Akalithe Rogue Assassin | Ranked #97 out of 103 in Mid
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Middle Lane (77%)
Akali Middle Lane Counters: 183,05396,89267,67414,8982,889700 matches, 59 counter champions
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Tips Against Akali in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
HaderrQ says “Its playable but since her E reveals now you can't tank that anymore.
Try to dodge it or if you get strong enough try to 100-0 her, before she starts jumping left n right.”
darkezmond says “Skill matchup. From the first minutes of poke Q and auto attacks, after lvl 2 and 3, beware of short trades with her when she uses her W, try to get into her at random with your Q”
ardizzle says “Akali is can be scary if she can get ahead. Wave management for the first 3 waves are crucial. Goal is to bounce the 3 wave and freeze at your tower. If executed well, Akali will have to call her jungle to break the freeze.
If this fails, just be careful of the level 3 and level 6 power spikes. ”
EL ZUDO says “a little bit akali favored due to the shroud but subjectively speaking the whole 1v1 depends on the skill of the player and the knowledge about their champ and the enemy u can poke erly bc about e she can put u down easily try to bait lvl 2 for her to e in tower if u can push if she has bad early game jg and bacfk for item lead she has bad wave clear so u dont loose much if she has early game stay close to tower ”
VVVRAT says “Look for early trades, try to roam and help jungler when possible. Once she gets 6 she will look to all in you and trust me she wins that. Don't look to be near this creature without Crown, and even then - she has enough bull$#!* in her kit to stay on top of you once your crown is off. It's very difficult to teamfight when an Akali is flanking. Vision setup is important, try to stay close to anyone who can peel you, or alternatively find flanks of your own if you think you can kill her team before she kills yours. A good Akali will always single you out. ”
Fantasygamer02 says “Ivern oppresses Akali heavily. Laning versus her is similar to how Zilean lanes into her, but even more oppressive and safe. He does not counter her in the late game quite the same as Zilean does since Chronoshift completely negates her entire kit, but Ivern can block half of her full combo easily with 2 shields and/or Mikael's healing.”
Nooldles says “Is a skill matchup that Akali is favored in the early game. Sylas must minimize through dodging of her Q's and E's during the lane. If both farm evenly, once you hit level 7 and onwards you are slightly favoured and should trade aggressively with W whenever she uses Q on the wave. Disengage when she uses shroud.”
Shark of Void says “Short guide:
Take Barrier, dodge her skills, buy as early as possible Zhonya's Hourglass.
Read more in the in-depth guide of matchups.”
AnxialSociety says “Aery. Scorch. Stomp her first few levels, around 4-6 she ramps up, and can just kill you.
Her e is a free sleep. (Can R under turret to drag her there).
Stay out of her q range and poke from distance.
Barrier.
Never wake her if you are low. Just leave. You won by stopping her.
Do not try skirmishing with her anywhere nearby. You must play way back.”
Samikin says “Non-Threat.
Akali is barely a threat if both of you are even. You bully out Akali from all early levels up to 6, where she finally has kill pressure on you. Even then, her R always puts you behind her, meaning you know where she'll be so your E is guaranteed.
Recommendations:
Aery (+ Ingenious Hunter) rune page.
Crown of the Shattered Queen + Lich Bane”
Mayuushii says “Can one shot you if you're not careful. Can harass in lane and look for electrocute procs or aery when she farms. Avoid her in the smokescreen and Try to cancel her E with Charm.”
MiniLuxi1 says “The best thing you can do is start the game with your E, and already be more aggressive, and punish for each creep, and without creeps, too, but best of all for trying to finish off the creeps, but don't get carried away, the forester is not asleep. Be careful after her LVL 3 and LVL 6. She can go all in. After the above 6 lvl, you can see her in W (smoke), it's also better to hold your Q if she decides to fly in with E, if you have a label and also with R (click on you). Perhaps the wall will be able to stop her, or if she got caught, you can also combine your R and W so that she does not get away with it and at her next flight, you could kill her.”
StralekS says “Not Kat Favored but Can win: Electrocute/ Sorcery: Short Trades, Ignite + Flash, Doran Shield/ Dark Seal start. Play lane safely, farm, and when she wastes ability, punish her with all in combo. Full AP for higher win chances.”
wagNRumble says “This is a skill matchup as she has the mobility to outplay you and she can kill you later in the game even when she is behind. Her Q costs are insane, so if she wastes her Q on the wave then you need to play aggressive and deny her CS.
Some things to keep in mind in this matchup is you can use your W to block the poke when she goes up to Q you and you can Q + R while she is in her W. Also demonic embrace is a good item in this matchup as it constantly marks her in her shroud.”
Wizardd says “Farm Lane Hard to kill has a smoke Screen and a super far ult dash. Don't be greedy miss a few minions in the beginning of the game if you have to. Don't let her poke you down to much for free.
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Boptimus says “I would put Akali lower but I don't feel like I've gone against a really solid Akali player. This lane is fairly easy as you can negate a lot of her early harass with Passive/W spam. If she lands E on to you she can't reliably engage without getting chunked by your E - Combo on her E activation.
When she shrouds look to kite out. Her R can do some serious damage if you aren't careful. Fight only on your terms.”
TwitchTv Kibbylol says “This is a difficult one to put because while I do think Vlad hard outscales her at level 6 shes so insanely strong that the lane flips on its head there. Just make sure you punish her q's early by doing an auto q as she trades making sure to heal from q if it's the first trade of the game by delaying it until she q's. If she takes dshield and second wind its probably best case scenario for you if you take full scaling. If you take aery ignite and maybe even scorch you can really shit on her early.”
Zoose says “As with most melee, poke and push early on, don’t let her get close enough to Q you. Stay far back when she's in her shroud. At lvl 6, stay far back, close to your tower. You can push her away if she Ult dashes towards you, but her 2nd dash can go through your wall. ”
rachichu says “Has a relatively volatile laning phase, and should never really kill you during it. However, later on in the game she will be able to one-shot you with next to no counterplay. ”
NegativePhoenix says “As a tank she wins better truthfully since if she's fast enough she can E away if you land a Q3. As a bruiser it's iffy on who's better at landing their abilities. Even in your All-Out form if she's able to avoid you she'll win the fight since your tank power and any resistances/bonus health you have is gone. Her Qs range is farther so she has better poke. If she E's towards you, W her so that she takes an instant stun when she finally reaches you. If she ults it's going to be very iffy on whos on what terms during the fight”
YourDreamWaifuu says “[Runes: Conqueror or Electrocute]
[Item: Long Sword]
[Mythic: Eclipse]
[Farm under your tower dont let her poke you to low HP] [Try to roam more you cant kill her coz her W] [Play more safe against her]”
DabiDabi says “Abuse her pre-6. Stay at a safe distance and dodge her E and you should be fine. At lvl 6 stay under turret because she can one-shot you with her combos. Maybe bring Exhaust or Barrier”
peryyyy says “Akali its a hard match up, she is an assasin and she have a lot of mobility if you dodge well her E u can kill her but take care with her R.”
TheAfricanDream says “Akali must be treated the same as Katarina and Zed. Akali has no real way to kill you before 6. Try basic attacking her when she tries to last hit a minion. Dodge Akali's E and respect her inside her shroud and you should be fine in lane.”
SashaDreadful says “Shove her under turret, bully the living heck out of her, and you should be good, but know that she can always burst you out if you give her the opportunity.”
SalSushi says “Having played both, I've never lost as Akali. Very volatile, first kill normally wins. You'll win pre-6, but then she can 100-0 you post-6. Dodge E and try and ult when she's in her shroud. ”
Nyrolol says “You can go longsword conq into AP and match her early or AP Elec and go even. When she walks up to Q, dodge it with e, her Q costs a lot of energy and if she misses, you can go for trades, its very easy to dodge her E with W movementspeed and your R counters her Shroud”
1Yamato1 says “Early game procure trocas quando ela gastar energia, quando ela não tiver o w voce ganha o all win, sempre que ela usar o w saia de perto, tome muito cuidado com lv6 dela, e uso o seu W na AA bufado dela. Gosto de usar grasp nessa lane”
Mind Of Kayle says “Stay behind minions to avoid her E, dont fight her in her W. If wave is pushing to her, its important to bait her Q's to your wave to make it push to u, you can also ping jungler when wave starts pushing to her. Dont mispush, she will freeze it and kill u. ”
Voidling13 says “Alkali is not a threat to you because you deal so much damage that you can kill her so fast she can not get away. Even if she uses her smoke bomb, your ultimate ability can finish of her.”
lol Wero says “Recommend taking Fleet footwork on this match up for the amount of harass akali does in the laning phase. You can try to facebreaker and haymaker when shrouding.”
Aria_Legend says “Level 1-5: Hard to solo-kill even with all the poking you throw at her.
Her sustain is high, and she goes invisible with W (Twilight Shroud) every now and then to avoid your damage.
Avoid swallowing her E's (Shuriken Flip's).
Level 6+: her damage numbers is crazy. She can one-shot you easy with her R (Perfect Execution) so it is a MUST for you to dodge her 2nd R dash or something from her kit to not get one-shotted.
She's also tanky enough so she's hard to solo-kill, but possible if you play perfect. She has the upper hand though.
Avoid being exposed to her in teamfights. I recommend wearing banshee, specially reaching in the late game stage (levels 16-17-18).
If you struggle earlier build some MR but your carrying potential will lower if that so. ”
Mimionsking says “extreme threath if she gets any kind of lead, if not its an easy lane, look for pre 6 agression with e q3 w main attack combo, if possible hit 6 first then e q3 r w main attack for an easy oneshot combo”
Demonsedge90 says “Akali isn't a troublesome fight in the early levels when you avoid taking damage from her shuriken flip and too much poke from five point strike. If she gets too far ahead, it's best to play it safe until your jungle can assist.”
Bertsicle says “Impossible to kill with doran's shield, she's really good vs melee because her Q will punish anyone who tries to farm. Try to E her Q damage and land on her in a way where there's a minion between you two so her E is awkward. Going for poke on her when her Q is down early is good because her Q costs A LOT of energy early (its much more than half her energy bar). Try to save an E or zhonyas for her second R later in the game, it's an execute so the lower you are the more inclined you are to using a defensive ability to negate her R2. Your R shows her in her shroud so thats really good for when your jg is ganking her or you are team fighting. If you do land R on her and she shroud's save your E damage until the ult runs out because you won't be able to land Q W autos after she's invisible again but you will be able to land E till. So use Q W autos while you can see her then use E when you can't”
Atemporal says “Um dos confrontos mais difíceis de Ekko. Ela tem seu W, E e velocidade de movimento passiva para impedir que você prossiga seu passivo nela. No início, você quer evitar empurrar a todo custo,
fique em cima de seus lacaios conjuradores, se possível, para garantir que ela empurre a onda se ela tentar dar Q em você. O Q de Akali custa 130 de energia no nível 1, tente dançar ao redor do alcance máximo do Q dela, se você conseguir atraí-lo e evitá-lo, você ganha muito tempo livre. Após as mudanças recentes, Akali está muito fraca desde o início. É muito possível ganhar trades de nível 2-3 se você conseguir iscar seu W ou E. Ela tem HP base muito baixa, então você pode matá-la. Se você quiser trocar com ela, você pode pular quando ela estiver dentro de uma onda de minions, já que você pode usar seus minions para bloquear o E dela. Uma das maneiras mais simples de vencer Akali, no entanto, é jogar um jogo lento e calculado e depois vencê-la superando-a. O Q de Ekko permite que ele limpe as ondas muito mais rápido e fácil do que Akali, e você normalmente será capaz de construir uma vantagem de ouro e xp puramente por outfarming. Quando Akali te pokear, faça o que puder para ficar o mais longe possível dela. Use seu R para fugir dela, não guarde para tentar superá-la, a menos que tenha certeza de que pode vencer.”
Wizahd says “You can hit her in smoke, just poke her down, she can't do anything about it. Stand behind the wave, punish her for walking up. Save Q for when she E's you, you get a free full combo and she can't do anything about it.”
IamBishop says “Eh, not really a threat unless she starts picking up kills, if you play this match up enough you might start mastering your e timing to screw up her e flip back. Try to punish her for using q on the wave, look for early fights, shes super weak. Later in the game you might need to peel, I recommend either wasting her time or ulting her when she has her second ult up to give your carries space. ”
Simelodeon says “I: Crown
R: Defensiv
S: Barrier
Spielbar mit defensivem Setup allerdings kaum eine Chance wenn sie snowballed. Poke sie etwas im Early und push sie dauerhaft ein damit sie nicht roamen kann. Gib im Zweifel CS auf wenn du dafür nicht Gefahr läufst zu sterben. Bleib hinter Minions damit sie keine E treffen kann”
Lucid Walking says “Equinox is a bit awkward here. It's tempting to Q her while she's farming, but don't do that if that means ruining your wave.
If you get ganked by her jungler in a misposition, you're gonna need to waste flash or you're likely to be dead. Try flashing her E .
Later on you don't interact with her directly, as you have to stand behind your teammates and SILENCE her if she attempts to jump onto your you or your damage carries.”
AriFr0mThe3nd says “As much as you think she might not be a huge threat due to being a melee champ, her sustain after early game, swift movements and therefore also her dodging abilites can quickly create a huge problem to you. Make sure to avoid her if you can and try to not let her hit you with her passive (green swinging Kama), when she lands her Q on you. Also make sure to dodge her E (the flying shuriken).”
SanyGame says “Instead of trying to go all-in, try to poke her as much as possible, as she is a melee champion. It's hard to get all-in on her as she's very mobile, and you have to be afraid of her smoke cloud as your turrets can't hit her here. While it's on cooldown, try to be more aggressive or go all-in. Also, you shouldn't have any problems with her until level 6, as she's a lot slower and has less kill pressure. Take Barrier/Exhaust and Stopwatch against her.”
Cheeseypops1 says “This is a stonewall matchup, whoever plays the most aggressive is most likely to lose, just poke her with Q's and take the free scaling lane since you hard outscale her, If she starts getting frisky with you dont be scared to fight her, since if you hit your abilties and trigger passive you will probably beat her its just hard to do with her invis/mobility, In this lane i usually take a sclaing hp rune and mr rune, If you get behind don't be alarmed just go Negatron Cloak and you will probably just beat her ”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Q and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Q and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Q. Akali’s W
is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
livikattt says “hard to hit in shroud (hint: drop Q to try to sniff her out) and hard to hit ult on considering her mobility, plus she giga oneshots you.”
Pushtrick says “Akali can be scary in the mid to late game but early is extremely easy. Take ignite, E max and rush Wit's End and you should have no problems destroying her. After level 6 be careful not to waste E as you can use it to get out if she ults aggressively.”
RuchaczSzmat69 says “This champion has very shitty early due to her energy loss, abuse the shit out of her pre6 and constantly poke and trade with her. After level 6 you will get oneshotted if you dont have a massive lead but there is a counter to that, buy a hexdrinker as fast as you can, it blocks so much damage that she cant really oneshot you if not fed, after that return to fucking her hard. ”
17qiyana says “Pretty even matchup level 1 she will be annoying asf with her Q but after 2 you can just out damage her. If she plays too safe she's baiting out your all your Q's then she will E in and fuck you.”
