#Akshan runes Patch

Your opponent runs a lot of cheap Lurk units, your goal is to try and trade with those early units and preserve your health.

Mulligan for: Treasure Seeker, Akshan, Rock Hopper. Managing to pull off your combo play on either one of them could be the game-winning play. This is where both Sivir and Ruin Runner shine.

The Shurima version of Lee Sin does have an access to Hush, so answering a unit with Spellshield can be impossible for your opponent.

Akshan Lee Sin does not run any burn cards, so once you’ve survived an attack, you’re safe until your opponent’s next attack turn.

Concussive Palm and Deny can delay the one-kick combo and grant you another turn.

Your priority is not on killing Lee Sin though, you’re aiming to push as much damage as you can onto the Nexus.

If your opponent chooses to block a Quick Attack unit with Lee Sin and protect him with Barrier, you can go through it and kill Lee Sin if you play Flurry of Fists on the attacking unit.

Eye of the Dragon will buy your opponent a lot of time with the Dragonlings she summons until they can set up for the Lee Sin play.

Merciless Hunter is usually played to remove either Eye of the Dragon or Akshan.

Mulligan for: Akshan, Merciless Hunter, Sivir, and Rock Hopper. For example, in the simplest and the most common scenario, when your Sivir is just about to level up, it’s wise to attack with her first and achieve her quest, which will give both Spellshield and Quick Attack to your other attacking units, securing favorable trades if your opponent wishes to block them. Positioning your attackers is important when Sivir is among them – however, there’s no rule of thumb and it’ll depend on the scenario you’re in. Flurry of Fists and Ghost on Level 2 Sivir will give Double Attack and Elusive to all your other attacking units. You’re also very likely to level up Sivir in this deck – she’ll become a massive threat once flipped. Ghost followed up with a Flurry of Fists is a very strong combo on a unit with natural Quick Attack, especially on Sivir due to her Spellshield. You will need to lock in your attacks with Young Witch first, wait for the opponent’s blocks second – and only after that you can go for Flurry on the unit Young Witch is supporting. It’s important to note that Flurry of Fists doesn’t grant Double Attack unless the unit already has Quick Attack. Because it has Overwhelm, after Ruin Runner kills the unit that is blocking it during the first attack, it will then strike for the second time, damaging the Nexus directly. You’ll mostly be using it on Ruin Runner as the Spellshield makes it hard for your opponent to have an answer. Once Young Witch grants Quick Attack to an Elusive unit or Ruin Runner, we can then cast Flurry of Fists on it to deal double the damage. Secondly, she allows us to set up our finisher. Young Witch has two main roles in the deck: firstly, she provides Quick Attack to an ally, which will then act as removal in combination with Vulnerable applied by Merciless Hunter or Rock Hopper’s Roiling Sands. Treasure Seeker, Rock Hopper, and Merciless Hunter are essential in the early game to keep up with our opponent’s board or deal some damage to the opponent’s Nexus. I’ve managed to hit rank 7 (569 LP) on the European ladder playing mostly Akshan Sivir and I wanted to share all I’ve learned about the deck, so let’s get started! The Relic of Power that the landmark creates will give us three different choices down the line, all of which can be useful depending on the situation. Also, it’s important that when played, Akshan summons Warlord’s Palace that’ll enable our Shaped Stone. I would say that Akshan overall is a more fitting champion for our curve. What’s the difference between Zed and Akshan? Well, Zed imposes a more aggressive presence in the early game when he summons Living Shadow on his attack, while Akshan is a cheaper champion that can be played earlier and cleanly followed up with Merciless Hunter. Zed Sivir was already an established competitive archetype in the previous meta, but after the update, many players have shifted towards Sivir paired with Akshan.

#Akshan runes Patch

The tempo-oriented Shurima Ionia deck built around Sivir has actually been already strong even before Akshan’s release in Patch 2.12. It has become popular in Ranked and in competitive play, and currently, it is one of my top choices to climb with.

Hello everyone, Sorry here! I’ve got a new deck I wanted to talk in-depth about – Akshan Sivir.