In League of Legends, the new champion Akshan is live with patch 11.5. Players of LoL thought: This will be a new super-hero, but he proves to be too weak and loses too often. His win rate is below 40%. Now he needs to be made stronger in a second emergency patch.
Why were players so scared of Akshan? When the new champion Akshan was introduced in LoL, players found him ridiculously strong. This was about 4 weeks ago, on July 7, 2021.
This was mainly due to a “Passive Resurrection” mechanic in his “W – Going Rogue”. When Akshan kills an opponent who previously killed a teammate, he can revive the fallen comrade. This mechanic works even if Akshan is actually dead.
Players imagined that Akshan could single-handedly revive his team. It was outrageous how strong the hero’s skills were, people said back then.
The LoL developers noted at the time: Akshan also has weaknesses. His wave clear is not that strong and he is not good at dealing consistent damage.
But the LoL players were not dissuaded: They accused Riot Games of having completely lost their minds by introducing such a strong champion into the game.
The champ looked totally strong on paper, but is way too weak in game
So it was in reality now: Since Akshan has been on the live servers and is played by many, he proves to be a loser.
At Riot Games, it now says (via twitter):
“We were very careful about how his resurrection mechanic would affect the balance at release. Now that said: He still has a very low win rate, so we were probably too careful.”
Akshan is already getting 2 micro-patches to buff him
This is what Riot Games is doing now: In a micro-update, the devs are boosting him again:
- Akshan now receives a higher gain in attack speed when leveling up – it increases from 2.5% to 4%
- And his Q does 40-90% instead of 40-70% on minions
Already in the first patch on July 23, one day after Akshan’s release, his hit points, base damage, and Q cooldown were adjusted. But apparently, this help was not enough.
How bad is the champ then? According to the numbers from Champion.gg, Akshan has a 39.2% win rate in platinum tier.
The win rate of new champions is often low because everyone wants to play the new champ, including people who have no clue about him. But 39.2% is probably too low.
Maybe Akshan will pull himself together, another new hero looks exciting:
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