My Xperience says “A good akali will always win lane but you can end up bursting her with ap or build the sunderer bruiser build and she wont be able to kill you later on. D shield Ectro+ resolve recommended”
CFCryo says “Akali's pokes and stealth are hazardous, preventing your main source of damage: Auto attacks. Her E dash is telegraphed enough for you to land a Q or interrupt it with E. If she tries to poke with Q, you can flay her towards you to stop her getting her passive so easily. Akali all-ins are still deadly, though, so be very careful about that. Take Wit's End first.”
Veng Shotz says “Akali will almost always be in q range for her own q, so you can easily trade off each other in lane.
you can still land q's in her shroud so she cant completely 'outplay' you with her invisibility.
be sure not to stand outside minions/back off after the wave dies so she cant kite you with her q+e+q+r combo, which will generally kill you if she has ignite.
rush hex, and follow up with either your mythic rush or play it safe with a cowl since you'll be going visage later anyways, your 3rd option is to build neg cloak and instead of going visage you can opt for force of nature. either or both items are good against her. ”
sapphire__lol says “Good Matchup on lane, you win most trades. Just start walking up use e on her melee so its not dodgeable then connect your q which will make her visibly in her w. Then trade with w and aa's. If she trades back you can all in with ignite.
Later in teamfights it is really hard to play for akali since you can easily reveal her with q and cc her for 4-5 seconds. ”
undrwdncr says “Any mid laners with enough mobility to dodge your W's and to engage on you are threats; think of max W Zeri as a mage rather than a mobile ADC. ”
Mvrshy says “[MID] dumb champion, very hard to play against, i have always struggled, mostly my own problem as i dont think its too hard a matchup for higher tier casio players. dodge her e and stay under tower and you should be gucci. [TOP] unplayable, dodge.”
BIG BRAIN MAN says “Laning will be annoying, but most Akali players flop outside of laning phase. Just play to survive and be stronger later. Look for fights around the map with Teleport”
J.A.K.I.E. says “You can drain her even when she's in her smoke. She has no stun to interrupt your drain so ganks are your only worry Vs Akali as she is really weak pre 6 and even post six since you'll be healing most of her damage.”
lolkayleee says “[Grasp + /Divine Sunderer]
[Flash/Ignite + TP]
Start W level 1 and start autoing the minions to charge up your grasp. When she pokes you with her Q, W her to poke her and get your hp back. (Don't just W her when you walk into lane, wait to get poked with Q first). Keep an eye on her energy bar -- if she's low on energy, you can walk up to her when she is about to auto a minion and auto her with your charged up grasp. Try not to get poked out too hard. If your jungler comes try to bait out her shroud then R her. Just try not to get poked too hard by her Q and empowered auto attacks and you'll be fine. Give up some cs to stay healthy. It's fine to be down even 20 cs in this matchup because once you get your mythic item you can easily win. Once she's level 6, never hookshot onto her if the wave is in the middle or on her side of the lane because she can then easily kill you with her R. If you die 1 time it's hard to come back.
Pro Tip: If you spam your R in the direction her R2 is coming from you can dodge it as she's dashing towards you.”
MikaeraKun says “She'll constantly poke you with her low-cooldown Q, and if you try to engage she will throw her W smoke, she can make distance with her E and close gap with it as well as with R, going behind you, etc. If against skilled Akali player, it becomes Skill Based Matchup, if not you will probably win.”
ZiegenZelu says “Easy Lane bis lv 6, ihre Q range respektieren, ab Level 6 sehr harte Lane. Ult Range respektieren, und nur für cs gehen wenn sie gerade ihre Q benutzt hat und nicht genug Energie für einen Hardengage hat. ”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
Adamonias says “Hard Lane, playable, but hard. Never stand in your wave and eat Q for free. Your biggest concern is eating E to the face and then getting full combo'd. Pre-6 she cannot 100-0 you so just don't get poked. Being Melee she's vulnerable to getting W-Q combo'd when she goes to last hit, and you can use this to confirm minions for yourself as well.
The one upside here is that bc none of your abilities are targetted you can hit her in shroud; just don't walk upto the shroud for obvious reasons.
last ditch effort, you can pre aim E behind you, to stun her R2 or infront of you for E”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
Aenimatora says “Akali is no problem for you pre 6, but afterwards it depends how much of a good job you have done pre 6 if you can challenge her after Level 6. Most Akalis stay safe and try to reach their high point at 6. Play Safe, get some def items and in lategame you can shred her combined with Morellos”
SKYTOP. says “Annoying to say the least. Can and Will kill you at 6, but abusable till then. your choice on the runes, but id recommend grasp and really poke her down.”
SkyBanana says “Would consider Akali to be a skilled match up. If you know what Akali is and how she works, you definitely can beat her in lane and in game. Everything you do she will have to be better at so remember: when in doubt, ward paths she will probably take to roam top or bottom lane.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Five Point Strike(Q) and it hits, do not walk forward for some time. Akali has no built-in sustain and she has poor base stats. She is also melee. Use this to your advantage to trade with her early on and harassing her whenever she goes for CS. A good time to trade with her is when she has used/missed her Five Point Strike(Q). Akali’s Twilight Shroud(W) is important for trading and her survivability, but it has a long cooldown. Trade and harass her whenever it's down.”
Tears of fears says “Conq is viable rune here, she has a lot of damage even if she has no damage item, so don't underestimate her. Respect your opponent.”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali has a powerful early game with her Five Point Strike(Q) and Passive. She will look to harass you whenever you go for CS. Avoid letting her get free harass on you by keeping your distance and staying at max range at all times. If she does use her Q and it hits, do not walk forward for some time.”
NegativePhoenix says “Not insanely hard but just gotta be cautious. Your Q outranges her so you can poke her that way, just know that she'll all in you once she has a chance. If she E's back to you, best to use your ult to stop her if she's attempting an all in so she can't do anything to you. Just be a poke bully to her and make sure the enemy jungler can't get you for it.”
P1Legend says “Not a big deal, but if she goes into shroud, you can't fight what you can't see, so just walk away. when she goes for her burst, make sure you have your healing up, or you die. Don't get overconfident, she's an assassin like you, so she can burst you down the same way you can burst her”
angeLoon says “lethal dshield in resolve second wind and revitalize
against akali you need to just farm and you'll be better than her.
you can trade with akali when she don't have her W”
KayyeN says “Too much burst and execute damage, especially post-level 6. She can move into and out of your range with her E and R constantly, never allowing you to get your damage out. Decent poke with her Q aswell. Your R still hits when she's in her shroud, but you will never win this 1v1 if you're even.”
Edex_StarsUpYourASol says “Early Game:
Akali is very easy to out trade, even if she has the range to proc 1st and passive ability. All you really need to do is to take control of the wave, hide behind your minions, and poke whenever Akali tries to farm. However, most of the time that is what Akali prefers in the end as you can't really poke her to death.
When roaming after lv 5, she will try to follow you so always gtfo after 10 seconds into the gank
Mid/Lage Game:
You have no real proactive choice on how to deal with an Akali, but you can be reactive and capitalize on mistakes while Aoeing her under her shroud in teamfights. Eventually you will also outscale and be tanky enough to deal with her in a 1v1. Just make sure to stay behind minions early game and make safe trades.”
Body Those Fools says “You outrange Akali, so abuse your range advantage and harass her with Q AAs as often as possible. Don't bother trying to fight her when she uses her Shroud; back off and just wait for it to disappear and then fight her, it has a long cooldown. At level 6, she has a lot more kill pressure on you; if you ever use Q or E incorrectly, you will probably die so be mindful of your own cooldowns. You can always Ult her out of her shroud into your tower if needed. It's very hard to do, but you can interrupt Akali's R2 with a perfectly timed Ult.”
just pick yone says “Watch out for early pokes with Q, i'd take d-shield here just because im bad against her and play def. But your choice, d blade works good too. Lethal tempo isn't worth here.”
7EyesNoSkills says “So many dash and burst damage. Hard to kill without your Jungler, but possible. Roam as much as you can to get fed and dominate her.”
Amarusis says “Remember that if you hit with E it probably has a winning trade, besides remember that your charm can easily be dodged through smoke too. Her Q wil poke you a lot, hard to trade”
DabiDabi says “You burst quicker than she does. Pre-6 as long as you land chain you win every single trade. Level 6 and up, she can actually kill you so just space well and abuse your quick combos and range.”
Magmora says “Akali is a pretty standard melee matchup. Pre-6 she is heavily reliant on hitting her E to engage on you. It does not go through minions, and is very telegraphed. Make sure to not get hit, and you can poke her out of lane. Post 6 be vary wary of her 100-0 potential with her ult up.”
KatloveGG says “She is like a sister, she also jumps like a sick woman. This is more of a skill duel. It is fun to outplay her when she marks you and she will fly with you to your turret when you hit the turret well. Personal attention is to play it safe and aggressive at the same time. Don't fight while he's in the cloud (W)”
OSG Rewynd says “While Akali will never be able to kill you in early lane, the same goes for you. Her E and shroud make it so you can never proc passive. Her E lasts longer than your Q, so she can wait for your Q to come back and then go in for a winning trade. Early, if she is low energy, you can look to poke/trade because of how high her Q energy costs are early. You should win after 2 items if you play right and dodge her E. ”
Kurchina says “Its annoying matchup due to all her dashes but if u kill her pre 6, u will most likely stomp the lane, in late game shes not a problem, keep the distance and play it cool”
jesterjedi93 says “Akali is a very annoying matchup. Before 6, she can play fairly safe, trade you with her Q into W and AA and then go back invisible and after level 6, she becomes close to impossible to kill unless you're ahead in the lane. Either try kill her before 6 or farm safe under tower and ask your jungler for a gank.”
TroyLoL says “She is really hard to lane againts due to her shroud making her invisible and fast. She can punish you easily when you try to farm (through shroud) and she usually is stronger in 2v2 situations with jungler.”
Errevandare says “Если правильно играть, то не опасна. На лайне фармить, не пытаться трейдиться, с инвизом и ускорением она выиграет любые трейды. С лесником легко убивается.”
DabiDabi says “Early game, you can poke her quite a bit as she is melee ranged. But when she hits level 6, you will need to stay away from her or else she will destroy you. Don't be near her unless there's a minion wave so you can spread your flux.”
ze kraken says “This is a skill matchup. You should win due to your range and cc. Nevertheless, she has a lot of mobility and will go gank lanes to get fed - sadly this is unavoidable.”
feejee says “She's akali. Better AP assassin thats really hard to stick onto, which Ekko needs to thrive. Start dorans and go ignite and look to kill her pre 6, but don't get hit by her E”
Zoose says “Keep out of her short Q range and she can’t follow up with her empowered AA. Try not to go for close trades until her shroud is down. It has a 20 second cooldown. Just stay back and play safe the entire laning phase unless she's low hp. She's a huge threat at lv 6, but you can potentially stun her with E. Or look to push waves and roam.”
CaptainBattlaxe says “Poke with Q, it has more range than her Q. Barrels cover a lot of smoke, ult covers whole smoke. At level 6 she can one shot you. Don't let her poke you. Orange for heal.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Aftershock]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Your W can reveal her from her shroud]
[Don't let her free roam]”
undeadhope says “She can dash r q w e q r you then just run away and be Alvie oneshoting your whole back lane, you need to position well, avoid walking alone”
spicy ricecaker says “The akali lane can be a bit dangerous, because if you get hit by an e when overextended she can chunk you and once her r is up she can kill you very easily. However, this matchup is overall in your favor. Your goal is to get Akali to use shroud. When the shroud is on cooldown, you have control over the lane. To achieve this goal, know that Akali naturally shoves in the lane when she tries to cs with her q, so you have plenty of opportunities to engage on her. To decide when to engage, look for her energy to be around half, then EQW in. Akali's first response to you dashing in will be to q instantly, but if you EQW you can block this q. She'll have no choice but to pop shroud. During her shroud cooldown window you can hard poke her when she tries to cs.”
basrty1p says “Depending on how much on your skill level.
If you're hit from her E, she can come into you anytime, press E immediately if you get hit from her E and she come.
Your E counter her E and R, so watch out her gameplay and see what she tries to do.
After Level 9 you still can't fight her directly since her insane damage is better than you, beware your position and play safe.
If you have Zhonya's, you can trick her E to let her come into your team, this will make her vulnerable so much and get countered back.”
SadgeBoyK says “Impossible to kill or gank her, cause of invis and 5 dashes. just ignore her in lane, and roam. In teamfights just goo her and lock her down, while u engage or peel for carry.”
Esrucnl says “Super annoying early game because of her Q spam and W, but once u hit 6 and you hit your R on her you can win it. Just make sure you have a lot of HP before you do.
Don't engage on her with Q since she will just press E and dodge the damage and get out of range. You need to bait it out.
Your ultimate ability (shark) also gives TRUE VISION so you will be able to see her after she uses her cloud ability (W) when you land your R.”
Azurio says “Depends on the player, skill matchup.
Trade her early with E, disengage when she uses smoke, you win trade if you dodge her E. Buy mercs or hexdrinker second and be careful of level 6 and protobelt powerspike.”
7EyesNoSkills says “She got stealth, slow, lots of dash and lots of movement speed. can dash with E twice, can slow you down with her Q and speed her up. Can dash twice with her ult. Hard matchup but winnable if you use your range wisely.”
SKRELAX says “what in the hell is this champion. You can try to trade her pre lvl 6, after that, the matchup will be unplayable. You can go Conq/Sorcery or Harvest/Sorcery, since you don't want to fight her really much. After lvl 6, look out for skirmishes, farm and scale.”
King Turtle says “She can be hard to hit in her shroud and at level 6 she can 100% all-in you if you're not careful. She can also go for Q spam as laning phase continues and take advantage of your lack of mobility.”
ddieguito_es says “Can be tricky since you can't R her while she is invis. Her damage won't be able to kill you, but she has tons of mobility that may hurt you, since your spells will be hard to hit. ”
Akamatsuu says “Colocaria no minor se não fosse um bonecão. Existem muitas builds de Akali por aí, então sempre preste atenção nas runas no começo de jogo. Use seu elemento de grama pra counterar o W e o R dela, já que ela não terá vantagem em cima de você, pois as duas estarão em stealth, e o R dela é target. Siga os roamings dela, você possui muita vantagem no rio.”
beansoce says “She's very strong early with her q and empowered auto so try to space her and trade with empowered q. Try walking left or right instead of straight to dodge her e otherwise she'll just run you down. Save ur pool for her second ult charge.”
Lyttleloki says “Once lvl 6 you can take her. If she does her weird akali things just hit her with ult and stun combo. Then u have enough time to kill her.”
ColdStuff says “Skill-matchup. If you can attach your tether to her before she enters shround, then you have significantly more agency to how to the lane will play out. Block her burst with your empowered shield if you need to. You can easily block a bulk of her damage if you block her E recast, provided she lands shuriken on you. ”
clytt says “Will burst you to 0 HP with one combo if you're not careful. Take exhaust for when she lands her teleport-kick-to-the-face ability -> when she recasts, exhaust and E tf outta there. Careful of the double R execute, no matter how safe you think you are.”
