How to win lane as Yone against Akshan · 47.88% win rate over 2,220 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Akshan | At level 1 his passive shield, Q poke, and E mobility let him bully you early. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 the lane balances as you gain trade tools, making it skill-based. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | At level 3 wall-pins versus his grapple decide trades, so it's even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 it stays skill-matched around his E cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 your all-in through his spent E tilts the lane to you. |
| First item | Yone | First item your sustained DPS out-values his poke-and-run. |
| Two+ items | Yone | At two-plus items you out-duel him and R down his escapes. |
Akshan controls levels 1-2: his passive gives him a free shield on trades, his Q ricochets for poke, and his E lets him reposition out of your Q range, so he wins the opening exchanges and can bully your CS.
The full Yone vs Akshan 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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