How to win lane as Akshan against Naafiri · 50.94% win rate over 2,511 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Akshan | Level 1: neither side has a clear kit edge yet, so it's an even skill matchup. |
| Level 2 | Akshan | Level 2: same even footing continues before either power spike. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3: Naafiri's Eviscerate dash lets her close distance faster than you can kite, favoring her. |
| Levels 4-5 | Naafiri | Levels 4-5: her all-in combo continues to out-trade your poke at close range. |
| Level 6 | Naafiri | Levels 4-5: Pack Your Bags packmates extend her all-in reach, keeping this phase hers. |
| First item | Naafiri | Level 6: the second dash from her ultimate lets her chain through your disengage attempts. |
| Two+ items | Akshan | 2+ items: your Comeuppance execute and disengage tools let you punish her overextensions in teamfights. |
Levels 1-2 are close skill matchups since neither champion has a huge kit advantage yet, but Naafiri's dash makes her slightly scarier to all-in blind.
The full Akshan vs Naafiri report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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