Twisted Tea Fate says “As long as you dodge E, she's hardly a threat until level 6. But similar to Ahri, you shouldn't stay in lane vs Akali after that point.”
annak3ndr1ck says “Unplayable if she casts W correctly, since u cant do anything about, except its easier than it looks, she wants to full in u a lot and Gwen is amazing killing people that just jump on u”
monarchii says “be careful after she gets her ult, if she jumps on you you're dead. I feel like even if you win lane against her, she will still be a problem to your teammates. Lots of dashes. ”
Eralta says “akali is one of those champs that is only meant to burst damage you
so she waits for you to use 4th shot and dives you, good luck with her and play safe”
Bunny Kata says “Akali is great only in the early game if she doesn't get kills. HARD PING if she goes for roams, and just survive lane, don't try to kill her in the early game, you just can't, scale and you'll destroy her team.
Flash-TP + Doran's Ring.”
MrBlivious says “Invisibility that also regenerates energy can be frustrating, but usually you can win trades early on by making her use her empowered auto and then you destroy her with hail of blades every time.”
sweafyzz says “Depends on skill, the tips are to E RiverQ then W away and rock Q. This way she cant dodge it even with smoke or E.
Early is ok you just want to go for short trades, always stay far from her Q range. Level 6 you wont win most of the times.
Look for roaming
U can go hexdrinker if she is +3 kills ahead or if they have atleast 3 ap.
Always let her dash first, then E her.
R her when she casts R1, since R2 has 2s cd before cast.
”
Lavishmouse1032 says “Akali level 1 can take care of Talon level 1 I dont recommend fighting her till you hit 2 and use only your W to farm till you hit level 2”
zRawen says “Nos primeiros níveis você ganha dela, mas depois ela vira um demônio imparável que te deleta apesar de você bloquear quase todas as habilidades dela com a barreira. Mesmo assim ela é melhor do que Sett, vai entender...”
tenmo gaming says “annoying.
playable pre6 but after 6 you need to play extremely safe to not die.
do not get hit by her r1 or else you basically insta die
(same goes for e)”
Kurose0027 says “Heavily favored for Akali after level 6. When she has lvl 6 and has ignite, her all in is enough to one shot you starting from 100% hp. Highly recommended to go hullbreaker/maw + play for scale in this matchup.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Summon Aery]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Back off when she uses her W]
[If she jumps on you, unleash your combo]”
zRawen says “Dentro da Smoke e com a alta mobilidade e acesso, a sua velocidade de movimento e lentidão não servem de nada. Akali é uma das matchups mais difíceis e é o ban que eu recomendo.”
Berdasco9 says “Matchup muy difícil, Akali tiene muchas formas de evitar tus dagas y simplemente te gana en daño, la única forma que he visto para mantener a una Akali a ralla es utilizar tu ulti para mantenerle con poca vida en todo momento y evitar un all in pero por lo general no deberías poder ganar este matchup.”
KyogoEntity says “It should be generally in your favor until she has some amount of AP and levels to spam her abilities. Always try to bait her shroud by short trading and look for all ins when its down. Her Q the first levels consume a lot of Energy the first levels so try to abuse your lethal tempo to walk her down. Her E has 160% AP scaling so try to wind wall it mid-game and foward. ”
donidaking says “Look at her runes and summoners, if she s running ignite/electrocute or conqueror.
it she s running electrocute make sure to pool her E bcuz the dmg is pretty disgusting.
Your Q is higher range than her poke her auo+Q and proc electro on her if she s not running tp you outsustain her.
if she goes into her W just use E to dmg her.
At level 6 be really careful as her R is pretty much instant and it s impossible to react to it you ll have to play mindgames and assume when she will R you.
DON T UNDERESTIMATE HER DAMAGE EVEN IF SHE S BEHIND.”
Dannala says “Her early damage isn't enough to one shot spiderlings or you, abusing your range to poke and combo her for a possible first blood or zoning first few waves will give you a strong lead. After her first B you need to take it safer if you didn't get a decent lead. You can Rappel for the most part of her invisibility but not all of it.”
qosmox says “A good Akali player can beat every laner. Try lvl 1 poke against her. In this matchup, positioning blade is the most important thing you will do. Block her passive auto's with w. After 6, don't all-in to her. She is powerful than you after lvl 6.”
Aut0Lycus says “Its a bit off a tossup early, but late she can certainly beat you if you don't get ahead at all. Play it well and you can come out on top.”
Supp Ahri says “Mostly skill based just make sure she doesnt dodge your charm with all of her tools to do so if she recasts her E while you're near turret you can flash ult to your tower for a free kill with charm”
TheKingUltra says “Her Chemtech Tank build got nerfed, so she is only a shadow of her former self. She will poke you a lot but, your w will protect you from it. Also your q cover 2/3 of her w, which is very nice. But dont let her cheese you in the early.”
Whitelies says “Be mindful of Akali's edge, the side can extend range if aimed vertically and still hit you even if you're out of range. If she tries to Q, approach her then trade and back off. It still damages you but not slow you down unlike her edge Q.”
xIXWrathXIx says “Can take her on pretty easily lvl3 and can use R-Q to hit her in shroud. Akali struggles to farm while always getting poked as she is very squishy before lvl6. A lvl6 Akali becomes a problem if you aren't fast enough on your E's to block a decent amount of her R-E-Q-E combo.”
Grogroda says “Galio is the perfect champion to play against akali, she is a melee AP assassin (sometimes bruiser, but not that common on mid) and galio is an anti-mage that has an area taunt the size of her shroud.”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “Thread carefully not to overextend on the lane after level 6, because she can engage and kill you way before you can reach your tower for safety.
Keep in mind that you can cast your R and it will bounce to her even when she's invisible. That will help you get vision of her during her shroud. Try to hold on to your Q for as long as possible, because if you miss it, you'll die.”
McBoosted says “E ability 6000 DAMEGE ONESHOT 900000 DASHES INSANE BROKEN CHAMP JUST PLAY AKALIN MAN FF F FF FF FF FFFFFF FUCK MAN JUST FUCKING LET ME PLAY MAN”
Sihirdarokulu.com says “Qiyana, Akali karşısında etkilidir. Onu doğru şekilde kullandığınızda koridor aşamasında problem yaşama olasılığınız düşüktür.”
Ahri Simplord says “Pre 6 you can easily harass her with Aery, after 6 she becomes more of a threat so you need to space correctly not to let her all in you in her terms, you can stop her mid-way on her e with your charm. Try to hold the priority in the lane by constantly shoving the minnions.”
PrestigeGalaxy says “Even though Akali is an annoying matchup you can still survive the laning phase. Avoid her Q while going for CS. Once you get level 3 you can go for trades but don't get hit by her E or you will most likely lose the trade. ”
Kat_Alien says “Look for trades pre lvl 6. After that lane will get only harder because of the dashes that allow her to dodge our daggers on the ground or escape from our ultimate.”
VyoS says “Don't use your Ultimate before her W is on Cooldown. Try to Poke her in Lane and don't go in melee range when she can proc her passive. She got a stupid amount of DMG in Lane so try to do something with your higher Range.”
Dj Memelord says “Anathemas on akali is insanely good. You should have a free laning phase but if she catches you in melee without ur cage you are most likely dead.”
Agatrium says “A good Akali is very obnoxious to play against. She’ll look to constantly poke you down with Qs, and if you try to engage on her, she’ll drop shroud and hit you while you can’t see her. Plus, her ult slaps hard. D shield and farm. Hit her with a Q here and there and take a quick Q-E trade, but don’t overextend it. ”
m0rfeazz says “Once she got some buffs akali is a tough matchup, you can easily bully her in lane but stay in short trades, make her waste her W and then all in her. Once you got her ult its much easier to kill her”
Iratus412 says “It's Akali. She will be able to burst you down in lane very easily even if we're building more health, but you just want to survive for levels. Even if you never break passed level 9, you are a game ending threat.”
CuteNakedLoli says “Depends mostly on how good Akali is, u beat her pre 6 but after she gets her 6 and zhonyas u are dead man
so beat her before she gets a chance to scale. ”
Halfhand says “TIPS: Akali is just like any other melee assassin. But she is harder to execute in the early levels, hence why I place her under Yone, Zed and Fizz. This matchup is really playable untill she hits lvl 6, thats when you want to be careful for her all in.”
PrestigeGalaxy says “Even though Akali is an annoying matchup you can still survive the laning phase. Avoid her Q while going for CS. Once you get level 3 you can go for trades but don't get hit by her E or you will most likely lose the trade. ”
Xexzuz says “Now I don't think she is that big of a threat. But for my own sanity she is perma banned. I will not let Akali roam bot and get a double kill after they don't listen to my pings again. ”
Xalt says “You need to force akali to shroud before going all in, If you all in and she has shroud try to predict where she is with Q Sweeper helps with this when she autos she's revealed so you can get a E reset, near the end of her shroud Q Ult then follow her when she uses her E or R to get out of your R radius. ”
Bundif says “I personally think the Akali matchup is rather simple unless she's being piloted by a very sweaty one-trick HOWEVER, she DOES have access to Zhonya's. AND AS WE ALL KNOW:
⭐Basically any champ that buys Seeker's Armguard into Zhonya's Hourglass can give you trouble. ”
angeLoon says “dring or dark seal second wind, unflinching.
akali is a skill matchup lane so it depends on who's better.
you can trade lvl 2-3 against her but be careful,she can kill you if she have electrocute.
try to side-step her q and e.”
JoacoT31102 says “assasins are easy if you clear the wave and roam, they cant stop you and at early lvls their damage cant be cured with nunu´s Q. DONT FIGHT THEM WITHOUT YOUR JG.”
JayKm1 says “Can easily dive on you and one shot when she hits level 6. Easy to poke however and should be safe with her ult on cooldown aslong as you play behind minions. Must take exhaust”
officialwiseguy says “Similar to most assassins, play safely and be aware of her kill potential, which is usually high, and extremely so post-6. She do be weak in solo queue tho, so I'm downgrading her”
DaffeLaffe says “I personally hate this matchup. You need to force akali to shroud before going all in, If you all in and she has shroud try to predict where she is with q. When you ult is sure to know where she is so you can follow here with your e, so she doesn't dodge the ult. She can dodge with her ult or e so you gotta be quick.”
soulentt says “As expected she is assasin, and she can get close to you. Do not let her get close to you. Poke from safe distance with E. If she uses her shroud, go away for while, and wait. If she uses her E on you, use Q after she is close to you. Use Q if she engages in general.”
SKRELAX says “Akali is a spicy one. Try to bait out the Q, Her early game Q cost is large (120 energy from 200). You outscale her well. But be aware of her mid-late as well. If you missplay. it won't be nice.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: Electrocute]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Stay out of her range and farm as much as possible]
[Use your E around you whenever she is going to jump on you]”
Juon says “Akali I don't think is that bad anymore, hardly ever see her played. She would be lower on ranking but she builds merc treads. Max E second to stop her engages.”
TrueGIXERJ says “quite tough, although she's melee she can do a lot of damage in both burst and extended fights, rendering you at an innate disadvantage - if she uses her W well, your game might as well be over before it began, as she will prevent you doing any damage whatsoever. but if you can predict, dodge, and consistently deal damage, it's winnable.”
V1kt0r555 says “[Rune Keystone: First Strike or Summon Aery]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion]
[Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost]
[Bully her pre 6]
[Post 6, play safe and poke her with your E]”
Fake Supp says “its not veryhard to play vs her actually if you dont let her poke you and exploit her cds you will win but if get behind its nearly over for you”
ChrisWasTaken says “Haven't seen many Akalis in a while. it's not that hard of a matchup. basically level 1 if she hits a Q on you, don't let her get it for free --> immediately dash on her with lethal tempo or hob (I pref Lethal tempo in general) and you should win the trade because you outsustain her with passive. Again it depends on skill level 2-3”
keneki ken says “you need to abuse her in the first few lvls where shes super weak and just build a lead on her due to her very weak csing capabilitties as a champion just try to play away from her shround try to save 3q to cancel her r”
desch3445 says “While she doesn't have her R, you should be in full control of the lane. Use your hammer W in the middle of her smoke to find where she is so you can Shockblast her, and make sure to stick onto her if you can, as you win the extended trades.
Take the First Strike page; Melee champ, no poke, c'mon, you know the drill.”
ThePieBeam says “Akali is a painful lane to fight, but it's really not too bad. Just don't die and try to apply mid-lane pressure if she roams. her range isn't nearly enough to effectively hurt us and just make sure you have Q up if you want to play in an area where she can shuriken you. You can also R her shroud to force her to leave it early since the R range is about the same as the cloud area.”
Epic_Semibold says “Smoke cloud is an annoying ability. Wait for her to drop her cloud before starting to E or W her. Btw, drop your w in the center of the smoke for maximizing damage and chase potential. Bait her R2 into your ult. Other than that, you can out trade her as long as you don't troll. Also minions are your best friend.”
fLeXeRlol says “You can easilypoke her in laning phase. Avoid getting hit by her Q when farming and poking. When she recasts her E on you, you can use your E to charm her and trade with a W Q Combo.”
Eriosunx says “*MATCHUP THREAT LEVEL IS NOT RELEVANT THEY ARE ALL RANKED 5 FOR PRACTICALITY*
Hard only after 6.
In the recent patches Akali's early-game has been heavily nerfed.
She isnt a lane-bully anymore.
We can easily win lane before level 6.
Make sure to get as much advantage as you can pre-6 in order to be able to duel her in the lv6 spike.”
Sandor Clegane98 says “You actually should look for an all in at all times pre 6 simply because you win it, her pre 6 kit is pretty easy to comprehend while the only issue is after 6 you actually want to make sure you have more hp than her before you all in because you actually lose with her full ult combo.Sadge.
D-shield recommended but D-blade if you have experience.”
TcKatfish says “[Press The Attack Runes / Doran's Blade Start.] The Akali matchup is one of the more difficult lanes that Akshan will face. She has a high threat cap at 6 and is hard to lock down due to her shroud.
In order to lane versus Akali having a good understanding of tethering is necessary to win this matchup. (Check the tethering definition in this guide under LANING)
To win this matchup you need to be aggressive early and force her out of as much farm as you possibly can. Level 1 she can only cast 2 Qs so punish her if she uses them. If possible position yourself between her and the enemy casters to try and deny her of any experience. If Akali uses her shroud (W) be sure to all in while it is down. Once she hits 6 it is hard to outplay her without flash and help from turret. If you generate a lead keep your foot on the gas and generate a lead around the map. Best way to do this is build up 2 waves and hard shove that under turret and look for a roam.”
lonestar1870 says “Poke her early with Q's.
Don't let her land E on you.
She is fairly squishy still, you can kill her if you poke her down a bit but she has more kill pressure on you since she can dodge your spells
Play extremely safe when your E is on cooldown, don't use E much to poke unless you are positive you will land it.
Runes/Summs:
Electrocute
Ignite or TP: Akali will likely go TP and it is good to match. Tt allows you to take a reset if you get low. If you feel confident in your ability to kill her early you can go ignite.”
Desperate Nasus says “Akali isn't the best matchup for Nasus. On early levels she can't burst you down unless she lands her E. Try not to greed for Cs early on. Farming under tower against Akali is fine. The only trade she can have is poking with Q. At level 6, if she has no flash and she used her W, you can try to run her down and follow up with flash when she uses her second R for escape.”
itakute says “Safe windwall for her E, it does the most damage in her kit. Try to outspace her q's and always punish her when shroud or E is on cooldown.”
