Akshan

Half sharpshooter, half assassin, Akshan doesn’t play like any other ADC. He can hold bot lane or go mid, with a 500 attack range and a very mobile kit that lets him start fights other marksmen would avoid. Dirty Fighting makes every third hit from his attacks and abilities deal bonus damage and grant a shield against champions, and his doubled attacks give skilled players room to weave in cancels for better trade efficiency.

His signature is Heroic Swing. He hooks onto terrain and swings past it, and he fires automatically at the closest enemy while in the air. Around jungle walls and river banks, he becomes a spinning turret that is frustrating to catch. Avengerang adds another layer with a boomerang that hits both on the outward and return trip, gaining range with every enemy it strikes, which makes it handy for poking through minion waves. Comeuppance is his execute: he locks onto a champion, banks bullets, then fires the whole stored volley at once for damage scaled to the target’s missing health. The volley can be blocked, though, by anything that moves in front of it.

The revive mechanic

Going Rogue is the reason Akshan is valuable to a team beyond his damage. Enemies who kill his allies become Scoundrels, and taking down a Scoundrel brings back the teammates those enemies killed and pays out bonus gold. The active also grants stealth near terrain, which helps him flank. He suits creative, aggressive players who read terrain angles, go after revives, and see the map as a place to play rather than a row of lanes.