Akshan Mid, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Akshan's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Akshan is an AD carry in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 52.0% win rate, 2.6% pick rate, 30,861 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Akshan holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Akshan wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map. The kit grades 7/10 roaming. Akshan grades low on engage and disengage (2/10, 2/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is The Collector, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, which holds a 55.7% win rate across 2,451 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Rammus, where Akshan sits at just 42.1%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (62.5%), and on the team side, Akshan gains the most from a Zyra (+8.3% pair win rate).
Akshan's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Champions that beat Akshan Mid the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
The teammates that make Akshan Mid stronger this patch, measured by how much the pair's win rate beats Akshan going solo.
Akshan is also played in these other roles this patch.
Take Akshan into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Akshan ranks this patch.