MruW says “No one can mess with this Singed 1v9 Op build, so you can beat every champion, but you cant see every champ here because i got so fast in my next game so i have to go and 1v9 with this Singed OP build”
Rhybeaux says “She's not too bad if you can avoid all her abilities. She can be kind of hard to kill but if you're boosted it's not a problem. Just play safe and hold E.”
BiriRamen says “Shroud is doo doo, and I hate it, still a winnable lane if she's worse than you as long as you don't get clapped early, but if she shrouds, I suggest just walking away.”
Kali23213 says “Recommended secondary runes: Resolve (Second wind and Overgrowth/Unflinching)
Take Ignite + Exhaust
Bait out Q's because it has a high energy cost for the first 3 levels of the ability (130/115/100). If she uses Shuriken Flip do not use Shunpo directly behind her until she has almost finished casting the ability because Shuriken Flip has a hitbox behind Akali.
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IreliaS Secret says “Ты выйграешь любой трейд, если попадешь W по акали. Проще всего подловить акали во время полета на E. Против акали бери в рунах казнь электричеством.”
Kuji says “My encounter with akali so far has been easy, you're faster and more mobile than her and have higher dmg. You can easily clap her. But still dont get cocky and go straight in.”
BlockPad says “It depend of how the game goes, but in laning phase you cant be killed if you take care. But dont underestimated her. You had to harass a lot”
Lowkii_d says “Invisibility is a bit hard to work around but she cant really deal with the double auto every time she exits stealth use it to your advantage.”
Callmebee says “Akali does things to my tilt levels that not many champions do. IN THEORY, if you can dodge her shuriken, you should be able to survive. Keep your calm, farm up and always stay behind minions. Take barrier or consider exhaust.”
CashLOL says “Use splash damage off your wave to bully the Akali. Auto attacks are key. If she lands here E you can place mines in front of yourself she is forced to travel through. A potential barrier matchup because of her level 6 depending on jungle pressure. W is very useful after she uses her R1.”
ShokLoL says “Akali can be scary in the mid to late game but early is extremely easy. Take ignite, E max and rush Wit's End and you should have no problems destroying her. After level 6 be careful not to waste E as you can use it to get out if she ults aggressively.”
iZianni says “I've honestly never played this match up yet, but your W hard counters Akali.
You also have access to insane wave clear that makes it difficult for her to approach because of Mistral Bolt.
Looming darkness is also great vs melees. She can theoretically kill us off a snazzy R1 E1 cancel combo but if you ever have FEAR up it is impossible to die in this match up.
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livikattt says “If the Akali player is any good, they'll be able to abuse their mobility a lot. Unless you manage to w and auto them before they disappear into their shroud, it'll be very hard to hit anything. Your best chance to charm them is when they're walking up to auto a minion, or when they're in the middle of their E2 towards you. Her all-in is super scary, and you'll probably die if you don't have charm. Be careful of her snowballing potential, as she'll usually go straight for a dark seal and can tower dive you very easily.
However, if you charm her during E2... that's a kill. A good Akali makes life really hard for you, but a bad one... that's gonna be fun. Most Akali players you encounter will be smart enough to use R and E to dodge your charm, so be prepared for the level 6 all-in.”
pwins says “Akali is an assassin. And Zoe does NOT fare well against most assassins. Always be mindful of when she will strike and try to cast your E at her when she tries to go all-in on you. You really can't do much when she does, so all you can do is run and go for your turret and rely on your allies to back you up.”
TorvusDog says “You dumpster her. You outrange her and even if she manages to "Q" you, just press "E" on her. You also can just "E" her shroud. Only tip I can give is to be very precise with your "E"s as a good Akali can dodge it with her abilities.
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Juplicate says “She has quite high burst and can kill you lv 4 and onwards. You can bully her early and force her out of lane. Be weary even if she is down she can still one-shot you level 6, when she recasts e try to get under your turret or cc her immediately after.”
BigChingas says “This is more of a fun matchup than it is annoying. You counter her e with your stun which can lead to a hook into tower or executing your combo. Experienced players are harder to fight but its do-able.”
52hertz says “You need to play super aggro take every chance you have and play around windwall when you are fighting in her shroud. Akali right now is just very bad, making it a easy lane and game”
Miscake says “Muito semelhante a Katarina e Diana, com a única diferença que falando por stats a Akali está em uma posição bem ruim atualmente.
O modo de jogar é o mesmo: puna ela sempre que for farmar por ser melee e faça trocas curtas. No fim é uma skill matchup onde você tem vantagem naturalmente considerando o kit dos dois campeões.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “This matchup is actually a lot easier top lane than it is mid lane since Akali only wants to fight you when her Shroud is up. Since the lane is a lot longer, she can’t really hide under her tower during her Shroud's downtime. Level 2, you have a chance to fight her, but you have to bait out her Shroud without taking too much damage while she's in it. You have 20 seconds to take a fight with her while your conqueror is up and her Shroud is down. This gets even easier at level 3 when you can Windwall one of her Q’s or her E while she tries to get away from you. If you never fight when her Shroud is up, you have a huge advantage over her and it isn’t too hard of a matchup 1v1. At level 6, it’s a very good idea to Ult her when her Shroud is on cooldown and force her to Ult; her Ult is way more important than yours in all-ins.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Akali is annoying because of her Q spam, shroud, and dashes. Never Q3 into her when she has E up, or
she'll just dodge it; her E will chunk you and you'll be in kill range. Do your best to dodge her Q poke early
game. A huge chunk of HP is not worth that one cs. Use your E before you have Q3 so you can hit her more
easily. Early null-magic mantle is good especially if the lane is even.”
Katawina52 says “Look for trades pre 6, after that the lane gets way harder. If you're struggling, resolve tree is a good option (go Second Wind, not Bone Plating) to be more forgiving when she pokes you with Q. Remember that you can ult while Akali is in her shroud it's really useful to know that. When you're low hp try your best to play conservative and reset, she can easly dive with her mobility + shroud.”
Drewmatth Taliyah says “MELEE = PUSH EARLY (LEVELS 1-2) - CARE FOR GANKS! (SPAM Q'S TILL 50-60% MANA).
Doran + 2 Pots or Corrupting if you feel it's going to take a while to take her down. Her kill pressure starts only at level 6 where her ult is deadly but that can be countered with Time Warp Tonic and MR. Get Early magic resist and roam first and you will be okay. If you hit your Qs post 6 and you get her down to 50% you can use your E as a deterrent and she will not be able to dash on you engage. Don't stay in her smoke for no reason and just all in her after she's below 50% hp and you are not. Mid-Late game E destroys her dash. If in a nerfed state, Akali matchup is easy. Currently she deals decently with Taliyah so proceed with caution.”
PlayCabex says “Easy match up , you can out damage her in early game , also your e counters her w (smoke) go to centre and use your e to see where she is.”
Yeager says “A lot of players struggle in this match up but it's winnable if you know how to play it out. Level 1 Akali will try to Q spam you with empowered auto attacks. The key here is to intentionally walk within range of her Q and then immediately out again to make her use it and miss. If she does that twice within a short amount of time, her energy levels will be super low, so she can't trade back. That's how you trade with akali in the laning phase. She also likes to use her back flip whenever you engage with Q3 to dodge your knock up, and maybe even follow you back. Her shroud is what makes it hard to trade with her since you're an auto attack / skill shot based champion, so you want to make sure it's on cooldown before you go for any fights. Try to bait it out with fake engages, and keep in mind the cooldown of her shroud is around 20 seconds, so whenever it's on cooldown, that's when you want to force fights. The first cast of her ultimate will make her dash behind you. If you're quick enough, you can time your ultimate to potentially knock her within tower range for 1-2 shots, the moment she pressed R1 on you. She can cancel the R1 animation with her back flip, so keep that in mind against good akali players.
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eiensiei says “I'll harass her with E-AA pre-6. Lux outdamages her with E-AA-Q-AA if she shields too and if Akali W's, I'll retreat. After 6 I won't trade, only poke with E's and farm. Barrier is enough to save any all-ins she might attempt, and if I Q her under my tower during a dive, she's usually dead. Constantly staying behind minions makes it so she can't E and would need to commit her R to gap close. Worth noting her E can take her back to her W if she used it on her shroud on first cast.”
Rermo99 says “Akali is one of those champ that can outplay you easily but since your Malzahar you still win the game. You impact in the game is a lot more important than her's. She's good at roaming and you're good at punishing roamers by getting the first tower. Her W will piss you of, but don't be affraid you only have to play safe until it's wasted and she dies. However, her mobility is against you. If you get hit by her E, you'll die quick. If you dodge it, she looses half her damage.”
xblademojo says “Outrades you early, check if she has doran shield/second wind and fleet footwork since she might outsustian you too. Electrocute matchup, play around her mistakes and energy bar. Get Oracle Lens starting from level 6 to track her in W.”
AP WormMaW Mid says “Our beloved Akali, champion that is one of the hardest ones to play in a game in terms of mechanics, considering her quite low damage output. (#SarcasmEnd) Well, pre-6 you can do whatever you want to her, just be careful about her dash, that she has with her invisibility. Don't try to harass her in expense of lane minions, always prefer that farm rather than harass - expecially if she has Doran's shield. After she has level 6, don't ever try to come closer to her and farm only through your E and R. Any attempt to go on her face will mostly end in your death, even if you would rush Negatron (which you should do anyways, but it's not guaranteed, that it will always save you). So scale up, get your AP and try to oneshot her later on in teamfights. Otherwise you are doomed.”
Avucado says “One of the four characters I would suggest perma banning. If Akali does not take shroud lvl 2, you want to actively look to e through them and make them use their pots early. Be aware of her lvl 6 as she can easily kill you and is arguably the best champ at keeping on top of you. Shroud in general makes it almost impossible to get a good trade in on her and you should look to roam or spam ping for ganks. ”
Vicksay says “Pretty sure I'd dodge this match-up. Her weakest point is pre-6, after that whenever her R is up you're dead meat if you miss your E, she can 1v1 you with ease with her shroud, immense damage and INSANE mobility, and if she's not the best she has 3 "get out of jail free" cards in her W, E and R.”
Hullos says “good sustain and high mobility with damage. the only time that you can fight is most often when her shroud is on CD. Poke works wonders though if you can do it consistently.”
ISterbenI says “She can jump at you with her R so the wall and your R won't stop her. But as usual you outscale her. So its just the laning phase and midgame that's difficult.”
crabbix says “Similar to most assassins, play safely and be aware of her kill potential, which is usually high, and extremely so post-6. She do be weak in solo queue tho, so I'm downgrading her”
Yeager says “Rush hexdrinker or you will get oneshot when she gets level 6. We can stop her from ulting us by freezing the minion wave in front of our tower. Losing a few cs is fine against assassins, because the important thing is to NOT give them kills. ”
Polarshift says “Not the absolute worst matchup for Ryze to be honest. I'd say it actually favors you. Play your waves correctly and you can always try to bait her smokescreen and E in the early game. Your Flux (E) will still hit her if she uses shroud inside a minionwave and when there is no minionwave there is no reason for you to be anywhere close to her, other than potentially poking with max range Q. Her E (shuriken) does a lot of freaking damage, so you have to dodge it. After lv 6 try to dodge her as much as possible since she will one-shot you with her ult. Learn important ability cooldowns through an external website and fight enemies when their abilities are on cooldown.”
LunarVortex says “She can also avoid your Q and R rather easily. Don't waste your Q or she will run you down. Hold it until you need it and make it count.”
Curt Mcbeltpants says “Akali is one of the best matchups for Galio, not only has the champion been nerfed quite a lot she also does not hurt you and you can reveal her in her stealth with your W or E, can also follow up on her roams quite easily, the only bad part is if she has conqueror then you can't duel, but other than that you should be fine.”
Eriosunx says “Akali has a lot of lane-poke and can easily outlane Katarina, she can also 100 to 0 Katarina when she hits level 6.
Best option is to play safe and the optimal build is ELECTRO+SECONDWIND starting DSHIELD or DARKSEAL
I usually ingore lane , pickup TP+INGITE and play for sides.”
Yeager says “Before fighting her, bait out her W smoke first as it has a pretty long cooldown. While it's cd, zone her as much as possible with your ball while constantly poking her with abilities and autos.
She spikes once she gets hextech gunblade, so respect her damage at that point and don't overextend. ”
Fuzzmonkey says “With Akali's rework she acts a little bit like Zed, try your best to all in pre 6 and kill her (tilt her too). After 6 just make sure you save at least one distortion to get away from her. Also, avoid her E when you W into her (like Ahri charm mechanics) otherwise you will most likely lose a lot of the trades.”
Urpog says “Top / Midlane: Akali's pretty easy now, Akali shouldn't really be ever to take her e2 (the dash) because if she does take the e2 she's setting herself up to be E'd for absolutely free which leads into the oneshot combo, though what Akali can do to trick you is E, E2, R. They will usually do this in attempts to execute you, so to remedy this trick just E behind you instead of Eing forward to intercept their e2.
You can also space perfectly against Akali Q, most Akali's will use their Q when you're in range and walk forward at her or when you cast your auto attack on a minion; what you can do is auto attack, press S, walk backwards and then forwards and you've successfully negated Akali's singular poke option against you.
A good Akali with jungle pressure can win against you though, don't underestimate one but you are favoured to win by a large margin.”
Dj Memelord says “Go ravenous hunter. You need sustain for longer fights. Try and spin on her when she is in her ShAdOw CircLE. Q max is also pretty good here combined with dorans shield.”
Fuzzmonkey says “Very easy to poke in lane, don't go anywhere near her shroud when she has it up. And all her whenever you get the chance, always make sure you're behind minions too then she'll never be able to hit her E.”
CashLOL says “Just wait for her shroud to be in cooldown or bait it out with a simple W-E-Q combo before using your ultimate. Taking conqueror in this matchup is good!”
XayLies says “ If you can windwall one of her q's early she won't be able to win a trade because of how much energy she needs. If you can bait out her W you can go for an all in.”
iZianni says “This lane is extremely obnoxious because our damage is gated around by skillshots which is hard to land on an invisible target with 900 mobility skills.
The key to this lane is punishing her early lack of stats and abusing the ranged advantage. Once she has gunblade it comes down to be killed or kill.
Syndra can cast while moving making distance control the most important thing in this lane.
I would consider this a winning lane but it becomes more dicey the longer the game goes on for team fights.
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Aegox says “You can hit Akali through your smoke with all your abilities, just wait until she shows herself through the smoke to land an AA. If she bursts on you, dodge her ult attacks with your R.”
Eriosunx says “Akali is a pretty common matchup as well.
You can pretty much abuse her in the early levels.
We will be way stronger than Akali before level 6.
Her kill pressure starts at level 6.
Make sure to Windwall her Shuriken and dash behind her when she tried to throw a Q.
Your windwall can block both her E and her Q.”
wDesired says “Don't take unnecessary trades with her early. And play around minions when you are fighting her. Try not to take a fight in the Jungle .”
MikeVix says “Akali is a pain in lane but if she wastes her shroud go all in. Poke her Take small trades with WEQ in lane to lower her HP and then go all in for the final blow. Watch her E and R for escapes. Roaming is the best option for this lane.”
