LoL developer Riot Games presents the new champion Akshan. The rebellious guardian is to join the Summoner’s Rift in the near future.

With Akshan, the ever-growing list of LoL-Champions gets an interesting addition.
an interesting addition. His focus is mainly on damage, while he gets a lot of mobility through a grappling hook. Furthermore, Akshan can mark opponents as “rogues”. If one of them then kills allies of Akshan, but he in turn takes out the rogue, the fallen allies are directly revived.

Akshan, der rebellische Wächter, möchte seinen Mentor mithilfe eines uralten Wächterrelikts wiederbeleben. pic.twitter.com/d5XnID3199

— League of Legends DE (@LoLGermany) July 7, 2021

Disputed Abilities?

Akshan’s released attacks are already causing some unrest among League of Legends fans. Especially his W skill “Going Rogue”, which can revive allies, is already under criticism. Fans of the MOBA title are worried that the new champion will become extremely OP and can decide games single-handedly. Even on the professional level, players like Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng contribute their concerns that Akshan could have too much influence on the game.

The new champ Akshan being able respawn teammates is going to make some crazy situations in competitive. Imagine trading 2 kills for 2 kills in a teamfight but he gets a lasthit – now it's 5v3 and his team can take baron, elder, soul, rush nexus, etc.

— Yiliang Peng (@Doublelift1) July 7, 2021

In the tweet, the North American talks about “crazy situations” that Akshan will trigger on a competitive level. “Imagine trading two kills for two kills and then he gets a lasthit – all of a sudden it’s a five on three and his team gets Baron, Elder, Soul and can attack the Nexus etc,” Doublelift said in the post.

Many fans and players among the League of Legends tweets agree with the pro in his concerns

Release is just around the corner

Riot Games last mentioned Akshan backin the event “Rise of the Guardians“. Through this it was very quickly clear that the champion would expand the line-up of the guardians Senna and Lucian. His backstory is therefore connected to hers and Viego’s, while he is also likely to play a role in the upcoming Guardian event.

Players who would like to try out Akshan directly do not have to wait much longer. The champion is scheduled for Patch11.15, so he will be playable on 21 July. In addition to the release, Akshan can look forward to a new skin from the Cyberpop series.