Riot Games have just showcased the champion spotlight for Akshan, the Rogue Sentinel. Here’s all you need to know:
Akshan – What are his Abilities?
Passive – Dirty Fighting:
Every three hits from Akshan’s attacks and damaging abilities deal a burst of physical damage. If the target was a champion, Akshan also gains a shield.
After attacking, Akshan fires a second attack that deals reduced physical damage. The second shot can be cancelled like a regular basic attack. If Akshan cancels the second shot he gains a burst of move speed.
Q – Avengerang:
Akshan throws a boomerang that deals physical damage and reveals enemies hit, extending its range each time it hits an enemy. Enemies can be hit once as the boomerang goes out and once as it returns.
W – Going Rogue:
Passive: When enemy champions kill one of Akshan’s allies, they are marked as Scoundrels. When Akshan gets a takedown on a Scoundrel he gains bonus gold, all allies killed by the Scoundrel are resurrected at their base, and Scoundrel status is removed from all other enemies.
Active: Akshan becomes camouflaged for a short duration, or indefinitely while near terrain. During this time, Akshan can see trails leading toward Scoundrels and gains move speed and mana regeneration while moving toward them.
E – Heroic Swing:
Akshan fires a hookshot that embeds in the first terrain hit. While embedded, he can recast to swing around the terrain in the cast direction, firing physical damage bullets at the nearest enemy while swinging. While swinging, he can recast again to jump off in the direction of the cursor and fire a final shot.
R – Comeuppance:
Akshan locks onto an enemy champion and begins channelling power into his gun to store bullets. At the end of the duration or after recasting he unleashes the stored bullets, each dealing physical damage based on missing health to the first minion, champion, or structure hit.
If you’re still confused on how the champion will function in game, here’s a quick look at the champion spotlight:
As can be seen in the footage above, League of Legends’ 156th champion, will act as a Marksman which will be mainly played in the middle and top lane.
How will this impact the competitive scene?
New champions are almost always picked or banned by the pros in their respective leagues. Two of the most recently released champions, Gwen and Viego are a great example of this in the LEC. Gwen was picked 20 times, but banned 43 times. On the contrary, Viego was picked 33 times, and only banned 19 times. A new champion like Akshan will certainly have a lot of traction upon his release, and we cannot wait to see him in action.
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