ShokLoL says “Early game is very easy for Zoe and you can often pick up a kill. After 6 however you can't harass her much more and it's difficult to side lane or teamfight against her. Getting a big lead pre 6 is crucial, I recommend taking electrocute and ignite.”
angeLoon says “lethal dblade In Resolve second wind and Overgrowth (you can use bone plating if you want to)
Be careful With akali all-ín lvl 3.
wait she use her W,sidestep or windwall her Q and go
buy magic resist early if you're not confident that you win 1v1s against her.”
Kords says “Akali, reworked and remade numerous time as an assassin that is heavily punishing, should you make the incorrect decisions. Pre-6 you’re just fine, assuming you will dodge her shuriken, she can’t do much, throwing a Q is all she’s got for the first few minutes of the game you can really exploit this buy beating her down with your W, Q and Autos. Then comes level 6, you want to stay FAR away from her (where appropriate) to stop yourself from getting all inned. If you’re unsure where she is in the shroud, she may as well be on top of you, be careful, she is a threat post lane phase, keep your toes on the ground for this matchup! ”
TheoRut says “She can dodge your abilities easily, play safe and bait out her E. When her E is on cooldown you can one shot her with your combo. Electrocute is suggested against this matchup.”
ShokLoL says “In the first 6 levels you will have a pretty big advantage over Akali but post 6 can be quite difficult. I'd recommend taking the standard comet TP page and playing to build a big lead pre 6.”
ShokLoL says “Definitely LeBlanc favored. You can bully her very hard pre 6 with ignite. After 6 be very careful, try save a dash (either ulti or W) otherwise she can engage on you if you go in and 100-0 you.”
Yasukeh says “Take 3 rejuv and double MR into her, and just try to survive. She can Trade with you in ways where there is no recourse. If you can bait out her shroud, when it's down is the only chance you have to possibly fight her. I would consider her a first or second priority for bans, in both mid and top lane. Akali did get nerfed in 10.3, but then they did a micropatch buff, so she is still worth the ban. ”
Dr Eggmund says “Can have some incredible poke on you, position yourself so your out of harms way and always farm and poke with Q as she is a melee champion. Her invisibility can be quite a shock so play passively while it's out unless you are CERTAIN you will be fine and can beat her.”
Elite500 says “If she doesn't have TP nonstop auto her early even if she qs you, if she has fleet you will win auto battle with electro and setup the lane for success, her ult is impossible to react pool, you have to predict it”
iZianni says “This champion is pure pain and I hope it gets nerfed into the ground. Due to her vamp, our poke is meaningless and her damage potential means that we will die to a full combo if we ever misstep.
Fortunately, we do have a good laning phase against her and it comes down to who has more impact in team fights. If we deny her the snowball, we should be more impactful. ”
Ambitieux says “Should be a very simple matchup. Your autos out range her q, so you must focus on your positioning in lane. Do NOT ever use charm in this lane this is your only trump card over her until 6, and if used incorrectly will be guaranteed death. Safe charm for her E'ing and it is a free half hp chunk where you can pressure the lane under turret for a dive or for you to roam out. She is very linear based movements so it should be predictable with charm. If she ults you just ult away and you can't die. ”
iZianni says “Champion got hard nerfed, it's still unfun to play against if she has multiple items. For the purpose of laning, Lux has an extremely easy time against Akali due to the range advantage alone with poke windows.
Akali is unable to keep up due to the Q nerfs. She can still kill us instantly though if we mess up!”
kindo says “Super easy early game matchup. Get perma lane prio and rotate for jungle. Problem comes post-6 when she can 100-0 you with her combo and her ult CD is much lower than yours.
The matchup comes down to a skill matchup where you need to dodge her E to prevent her from forcing your ult whenever she goes for an all in.
Matchup snowballs extremely hard which makes it harder for kindred, but gets easier once you get Shieldbow. Overall though, it's easily manageable given you don't fight in her shroud with her ult. Typically good to build Wit's End as a third item unless she is only AP on the team.”
BIG BRAIN MAN says “Laning will be annoying, but most Akali players flop outside of laning phase.
Lvl 1:
Her lvl 1 dmg and ms is absurd, mostly try to cs with q
Lvl 2:
A q + e + auto combo will beat her q + empowered auto. If she gets w second, you’ll win trade, but going for the shunpo is dangerous if she shrouds before you e in. if she starts e and hits it, she’ll win the trade hard.
Lvl 3-5:
It’s hard to all in her pre-6 due to her shroud. Stick to lvl 3 safe pokes, but shunpo’ing is still dangerous if she shrouds before you e in.
Lvl 6: At this point, you can do a lvl 6 all-in because your ult hits her in your shroud, but you need to play around her ult because the first part of it will cancel your ult. If she hasn’t used the first part of her ult, don’t go for an all-in.
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DemonDiana says “A bit of a tough matchup. The biggest strength Akali has vs Diana is her mobility, therefore the ability to dictate how Diana can fight in a 1v1. Akali is stronger in the 1v1. Akali has better abilities in the 1v1 and 2v2. ”
Coldsong says “Akali is not bad for Talon, especially after all her nerfs. If she gets into your melee range, make sure to trade with an auto Q auto combo to chunk her. When she ults onto you, dodge her E so she does not get free damage and also watch out for her E mark on her shroud, as she can easily juke you with it.”
Shikikashi says “Bait her into using her shroud then you will have no trouble beating this guy, she received plenty of harsh nerfs lately so we can easily kill her as long as her W is not available.”
TismoTheTilted says “Before using your R you have to bait out her W, otherwise it will simply be wasted.
Be careful when trying to get your passive in, her Q deals ridiculous damage and without your W she could get her passive in without issue.”
m0rfeazz says “Akali used to be a zed counter but after so many nerfs zed can easily beat akali, poke and poke pretty much before level 6. Try not to trade much with her cause she can easily win. After lvl 6, if you are low dont stay near her if you half or lower hp,she can easily finissh you”
resetwice says “You early is better so push wave. She will Q to poke you, but remember that this ability coast a lot of energy so mQ back to do crit damage (try to use it only if her W isn't up). Take care when rQ when she E or you can follow and get under her turret. BEST RUNES TO GO: ELECTROCUTE”
Kessi says “Try your best to not give her any chance to outtrade you, I'd usually abuse Bush Q in this matchup. Reminder that extended trades, will most likely result in you losing it. If you start losing, look for roams/help. After 6, whoever lands their abilities first, wins. The only reason why this matchup is hard, is because akali is akali.
If you're struggling or feeding go Mercury treads or Plated Steelcaps, otherwise just go Mobility Boots. ”
King Turtle says “Early on you can poke her down and abuse her early energy costs to establish a lead. If she shrouds just stay back and try to hit her with a few Qs. Once you get to level 6 you can just fire rockets into the shroud until you hit something and she won't be able to trade back unless she ults and commits to an all in. she has good damage but if she falls behind she becomes easy to abuse.”
Razorwir3 says “Akali Q has more range than your Q what makes it hart to trade Qs with her try to avoid her E if she used W you can try hitting her with Q to roughly reveal her location”
Sylvan Lore says “You outrange Akali pretty heavily, but that doesn't mean that she can't get to you. Level 1 she will almost always take Q. If you space her correctly you should be able to land poke in the form of Autos and Q while being safe from her Q. Should she land her Q on you though, the slow combined with her speed will likely allow her to land her passive auto and win the trade. Don't be afraid to chase her a bit and keep autoing her after she combos as she will be stuck on cooldowns. Pushing into an Akali is acceptable early as long as you are in a position to push hard enough to reset the wave before her jungler comes. Levels 3+ you will lose any even all-in trade. That's not to say that you will lose all trades, but you have to be strategic in safely poking her when possible without going oom. 3+ she wins, but especially at level 6 she has a devastating all-in that must be respected. As with most assassins, she falls off in the mid to late game. Zhonya's is super high value into her in lategame fights as she is super vulernable when diving in and can rarely afford to stick around for 2.5 seconds to finish you off. You can even win a lot of lategame 1v1s against her if you play it well, but regardless the damage and utility you can safely put out will not be matched. The real goal of this matchup is to not fall so far behind that you never get there. Phase rush and Stopwatch are ideal runes into Akali. If they have another AP threat you can consider MR runes, but I wouldn't do it just for her. Zhonyas is very high value as always into an assassin and can even be considered a second item. Merc treads are also viable if you are really struggling with this lane. Other than that building standard items and out-scaling her is completely fine.”
Saddest says “You will not win a 1v1 against a decent Akali ever, let alone a good one. You have the upper hand post 6, as you can ult her in shroud. ”
TheDisconnectEUW says “FOR MIDLANE AND TOPLANE
Quite easy to lane against pre 6. Impossible to lane against post 6. She oneshots you in a single combo and is borderline impossible to kill or gank.
Try to make plays before level 6.”
mrmundo says “Tough but not too hard. If she hits you with her E, make sure you have your E2 up so you can stun her. You out sustain her, and you user her ult better.”
barbarianmode_on says “AARRRGGHHHHRITOOOWHYYTHISSCHAAAAMP (translation: take grasp runes, frickin oracle lens and fash with exhaust or barrier) btw it's not that bad matchup I just hate this champ. ”
Avyxia says “Can't touch you until level six so poke her out as much as possible. her q range is shorter than your autos and abilities. if she shrouds you can wait it out and punish her with poke as she has no safety”
TrueSatan666 says “Akali is just like Fizz, the moment you can bait her Q by approaching to auto her that's the moment you should press your W and chase her, auto-dart-auto should keep her in check.
When Akali smokes, just be vigilant, trade with her regardless, every Akali you'll meet will try to fight you under the smoke, the moment she appears auto-dart her face, don't let her attack and disappear without you giving some love back, retreat but keep your cursor near the edges of the smoke just in case she appears to attack.
That's gonna cost you your lane if you don't trade with her. ”
Yumi Project says “Depends on what akali are u facing.
U cant really win cuz if u use ur Q near to her, akali will use her Q on u.
If u ult her, she will ult you. Try to roam bot to gain some advantage.”
Impossible2Gank says “She can be quite hard to handle especially if they understand the matchup even a little but if you play around your boxes well enough it should be easy.”
Mr. Popper says “Akali's Q outranges gnar auto and can easily follow up with her empowered auto so trading early into her isnt recommended so look to q poke and farm only until you can get her low enough to respect you.
Post level she can all in mini gnar and one shot you even at full hp.
remember to take the magic resist stat shard into this matchup.”
Tatty says “Her Entire Kit is a zed counter but at the same time its still a skill match up in my opinion. Due to micro stun removal you should have a easier time killing her”
ReapeRGP says “Skill matchup. I really don't mind akali, you outrange her so just keep poking her to get her low and make her miss CS. Save E for the moment she goes all in on you and it's free.”
roselol says “can oneshot you under tower if good player. if bad player, just poke with auto and q's. know that her shroud is really high cd early, so take advantage of that.”
King Turtle says “She's not going to destroy you early game, but her shroud makes landing a full combo difficult, and once she hits level 6 there's a good chance she can start chunking you. Once she gets 6 though she'll likely get more aggressive, and you can start poking her down.”
King Turtle says “Her Shroud adds some issues when it comes to all inning her. Since this build relies heavily on Q damage if you can't Q her you're going to miss out on some power. She can still be beat because outside of shroud she's not that great, and with your W she can't cheese you with Q spam.”
duhnx says “PERMA BAN. This is an impossible matchup unless you have a really good jungler and boneplating, it might be manageable. Build Hexdrinker early and roam a lot, you might a have chance.”
powervang says “Akali is just annoying when she uses her "w" because you can't really tell where she is. Yone's "w" can pretty much hit her when she uses her "w" but I wouldn't really try to find her and go for the kill.”
Netwou says “Use Akali's Q to pop Yasuo's passive shield, then once the shield has depleted, auto attack to activate your Q for damage. Your Q is the bread and butter for Akali's combo, so use it once it has popped Yasuo's shield”
Katasandra says “[1] Harass with autoattacks, but don't get hit by her Q.
[2] Don't fight in shroud.
[3] Sidestep E, or run into turret when she hits it. If she takes it, chain CC her under tower.
[4] If getting all-inned, don't try to reactively ult her R2. It's fast.”
richardlized says “Akali is a Zed counter. Akali has counters to Zed’s kit. Zed relies on hitting his Q to win, but Akali has 4 dashes, invis, and outplay potential. I would suggest to ban Akali, since beating a good Akali is extremely hard. The way Zed wins this matchup is by constantly poking Akali when she goes for minions with your Q by Qing minions when she goes for last hits. Oracle’s lens is a great buy. You can bait her into your tower by swapping with W when she Es you. The only time that you would want to ult her is when she is low, because there is ZERO way you can kill a full health Akali with all her cooldowns of course.(unless you do unrealistic Q prediction)
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Thresh Mid says “Akali's Five Strike Strike (Q) has a slightly higher range than Thresh's auto attacks but her passive makes her want to jump into trade range for Thresh. Both Shuriken Flip (E) parts can cancelled along with her Perfect Execution (R) with Flay.”
xMetix says “Akali has been quite easy for the past few weeks until a small power-shift where Riot seemed to completely overtune her damage. She's a very scary enemy that can snowball out of control. Do not trade with her level 1, Try to poke down before all in abusing the fact she has to walk up to last hit in melee range. Use Grass element a lot.”
Marky 2 Butts says “This can be a hard match up as Akali can dash in and out which makes it hard for Malphite to trade with her early. Later in the game she still has the ability to kill Malphite, but depending on how she builds malphite could blow her up if you can land your whole combo. ”
MikaeraKun says “She can be pretty tough to play against because of her W and R, but if not skilled enough she should be a pretty easy matchup, otherwise ask for ganks or go top.”
DabiDabi says “This lane is very easy pre-6. Even though Akali's shroud can be annoying she can't really do anything pre 6. Her Q energy cost is too much for her to trade with you. After her nerf, she can't burst you with her E+Q combo and her ult damage is greatly reduced so you can almost always win every trade. Only way you lose is if you cannot hit your passive, or if she is able to full combo you and waste your ult or passive with her shroud. At level 6, if you know her shroud is down you can go in for a WQR combo to kill her. Or at least try to proc your passive on her.”
Nanelol says “You are squishy and Akali has very quick burst, but if you quickly use your W to quickly retreat under your tower you can hopefully be safe, but she can tower dive and escape quickly with her R so don't let your guard down.”
nZk01 says “(Mid) You can poke her early very easily and should be ahead till first back, if she has resolve 2nd and DShield it will be way harder with almost no kill pressure, just play for Lane and try to not get killed, she can 1 shot you very easily after 6, would recommend Barrier or Exhaust.”
ok0goi says “Abuse her weaker early game, When she goes in using e use your W to stun her
When she engages with ulti, Look to disengage with your own E, Then fight her after her R2 has finished
Recommended item: Immortal shieldbow
Possible build: Divine Sunderer (if she ahead)
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Kippari says “The matchup is slightly Pantheon favoured before 6, after that I would suggest only taking short trades and using empowered E to disengage if possible.”
tozosi says “Skill matchup. Avoid going all in when she has her shroud up as she can evade most of your damage that way if you try going in full combo. Pre-6, try to abuse her as much as possible playing aggressively. Be aware of her E damage however. Post-6, be aware she can 100% all in you very easily if you step up too far in lane.”
