. Moreover, his early statistics is in an extremely bad state, the main reason can be that players still need more time to get use to new mechanic added in his kit. Akshan has recently received a hotfix buff due to his bad win rate after one day of his official debut.
The tips and tricks below will solve this problem and help you have a higher winning rate when trying out Akshan.
Passive
First let’s learn some tips with Akshan’s passive. Basically, when the player cancels the second attack from this passive, Akshan will receive more movement speed. If you can cancel this second attack continuously when attacking minions, you can reach your opponent quite easily. Moreover, the speed of movement when canceling the attack will increase based on the strike speed index, so gems such as Lethal Tempo or Hell of Blades are very suitable for Akshan.
Besides, if Akshan attacks and defeats the target, the second attack from passive will automatically target the nearest opponent. You can use this tip to be a lot more efficient in the early stages of the game.
Q- – Avengerang
Then with Q – Avengerang, this is Akshan’s main damage-dealing skill and you should raise it to the maximum first. When you launch this move to hit any opponent, its range will be increased. Players can take advantage of this to poke enemy champions at a distance as well as push minion waves extremely quickly.
Not stopping there, you can use Flash when Q – Avengerang animation takes place to target a certain target. This move also exposes the enemy champion and provides visibility in a short period of time, so Q – Avengerang will be a tool to check dangerous areas extremely well.
W – Going Rogue
For W- Going Rogue, gamers need to know that Akshan’s range is shorter than the exposed range of this skill. So if you move carelessly, Akshan will be attacked before you can deal damage. Therefore, you should launch Q – Avengerang during the validity period of W – Going Rogue to have more movement speed to close to the target.
An interesting thing about W – Going Rogue skill is that Akshan will go unspotable even when passing through the eyes created by Scutter Crab, so Akshan is best for the Middle Line position when it is possible to make good use of the powerful inverting ability from the W – Going Rogue.
E – Heroic Swing
In terms of E – Heroic Swing skills, you can reactivating this move after 0.5 seconds to cancel it. However, players can cancel E – Heroic Swing sooner with just right click. This is an effective tool to help you avoid rushing into dangerous positions when launching this move at the wrong time.
In addition, when standing close to the wall and launching the skill E – Heroic Swing, he will automatically step back a little. Combined with the above-mentioned trick, Akshan can dodge the move relatively easily even when pressed against the wall. Furthermore, Akshan was able to activate Zhonya Hourglass during the swing around the terrain while still launching a blow from this skill.
R – Comeuppance
With the last move – Comeuppance, you need to remember that all opponents from mions, jungle monsters, turrets to champions can shield bullets from this skill. Therefore, you should not stand still in a position but move continuously with the E – Heroic Swing to avoid the opponent covering damage from the last move. Besides, if you are fast enough, you can launch Q – Avengerang to get visibility and immediately launch the Comeuppance at the target that you just discovered.
According to streamer I Keep It Taco, the most suitable super rune for Akshan is Hell of Blades because it interacts so well with the passive – Dirty Fighting. In terms of building equipment, The Rogue Sentinel can make good use of all the ADC Mythical items, among them, the mobility from Galeforce proves to be the most suitable for him. Then items like The collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik Regards… are the best choices that gamers should build.
Hopefully with the above tips, you can play better with Akshan and get more win in the future with the Rogue Sentinel.