SKRELAX says “Even threat in early, try to take her down on lvl 2-3. Lvl 6 will be much harder for you, since her dmg output with Perfect Exection is just a nonsense. Go conq or elec depending on the game, but i would recommend going conq anyway.”
3Riptide3 says “You can both punish positioning mistakes in this matchup. Dodge E. Take perfect timing and rush everfrost. Ideally, bait her into a tower dive. ”
Nanelol says “Akali has good all in potential and outplay potential but falls off if not given anything to play off of so lanes against akalis are always manageable.”
Kippari says “She can die very fast if you land a Q but the problem is that she's very hard to hit, try to counter or match her roams after she hits 6, fighting her is quite pointless unless you're very far ahead.”
Nanelol says “If Akali E2s to you you can hit an easy guaranteed charm, however most Alkalis are familiar with this interaction and will avoid taking their E2s when you have charm up. Keep in mind to never throw your charm when Akali has her E2 ready, wait for her to use it.”
TheDuskWalker says “MID
Flash Ignite or Ghost Ignite. Electro for Flash Ignite/Phase rush for Ghost Ignite. Conqueror is a possible choice.
Respect her early game and pre lvl6 it's usually fine to pool her e2. When she hits lvl 6 you can't react to r2 but have to predict it in order to pool it successfully. You outscale her hard.”
TheEnglishman says “Shroud is annoying but honestly the matchup is fine. You likely aren't going to solo kill her unless she messes up but that's fine, sit and scale.”
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Nanelol says “Similar to most assassins, play safely and be aware of her kill potential, which is usually high, and extremely so post-6. ”
Gamile 99 says “La gente se fia mucho en este matchup, pero nos la puede liar fácil con su W y su gran daño después del nivel 6.
Trata de no morir en línea y busca kills rotando.”
Nanelol says “Depends on what akali you are facing. You cant really win cuz if you use your Q near to her, Akali will use her Q on you. If you ult her, she will ult you. Try to roam bot to gain some advantage.”
Johan Paracelso says “Akali is a skill match up. Her passive grants her an extra magic damage, so you must be careful while facing her, you can use your W to chunk her down, but remember, it cost a LOT of mana”
Jinx_48 says “Skill matchup.
Try to get her lvl 1/2 when she dont have shroud when she have try to save 1st E to get out he have advanage with trading with shroud if you dont have E spam W in shroud to heal on her try use passive on minions near shroud to reveal her position and dael her dmg. Her ult is ok you can gab close or rune away with using her ult.”
lolzayno says “Before level 6 the matchup is favored for ziggs. But once she hits 6 she starts to apply more pressure in lane and is able to 100 to zero you with a full combo. Essential to dodge shuriken if you want to survive at all.”
Sanctuar says “Although Akali players are very dangerous after hitting level 6, they are in some way squishy and your ultimate is the perfect counter for her Twilight shroud since it hits invisible units as well. Punish her with an all-in combo once she jumps on you.”
fanchessfan says “Akali has an abysmal 45% winrate into Vayne in the top lane. Take exhaust, E her away when she goes in, and make sure she doesn't roam. Remember to take double MR runes to negate her burst. ”
shidonryoku says “Play carefully, Akali loves snowball. You can harass combo Q + E, Q + W + E. Throw E into the smoke. Over time you will understand how to dodge her skills.”
Vispectra says “This is an OKAY match up. Her 6 is more powerful than yours if she lands the second part but all round so long as you play smart she won't be able to kill you and late game you'll leave her in the void.”
Void Silence says “She can waveclear very well with her Q and heal most of the damage because of dorans shield and fleet footwork. Her shroud is annoying and she can 100-0 you with a combo so do not feed her and press R when she gets into your team”
StarTundra says “Akali's biggest threat to you is her invisibility field, so keep away from that like the plague, as you can't E her while she's inside. Early levels you can bully her off the wave with AA and outrange her, allowing you to avoid her abilities. Watch out for her fleet footwork stacks as she can use them to land a Q if you're too close. If akali takes Dorans Shield/Second wind, your AA will only be effective while she's high health and once she's level 3, your AA will actually heal her when she is under half. They're still viable additions to your combo however, and you can toss them to proc electrocute. After Akali hits 6, be very wary of her burst as she has a lot of damage if she gets in range, and you're very squishy. Egg TP is super useful against a good Akali
Thanks to Matrixpl for advice on fighting Akali”
cookanarities says “Super easy early game matchup. Get perma lane prio and rotate for jungle. Problem comes post-6 when she can 100-0 you with her combo and her ult CD is much lower than yours. The matchup comes down to a skill matchup where you need to dodge her E to prevent her from forcing your ult whenever she goes for an all in. Matchup snowballs extremely hard which makes it harder for kindred, but gets easier once you get Shieldbow. Overall though, it's easily manageable given you don't fight in her shroud with her ult. Typically good to build Wit's End unless she is only AP on the team.”
TheWerefloof says “Do take this with a grain of salt, but Akali falls into the same category as Zed. Once she has used her smoke screen she's extremely vulnerable, and it has a longer cooldown then your swing with 2 points into it. Abuse her when she doesn't have it, be careful of her 6.”
luminyan says “Akali is really a skill matchup. I'm also an Akali main, and I've fought Lux multiple times. This matchup can go either way; either she misses her E and has no combo, so you can Q+E, or you miss all of your abilities and she will just poke you down and kill you. Play behind minions, as her E can't go through multiple targets. If she shrouds (W), just E behind you and back up. Don't let her get free poke. ”
DarDarThePenguin says “A very simple and easy matchup if you relax and play it slow. Buy a Vampiric Scepter on your first back and get a null magic mantle if you're still struggling. If you don't, take the Fleet page and double MR.”
Aethlo says “Akali has equal wave clear. ||
Akali loses pre-3 ||
Akali wins pre-6 (Annie can punish
Akali with her range if played properly) ||
Akali and Annie are even at 6. ||
Annie outscales Akali. ||
TIP: Chunk her early if she hasn't gone fleet footwork. If she has, just focus on the wave for a level 2 all-in. At level 6 it is a very close fight. You have to stun her to win. If she gets the jump on you - you will be one-shot unless you have stun up.
Make sure to Q her to guarantee the stun - Akali is slippery and can avoid tibbers. DO NOT GET HIT BY HER E (stand behind minions).
Later on you can stand behind tibbers so Akali can't e you.”
Kirito OTP Xerath says “Con Akali, básicamente la victoria depende de que tanto la respetes, y de que tanto la castigues, con esto me refiero a que no te acerques tanto como para dejarle un combo abierto, pero intenta pockearla en lo que ella farmea, nuevamente, cuidado a Nivel 6 con su E y R, considera comprar Zhonyas, inclusive puedes traer el cronometro con las runas de inspiración, también asegúrate de ver sus runas para poder armar los mejores objetos para contrarrestarla.”
TheMockingSnowman says “Even though the matchup is in your favor, she can get out of your CC abilities if you try to initiate a trade. Shove the wave and roam or trade back if she started a trade. Your W can force her out of her smoke field.
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A55AILANT says “Not the worst matchup for ryze.
Your E will still hit her if she uses shroud inside a minionwave.
After lvl 6, try to dodge her, as her ult could 1 shot you.
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Zenshi says “Since the mini-rework she got, her early game energy is terrible. Try and bait abilities and poke until level 6. That's when you will die...”
Boomblight says “Very hard matchup for toplane and even worse for mid. start using e when she uses r1, recast to stun and then run away. you should out scale if even. Ask toplaner to rotate if you see her as enemy mid on champ select.”
3pitesgiro says “Read the movement pattern and use accordingly your e. Also, try to roam to other lanes, because akali cannot do many things at your lane.”
NigYone says “If u are looking for a trade make sure u E under tower, because if she Es u during ur E she would follow u back under tower or else she wins other trades due to her shroud it is hard to hit Qs”
NINSHINIK says “Depends on what akali are u facing. U cant really win cuz if u use ur Q near to her, akali will use her Q on u. If u ult her, she will ult you. Try to roam bot to gain some advantage.”
Daers says “She can dodge your ultimate with her E and R, so don't use it as long as those two abilities are up. This also applies to Zhonya's Hourglass which she gets every match. Be aggressive off of her E cooldown, and avoid all-ins post 6 unless your jungle is there or you are ahead. ”
SpartanDumpster says “This is a skill-based match up, but I would say Akali has the advantage for the most part. The thing with Akali's is they either flop about and trip over themselves, which you can just slaughter, or they're doing laps around you and successfully turret diving you by level 3 or maybe earlier. You rarely find an in between with her.”
VeneficusFerox says “After her rework, she has become a major threat. Her dash allows her to retreat, wait for an eternity, and then decide to re-engage or not.”
Little Planet says “Despite the fact that you beat Akali pre 6 pretty mercilessly you'll still lose more or less instantly after she hits 6, and the longer the game goes the worse it gets.
Winning againster her after 6 requires you to either oneshot her with R or use Q to interrupt her second R cast.”
Dvide says “Akali is really annoying you dont want to all in her unless she has used her e because she can easily dodge your daggers. Keep in mind you can ult when she is in her w. You lose 1v1 when she has ult you need gunblade do kill her with everything is up”
Excalibxr says “This matchup is very hard to win on Katarina, I recommend walking inside her Q range to bait her Q out, and E behind her to dodge the Q. Currently, Akali only has 200 energy and her Q costs 100, so if she misses her q, it is harder for her to trade. When you E behind her, make sure to use w and move unpredictably, because if she lands e you always lose the trade. Past level 6, just look for roams if you are not ahead as akali can easily one shot you. ”
Joseph Evanss says “You out scale her but not by much, never e into her or she will get a free e off. lvl 1 wait for her to use q then walk up and trade with her because of her high energy costs. Wit's End helps a lot late game. Go Bone Plating, Overgrowth + D Blade”
Kscepersky says “Playing vs Akali isn't easy, but also isn't hard. You just need to be careful about Akali's Q, but also u can poke her by your's AA. You just need to get good play to win this matchup/”
ahspaghetti says “look for trades pre 6, start with d shield as she will poke you a lot with q. Runes can go second wind if she is a good akali. try to trade with her when her q is down as in early games her q uses 100 energy when she totally only has 200. be careful after 6 as she can easily 100 to 0 you when you're low and under tower. you can try to get into her q range then e behind her to dodge her q then look for an all in or extended trade, the situation benefits you even more if she already used or missed e.”
Minnotaro says “Its very very easy matchup, He cant farm because of your voidling and E also cant kill you since you play safe til level 6, you can bait him out at level 6 to use his E on you then when he does E2 make him die under turret at the moment he comes to you with your R ”
Black Shadow QIYANA says “Akali is a really strong champ plus she can go inviz dash away from ur skillshots and can come when u are lack of ablilities just try to play safe or roam or even go for a early 2v1 then you can fight her and burst her down at any point.”
HalexUwU says “Generally you can poke Akali really hard level 1-3 which makes her pretty easy to deal with before first back.
If you manage to root an Akali in her shroud she will be revealed. ”
BullRedHunter says “It's hard to win lane against Akali as Ekko, you can trade when her W is on cooldown and when she doesn't have ult, other wise she will win any trade with you just play safe,roam and scale”
peytonqt says “[SKILL MATCHUP] [PR/Conqueror/Electrocute] [D Blade/Long Sword/Tear] Akali is a bitch to play against. LVL1 harass her and poke her down as much as you can while also maintaining CS. If she walks up with energy back up so she doesn't Q AA you. When she hits LVL3 Akali wins the trade if she has shroud. Otherwise, you CAN trade onto her but still be careful because her burst is not fun. Post-6 she can literally insta-kill you from nowhere. Just be careful and don't fight her unless you just that ahead in the game. And even still, she might just one shot you with her execute anyways.”
7daysko says “Play extra safe. Her ulti's first cast STUNS you, so watch out for that. Also try to poke her in lane whenever possible, she doesn't have as much damage as you in the early game (unless you allow her to get close). ”
Doctor Yas says “One on my least favorite match ups. Tons of mobility, strong early game, and can snowball off lane. Only way to beat an Akali as Yasuo is to engage when her shroud is down. ”
JoshAy says “You counter Akali
If she hits an ability back off so she can't get an empowered auto. Remember her R1 is Champion Targeted. Try to fight when Shroud is down. If she tries to finish you off with R either cancel it with E2 or W. Good ult for skirmishes or solo kills. ”
ChimpNA says “Her main damage is from her Q's which require a lot of energy. Look to avoid the Q's and harass her while her energy is low. You can all in her level 6+ as long as you aren't chunked too hard as her R has high execute damage.”
JustMTK says “This is a good matchup for Qiyana, you'll go for electrocute trades, what I do is I go in with stealth Q, W out (earth element) and use another Q on her. In that time she will have used her shroud & is vulnerable for a potential gank or burst from you.”
NINSHINIK says “Before using your R you have to bait out her W, otherwise it will simply be wasted. Be careful when trying to get your passive in, her Q deals ridiculous damage and without your W she could get her passive in without issue”
iKrez says “Akali is pretty annoying because you can't take a long trade against her.
Use your Q grass if Akali hit your E (when the target is invisible, akali can't press E to get close to her target)”
Ryank30 says “Fleet + Resolve. . Play to scale, avoid trading with her when your E is not up and her E is. Buy an oracle after 6 or during mid game to see where she is in shroud. BE AWARE OF HER BUFFED ULT CD, IT IS VERY LOW NOW. However, major nerfs to all her items and especially her Q energy cost makes it much easier to duel her, and even easier in the late game. Do not fight her at 6 unless she sux, and you have jungle help.”
19Evoli97 says “Akali is more of a threat towards the 10minute mark since Akali's items grant her an early powerspike compared to this build's slower pace.”
1 Am Zed says “Extremely hard to play against, You need to be very skilled to play against akali, doesn't matter how good she is, I permaban akali in champ selects, Would recommend you to do so aswell as that matchup is very akali sided.”
Mpegial says “This is a skill match-up, Akali has strong pressure and can kill you fairly easily, poking her till you can flash Q Auto Ignite her is a good idea.”
Tauricus2017 says “Definitely a dangerous matchup If she knows what she is doing. Usually you can trade her easily and ruin her early game but later on she will be able to one shot you eventually. Pay attention and think twice about your engages.”
eternalkuuseki says “somewhat of a skill match up this season. your R can hit her in her shroud. early on do NOT get hit by her Q>Passive. if she engages with e you can shunpo to her and do double daggers for a quick trade. don't do extended trades as she ahs a 1,5sec cd on her q.”
Zileni says “Extremely hard especially if the Akali is really good, Avoid pushing in the lane in the early game. You can win small trades in the early game, especially if she has no energy from cs-ing or poking. Try to outfarm her and play safe if you wanna win against her.”
xoonaka says “Relatively easy matchup, respect her lvl 1-2 and try to look for an all in once you hit lvl 3, since your Q and E gives true sight, it almost renders her W useless.”
x_Kassy_x says “GIRL JUST DODGE, ok ok just kidding but she is a real headache. U cant 1v1, u cant out-roam her and once she gets six u better prepare ur ass. Just play safe and wait for tf... and pray for the best xD”
mihaila says “Minimal poke with her Q, try to use E to dodge her E, if u try to E2 her she will escape with her E, dont take overextended trades so she cant value W.”
HeroAronNavius says “Akali is one of Yone's biggest counters. She has her Q that she can spam you with in early lvl 1 with her strong auto attacks. You have to try to engage and kill her when she has used up all of her energy and then u may have a chance of beating her. So try to ban Akali in ban phase.”
GabomanDeLegado says “En el mejor de los casos le podremos tirar la Q mientras está en la niebla, y lo mismo con la E, esto la revelará y le quitará el potencial de poke que tiene para bajarnos de Skaarl. Akali muere instantáneamente si entramos cuando tenga la E en enfriamiento.”
Sojurini says “Try to poke her with AA and E + AA at lvl 1 don't let her farm try to dodge her E if you dodged her E you can kill her with Q + E + AA + R + AA + E if she has not W if she has try to poke her until her health is down half then catch her and do Q + E + R combo and bingo if you take her E run to undertower and catch her with your Q if she runs into you if she uses her R use your W to shield yourself and hit her with your E + AA and use your Q when she uses her 2nd R if you can catch her bingo”
XD001 says “Dodge as much Q poke early as possible. If she is good, she will play around her shroud cooldown and take every trade that she wants when it is up. Due to her invisibility it is very hard to proc your passive and you have to get sweeper early to hit your Q in her shroud. As soon as she shrouds, W on top of it. This forces her to run or get stunned. Parallel convergence and shroud have very similar cooldowns, so you should be able to track her long CD easily. Only take short trades you think you can win, she can easily get 3-4 Q into empowered auto-attacks in a sustained fight. If she has Conqueror + Riftmaker, grab an early grievous wounds. Mid-Late game teamfights you will both be targeting the enemy team's squishies, so try to pop the enemy backline faster than Akali can do to yours. Ekko outscales her. electrocute + inspiration + ignite”
Reppy says “This champion is one of the hardest, if not the hardest counter to Katarina. Her whole kit is able to dodge Katarina’s daggers and this nullifies her relevance. Her damage output is also way higher than Katarina’s and the only way you can deal with her is if you’re SUPER ahead. If not, she beats you side lane and is impossible to kill during teamfights.”
Luciiid says “Easy lane. 2 points into w and then max out q. Very hard to lose trades when you can outrun her with your w slow. At level 6 either bait her R1 or get her low enough to w q r ignite one shot (electrocute). If you take conqueror then the lane is slightly harder.”
Noodles912 says “Balance between poking her with Q and securing minions. If she uses shroud, get out immediately. At level 6, your ultimate is used to run from her shroud at level 6. If you are low on health, consider basing. Roam if you have priority.”
mc_jojo3 says “Champions with a lot of dashes, cc and poke are big red flags for Shyvana mid.
Dodge her Q and E and make sure she has used her W before going in, and be sure to now be low since her ult can take you out easily”
Cayteer says “She is a very agressive lane bully , and wins every trade. Try to bait out her E and W so she won't have any escapes. Try to pull combo her once she's out of escapes.”
Noodles912 says “Avoid fighting her early, and trade as much as possible when her shroud is down. Make sure to preserve mana, as she uses energy. Your ult and ignite can see through her shroud. Stay far behind minions to dodge her Q and E.”
Int4Kindred says “Since she has been nerfed she is really not as much of an issue. You outrange her, so frequently poke and you'll be fine. Her dashes are awkward for you, her Q is quick so it can be hard to dodge with your Dance of Arrows if you aren't paying attention.”
Wolyoo says “You should beat her beacaus she is very squishy and she can't one shot you if she isn't ahead, but be careful she când do a lot of damage”
FerretInADurag says “She has a lot of dashes. That's an understatement. She is annoying to deal with when she goes into her smokey doughnut. Predicting, where she is takes practice but is possible. Bait her shuriken throw, and stun her with your E once she recasts. Guardian angel is good against her.”
pavelp420 says “Extremely mobile, crazy damage. Pretty much no hope in landing a good W, however you can take advantage of the E2 by either using R (if it can collide with her) or W on top of you if she goes for an all-in. Make sure to be aware of her location when you all-in her when she W, she can very easily cheese you.”
NuclearAkali says “Not very challenging as long as you are winning trades. Play around walls because Akali has no control of where she can go with her E or her ultimate.”
Wunsch3957 says “Skill matchup favored for Akali after 6. Wind wall her E and don't fight when she has W up. Don't let her proc passive on you ever. Fleet/Conqueror+Domination.”
Gayaa1 says “Akali as the possibility to dodge every katarina daggers and also deal more damage than katarina (only way to win this matchup is getting ahead!)
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Lot of Wind here says “She can be a pain to kill because of her shroud. However, if you play safe she won't be able to instantly kill you. You wall can block her E and Q. Don't try to play too aggressive against akali.”
kryptonkat says “Akali is kinda close ranged, but don't underestimate her. She could easily kill you since of how much a long cooldown Veigar's abilities would have until late game.”
AkiraHopeXDDDD says “Skill match up. If she shrouds either walk away or throw out your W as she tries to walk towards you to Q and if possible Q onto her and you should out trade her. After 6 should try to either Flash away from her execute R just one shot her if shroud is down.”
Wunsch3957 says “Let her push early, try to have your E return position under tower so when she dashes with E she follows you under tower. Fleet with either domination or resolve and flash/exhaust. Fight when her W is on cooldown.”
Luxon333 says “try to bait her so she reactivates her E and you can E in your tower for safe stun and kill (if no f)
try to play the match up slow and wait for jgl ganks try to move for early objectives and help your jgler
try not to fall behind in XP!!!”
Twitch.Tv-LimitBreaker88 says “Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86OW-_y-LPc
Super easy, her range and waveclear is awfull. She can't breathe in lane against you and she has hard time getting over your wall. In teamfights your ultimate also knocks her from her shroud. Stay with your ADC and she can not do anything.”
PsykerZeo says “Just stand behind minions to not be hit by her E and poke her from distance with PtA, flee when she uses her W and keep hitting your Q on her. Try to get the timing of her ult with yours. ”
GeDBo says “Akali has good sustain especially if she goes for the Precision runes. Oblivion orb would be a nice option to purchase early on, preventing her from healing as much, since you should farm and poke her. You win trades until she reaches level 3. After this point you should focus on farming and poking her. Don't engage first, she will kill you. Conqueror or Electrocute rune pages are suggested in this match up. Conqueror for sustain or Electrocute for burst. For spells you can go ignite (if you are not planning on buying oblivion orb) or barrier (if you don't want to be burst).”
1st fizz on mars says “hard one if akali plays well
she will zone u from farm and she have a lot of burst damage
u can kill her easy if u hit your ult
as for me she is easy after 2 items if u are not behind ”
CrazyyBrrr says “Akali before lvl 6 is weak
If u can beat her before lvl 6 and getting advantage is not gonna be a problem on the lane
After lvl 6 u are gonna have some problems with her”
Edg3Lord says “Akali is a very annoying champion to play against, and one that will require you to want to rush and get as much XP as possible before her. She has good trading tools and a lot of mobility that will help her early into the game to evade your E. If you want to fight her, make sure that you at least have debuffed her with your Q so you may be able to see her while invisible.”
The Jhin Cena says “She will poke a fair bit, however she is also fairly easy to bait. If you try and hook her and she E's on you to avoid it, you can expect her to then reactivate her E to dash toward you, but you can then in turn E to pull her into the turret for a kill. With that being said, Akali in general is quite easy to trade with, and if she pops her cloud, just walk away to avoid it. If she is low within her cloud however, you can also risk ulting inside and perhaps be lucky enough to kill her, though Oracle Lens is usually what you should bring against her post 6.”
jpaul2077 says “Its hard to fight a akali do to her Q outranging your own. Akali excels at short trades, so don't try and fight her too much early. Look to play safely in lane and go all in lvl 6 with ignite. The good part in your Q is that it will damage and reveal Akali when she is in her shroud. Be wary of being poked too much in lane as her ultimate ability does more damage to you the lower your health is!”
loldoppio says “Yasuo wins this matchup until level 6. Level 6 Akali has a huge power spike so don't overextend. *windwall her q. Get doran blade if akali go conqueror and doran shield if she goes electrocute.”
Coldsong says “While Akali is in her shroud, W inside of it, as it will be super easy and will deal a lot of damage. Dodge her E if you can so she does not get free engage and go in when you know her R is down.”
Gloglito says “High mobility champion, which means huge ability to juke and evade your abilities. Try to save your e, and respect a lot her level 6 burst potential. You should be more impactful as the game goes on.”
InkHeiko says “As for Ahri, I will add this in the assassin category like Akali, Fizz or Diana. These are not impossible lanes, just very hard, so don't hesitate to change for defensive runes, and again, be careful with traps and roaming. ”
SoraSan says “Akali tem um bom sustain. principalmente se ela for com a pagina de Precisão. Orbe do Oblívio cedo, diminuirá o potencial de cura dela. Você ganha todas as trocas com ela até o nível 3, após isso, foque em farmar e pokear. Não troque com ela após o 3 e jogue perto da sua torre depois do 6 dela.
Voce pode ir de Chuva de Lâminas e Incendiar caso queira tentar abate-la antes do 6.
Ou pode ir de Conquistador e Barreira para tentar sobreviver ao Burst dela.
Eletrocutar é uma opção viável para poke. ”
bladerjoe says “You can defeat an Akali all you need to do is undertand how the enemy player uses mark, if they go in on you stay under you tower and alpha into them this type of trade works 90% of the time.”
KawaiiSpecter says “Akali has a lot of lane poke. Best to start with Doran's Shield against her. Look for trades pre 6, after that, the lane will become harder. You can ult while Akali is in her shroud, this is really good to remember. When your low HP try to play conservative and reset because she can easily dive with her mobility + shroud. You can try to roam a bit to gain some advantage.”
nZk01 says “(Mid) You can poke her early very easily and should be ahead till first back, if she has resolve 2nd and DShield it will be way harder with almost no kill pressure, just play for Lane and try to not get killed, she can 1 shot you very easily after 6, would recommend Barrier or Exhaust.”
l2ingeR says “Melee ranged inconvenience to be against.
Her invisibility makes Autos and Q's rather difficult to utilize, while W and E are easy for the Akali player to dodge.
But again, short ranged melee. If we really wanted to, we could shove waves, plant traps, and roam all game.”
Tamatamo says “She isn't too much of a problem if you know what you're doing. Dodge her q by baiting it out like natural. When she Goes invisible by her cloak Flay where you last saw her and hook if you hit her with flay. By then her cloak should be gone and if you're strong enough try to all in her. Beware of her high mobility though. It can be very tricky.”
kennybang says “take corrupting because her sustain is balanced asf, also when you w walk back because her q range is shorter than your w range or something like that.”
SamIAm12 says “Akali is so so when fighting, you're tanky but doesn't mean you can miss your taunt on her, if you can hit the taunt and get your Q and W up then you can win it easily, although if she roams be sure to counter gank.”
sidromest says “Take Doran's Ring for the mana (E+ fleet + doran's shield ) and health to survive better her all in.
You can dominate her pre-6, just pay atention to her Q range and stay behind minions, so she won't hit her "E" when your Q is down.
After 6 stay under turret freezing, whenever she comes, throw "E" or Q if you are confident she can't tower dive and if it won't destroy the freeze.
Don't force 2v2 with jungler, just punish her roams.
in teamfights either predict her "E" ult / ult + "E" and throw the stun at the end of the jump, or ignore her and focus the rest.”
NathanPyke says “Easy lane to win if she takes W you can E through tower you need to time things to win easily but the huge threat in this scenario is her W”
Tizgard says “If Akali plays smart with W, and plays passive in the lane, there's not much you can do besides wait for ganks or roam. I recommend exhaust for this matchup, also a good ban.”
BlitzIMO says “Difficult skill matchup. Taking TP and Corrupting Potion start will be more valuable against her because she wants to chip away at your health before all-ining you post 6. ”
Do1HaveTh3Sauce says “She got nerfed to the ground, and you significantly out poke her making it hard for her to kill you. Be weary of her level 6 powerspike.”
Cornifa says “Skill matchup entirely: she can W away of you but if she loses that privilege nothing can hold you back, unleash and outtrade the shit out of her. If she ults you w her into your tower.”
OhReflects says “Keep baiting her into daggers early for an easy kill, When she hits 6 and she ults onto you, you ult too when she goes into her shroud.”
xxseraphinaaxx says “If the Akali is good, she can be really scary for Anivia. If she's bad, she's no better than Anivia, even sometimes worse than Anivia. ”
BigFatCat909 says “Akali is a very odd matchup, depending on her build and runes depends on the difficulties, she is also a matchup where if one plays safe enough they should almost never die to the other.”
Johan Paracelso says “She moves, like A LOT. If you are against Akali, she can beat you easily, her E and R makes her a difficult target, and her W can charge up her Energy and give her some stealth, so, you can't beat her jhust like that. Playing around cooldowns can do the trick, try to bait her E to go in with your E Q3 W Auto trade, or, you can wait for her to use her W so you are sure where she is. If you don't have Cooldowns either, just play safe, stay healthy, and wait for your jungle or your two items Power Spike”
Hiimkata says “Look for trades pre 6, after that the lane gets way harder. You can go Verdant Barrier here if you struggle a lot vs an Akali so it's way easier to survive. If you're struggling, resolve tree is a good option (go Second Wind, not Bone Plating) to be more forgiving when she pokes you with Q. Remember that you can ult while Akali is in her shroud it's really useful to know that. When you're low hp try your best to play conservative and reset, she can easly dive with her mobility + shroud.”
ShadowSlayerMain says “Don't start trading under Level 3, farm only by last hitting because her Q's low Haste and Slow can punish your mistakes, Malmortius is optional, careful with your position when she casts W”
CaptianMike says “Easy pre-6 as with most melee champs. Simply poke her down and don't get into melee range for any reason, lest she proc her q on you. You may want to buy Zhonya's depending on how good the Akali is. All of your abilities are AoE so her shroud does nothing to hinder your power! She snowballs hard and is always relevant in the game so respect her damage and don't int. Then win!”
mrsuits says “Pre 6 you have a free"ish" lane. Put Soldier infront of the minion she wants to cs and poke her with your HoB. If she is low enough around 350-400 hp you can E>Q into her face and ignite her. She is probably dead.
After 6 begin playing safer. She can all in you preety easily, but you can still kill her. Play close to your tower but not under. Bait her first part of her ult. When she will try to use the second part push her under tower and follow her so she cant E out of it. ”
Poppi Sama says “Skill based matchup; Akali will look for any opportunity to proc her passive then AA, use that opportunity to full combo her and burst her down.”
bboyxje123 says “Playing against akali shouldn't be a problem. Use your W to get vision on akali when she is in her shroud. Remember that if akali ults you, she will land behind you.”
Justin58111 says “Akali can always use her W to confuse you or sneak up on you. You could try some lucky shots with your W and Q to find out where she is, but you should try to keep your distance to her. When she's comming your way with her E, try to jump under the tower, so she's forced to leave and takes a few tower shots. But be careful when she's lvl 6, because a full combo will prob kill you.”
ParkChnm says “Not a bad matchup. Throw a minefield in her shroud and stay near it. If she tries to poke you, she'll take a lot of damage from the mines. You can also Satchel Charge her out of her shroud.”
ParkChnm says “She's pretty strong post-6. She can kill you fairly easily unless you're ahead by a lot. Poke her down early and try not to give her any kills. Post-6, try not to leave turret or at least stay away from her ult range.”
UnoTrickCho says “It's slightly skewed towards her but it's largely a skill matchup. Try and predict where in her shroud she'll be, and if you land your q's you'll win.”
KataTocDo says “All about experience and skill. Your ult is able to hit her when she is in her shroud(W). Dodge Q and if you get hit by E, go under the turret or place a W and punish her if she wastes her E. You are either good against her or terrible against her.
Runes: Electrocute-Precision
Starting Item: D. Sheild
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Jnewbringspain says “Akali is a laning monstrosity. She just has so much mobility, it's difficult to land your Q. If you do manage to land it, she will just go invisible making it impossible to win a trade. I wouldn't bother trying to kill her unless you get help from your jungler. You'll just end up wasting your mana early on. Try to farm up and be useful in teamfights.”
Yamikaze says “Reworked Akali is also a quite difficult matchup because she's able to spam her Q's on you, and dissappear with smoke bomb when you're engaging. You have to bait her Q's by walking in and out, and try farm with your Q. You can also "fake" a engage in order to make her use her smoke bomb, and then you can all-in her. Be sure you have a minion wave around you when you're fighting, so you can dash around and make it much harder for her to hit her ultimate as both charges are skillshots.
Take oracle lens after the laning phase. It won't reveal her, but it will show where she's going so you can still hit her with Q's.”
woo99 says “TINY. She can never hit you with e unless you purposefully get hit to bait her under turret. Respect her w and walk out. Free ganks, free trades, free prio.”
wildersovereign says “Do your best to avoid trading with her early on unless she blows both her Q and E or if she is low on energy. She will out-damage you quite easily and she doesn't require mana to do so. Her E makes her annoying to kill, but its cooldown is pretty sizeable (16 seconds at Rank 1), so take advantage of that window.”
Timowatzki says “A good veigar beats a good akali. She cant really engage on you as long as you have your E up, because it is a ez Stun. Also you can burst her down later, meaning she cant go in her shroud if u press R before.
Also u can poke her in lane. BUT keep in mind: She is an ASSASSIN!”
rajsovsky says “Personally I hate this champion. Even tho she got nerfs etc. If you have hands or you are just diamond+ you can make really good use of it. Dashes, invisiblity, damage, poke. I usually ban her in my games so i don't really know useful tips but i guess that you dont want to fight her till you get Rocketbelt or junglers help. You also want here to get your wraiths to heal from em. Try to not go in her melee range and remember that her ult is powerspike so she can easily kill you in lane.”
invalidd says “Ban. Really hard to hook and all-in, can't AA her in shroud, has 4 dashes + flash at lvl6, you only win the trade if you hook her
into the minion wave or tower. Ungankable.”
NoizRain says “Akali is from the hardest matchups cause she can W and you cant E or Q her she has some counterplay though thanks to your R so its not an Extreme threat.”
Fox_Gan says “Akali is hard to deal with, cause of her smoke [W] and mobility. Try to avoid her [Q] daggers or take them with your passive shield. Use Oracle Lens to try to find her in smoke and push her from it. Once she starts to be visible, use [R] to don't let her disappear than push her from smoke. Mercury Threads is best option but not on first back.”
Aikairi says “She beats you at all phases of the game. She can use her E to dodge your daggers, use her R to get out of your daggers as well as escape your Ultimate, and also has a second activation to dodge another one of your spells. Last of all, her W is just overkill at this point. It's a safety-net to ensure that she can kill you or run away if she messes up hard.
THIS THREAT SECTION IS WIP, SO THERES ONLY A FEW CHAMPIONS HERE”
SkellyBirb says “Akali has a lot of burst potential. While you should be able to poke her down early, if she gains a lead she can one shot you through your spell shield because of how much damage her all her abilities do combined with the cooldown of them.”
Penpiddin says “Manaless champs always stronger early. Her Q insta kills your pets. Just farm up to 1300g for chapter. Back off when she shrouds and respect the all in at 6. Recommend early oblivion orb to counter her healing items.”
AmericanNut says “As of recent update, Akali is a high skill champion, but not as near as busted as she was. Switch runes to MR (Unless they are a hard AD composition) And build Sunfire, then abyssal mask.”
RedNBlue says “Its a 50/50 matchup you can kill her any time of the game and she can kill you anytime of the game unless if one of the two is being played by a complete to partial dud.”
KASSAW1N says “Kass vs akali: Al principio te llevas coraza ósea con elec y sortija de doran, te subes de primera la Q para los Kunais de akali. En lvl 6 si quieres tradear sin miedo de que te haga el combo con la R, mantente dentro de los minions mientras tradeas por que le deniegas usar la E hacia ti y haciendo que no pueda poner el combo completo. (compra hielo eterno)
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Rauschel says “Unless she Combos you too Death with her all in, you should be relativly save from her because she has nothing to stop you from escaping exept from her E.”
PrimeRex226 says “Not the best of matchups , especially early game. Late game or mid game you should have no problem with her. Farm with q so buy dorans ring. Watch out for her Shroud.”
YIVENDER says “One on my least favorite match ups. Tons of mobility, strong early game, and can snowball off lane. Only way to beat an Akali as Yasuo is to engage when her shroud is down.”
Tortoise_Maniac says “- She wins extended trades against you
- You can outpush her with your Q and Passive and look for a roam
- You win most jungle 2v2's
- Look for short trades you can disengage from
- If she waste's her shroud and is relatively low, you can try and combo her, be careful of her E'ing backwards
- Ult sidelanes and try not to let Akali snowball”
Big Shawn says “Both champs are strong in 1v1. It will be your time to shine as soon as you hit lvl 3 and when her shroud is not available. But be careful, you can get easily punished if you do not execute good enough.”
Ambitieux says “Kinda squirrely of a matchup. Realistically keep your range on her and if she all ins you just miasma and kite. Might suggest getting some MR against her.”
Chili Dog says “If she doesn't have TP nonstop auto her early even if she qs you, if she has fleet you will win auto battle with electro and setup the lane for success, her ult is impossible to react pool, you have to predict it. Electrocute recommended but Phase Rush can be taken too.”
grebe1231 says “Start E. Despite her being melee, she out-trades you level one with her Q-auto doing more damage than your flamethrower. If the Akali plays properly, this is a tough matchup for you to kill her in. Instead, look to outshove her and make plays through roams and helping your jungler. ”
JR Lil Baby Boy says “Same with Akali . Try and harass her too but behind the minions and stay under tower !! An Akali player will then not resist and will roam .”
xenonau says “Assassins in general will be fairly tough for Brand to deal with, as you can't really match their roams. Dashes make it harder to land your full combo to proc passive, so try and bait them out.”
kimjisoo8 says “Skill matchup, but she outscales you and will all-in you at level 6. Also she is very mobile and hard to hit charm with. Try to bait a tower dive, charm her, and hopefully she dies.”
Niqkl says “Akali is a very tough matchup for me personally. Invisibility to cancel your Q, a million dashes and at 6 she can literally 1-shot-combo you with ult if you make a mistake.”
Deathbat1 says “Akali is a very strong mid lanner and hard to kill, she can out lane you early but if you get good team mates and a good jungle you can survive late game.”
Dafioske says “Si gana una kill para ti te será imposible ganarle es un campeo demasiado fuerte y en todo aspecto te superó es mejor evitar ganarle solo y pedir ayuda a tu jungla y si le ganas no salga de torre y su jungla te permagankeara o ella gankear otra linea y se hace kills faciles”
FalleN3 says “Akali is weak before level 6 and therefore should be abused as much as possible. You should be able to harass her with your AA a lot. When she goes in to last hit a minion you should be able to land some decent damage onto her.
Even if Akali uses her (W) Twilight Shroud you can still damage her with your (W) Incinerate and your (R) Tibbers
Be careful of ganks as this is a perfect way for Akali to get ahead of you!”
Sushi_Cat says “Just like the Yasuo matchup, this lane's difficulty will depend entirely on the skill of the Akali player. Bad Akalis are fresh pickings while good ones curb stomp you. Keep in mind her W transfers into Death Realm due to a bug. ”
Last Roar says “If you feed her you've lost. But you outrange her and can aa her off minions. Plus her shroud is useless against you. She's a sinner champ and only really good if she gets a lead. However, she will roam a lot, so try roam too.
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Obj: Match her roams, poke her down to half hp in lane, then all in her.”
PROJECT BZ says “Obnoxious to lane, has e to avoid WEQ damage, shroud to stall for time of Zed's shadow and ultimate. Can get prio over Zed because Akali has no fear to walk up towards a Zed. Not to mention she is AP so she can also go armguard just to make the lane even worse than it is.”
Snow Day Zoe says “if she is a good akali and manages to dodge your bubble all the time, she will kill you easily, and the trades will be one sided, other than that she is easy.”
vCraze says “Akali is an even matchup with Xerath as you have the range advantage but she is still an assassin. You want to try to play safe while still poking her with your abilities. Make sure that you are not allowing her to lane free Qs on you in lane as she will gain MS and be able to chunk you out with her Passive Auto. You will be able to put more pressure on her once you hit your Last Chapter and especially Ludens but you always need to be playing safe and not walk too far away from tower as she has multiple dashes and a Shroud.”
Sadkid says “Akali is gross. A good Akali who takes fleet + Doran's Shield is almost impossible to kill in lane. Build MR early and after 6 respect the hell out of her. Poke her out pre 6 and roam after she hits 6.”
OxiteoMyst says “Skill Matchup. Try and move forward and then back to bait her q's, poke her alot pre 6. After 6 like zed she can nuke you with damage, but phase rush should save you most of the time. DONT GET HIT BY HER E. If she R's you try to put your W in front of you and run into it, if she hits her e on you with the r second cast, you need to flash her r2. So try to use phase rush to dodge her E when she uses R. Don't get caught out alone.”
SkellyBirb says “Akali is quite mobile and can burst you down pretty fast. If she goes in on a shuriken, make sure to take advantage of it with your Elastic Slingshot to knock her up and not let her get a free trade.”
Spicy Evil says “Akali is very good in mid lane .
She can kill you at any time except when you are roam and get kills but akali is very very hard play against i would ban her but if you have a jgl dou you can fuck her up a litel bit .”
Elpatronchico says “A good Akali can be very dangerous.
Her Q's poke and her E potential can completely destroy you.
If she manages to kill you early, it will be very hard for you to stop her from becoming fed.
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zee160 says “Basically the same thing as Katarina. Dodge her shuriken by always having your eye on her. I know it's hard to, almost impossible, but at least if it just lands on the ground, you have a better chance to R+W her, E to run, then Q. R+W, E then Q with most assassins are the best way to go.”
PedrinhoXD says “Akali is one of the easiest matchups, as you can easily avoid being in her Q range, and whenever she uses her smoke, you can run away from her with a gold card in hands in case she ults into you”
S4V4 says “If you're against Akali, you will have a rough time. All she has to do is spam her Q and she will just win the lane. There is no way for you to fight her because she can just go invisible with her W and spam her Qs and autoattacks. All you can do is sit back and farm until you outscale her.”
Katfire says “Respect her lvl 1. Farm with Q from safety.
Do your best to always dodge her E.
Bait out her shroud with fake aggression then fight her when its down.
Even though you may be more fed than her do not underestimate Akali's damage.
If Akali has a good grasp on her champion she should always win. She can dodge your daggers effectively and is extremely difficult to 1 v 1.”
Crypper says “make sure that your E is open when she uses her shroud.
Kill her as much as you can, and then she will never be able to return to the game. But as long as you play with an advantage, you have to give your team an advantage as well. ”
Hqzz says “A good akali is a big threat however you can stop her with E + W. It is hard for her to engage you, but when she does she can easily kill you as long as she has her ult. Don't try to fight unless you can root and kill her, or you get a good gank. ”
DJKARAKO says “Needs safe play and to be careful till level 6 while you will have your ulty that you will use along with ignite. Maybe you could flash under turret after her E as an extra measure.”
MagicalFartz1 says “Electro with Ignite. Really easy matchup for Zoe. Akali can't do much against Zoe. All in her when she wastes her shroud or wastes her E pre 6. After 6 E backwards if she ults you. Care for her lvl 6 cheese she can 100-0 you.”
hickeyo says “Just know when she ults the first time it can get her out of your ult range. But also keep in mind when she first ults she can not escape the animation. That is an easy time to throw a Q. Follow her movement when she ults and she can not escape it.”
MINISE says “It actually depends but she is the lowest of the major (matchups) to spike up a Lucian, either respect e+ AA combo trades or aggro with ignite with the tear and use cull against her as well.”
Glaceonlol says “This is a skill match up,
if you win the lane you should be able to get a solo kill before she hits rift maker. However if you do not punish her in lane you will lose out right because she has mid game over you. However just make sure to harass and get a cs lead in mid and force her to try to roam shove her waves under tower and get plates.”
MartyBG says “Skill based matchup. Try to poke her a lot pre lvl 6. The window before lvl 6 is the only time you can try to EVER punish akali, after that you have to play passively, but still try to poke her down, but don't make risky plays.”
Arameria says “Before level 6 you can win trades as long as you keep her on range, care for her ulti at level 6 and if she uses it, try to punish her for her long ult cooldown!”
IncursioOCE says “This champion isnt necessarily "amazing" into kat its more the fact that her kit is overloaded and will just win through flat numbers, you have to play perfectly to win and even then its a struggle”
ZephD4C says “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this is so fucking easy. Legit just respect her level 1-2 and stomp her like it's nothing because all Akali players below diamond can't play the game. If she w's also, you have your e and q to catch her out so kek.”
KaAZu13 says “She aint no threat but wanted to add her cuz u can easily beat her on mid / top, just after she smokes just stay away for few seconds then jump right in / throw shrooms when she jumps at you, uses smokes so you can be safe from her while you are farming.”
economistastonks says “She decides what will happen, and you are just forced to make plays elsewhere. She can go in and out faster than you and also push you into tower while also poking you. Her cloud completely renders you with the option to stay and die or E out and survive.
This is my everytime ban. ”
Elpatronchico says “Akali is a hard mashup, she can easily kill you if you are in a bad position or if you do a misstep.
Try to poke her out and try to not die.
A fed akali is one of the worst things you can encounter.”
Bobbab says “Akali's shroud is useless after level 6. If you have daggers in her shroud you can almost guaranteed hit her. Your ult targets her in shroud. Watch out for her level 6 all in and try to not get poked down by her Q+AA bursts.”
DrWindwall says “You can deal with but before lvl6. Once she hits lvl6 she can destroy literally anyone in lane. So you can deal with her if you play smart before she hits lvl6 and you should by all means forget your confidence after she gets lvl6 as you'll be done for good.”
MetaKnight13373 says “If Akali E2s to you you can hit an easy guaranteed charm, however most Alkalis are familiar with this interaction and will avoid taking their E2s when you have charm up. ”
DixonTheGuideMaker says “Akali is very dangerous like most assassins. You have only time to poke her when she has no ultimate. Because her ult gives her great mobility and killing potential, so you need to play safe after she will get level 6. Take Barrier and use it together with your W - Surround Sound if you see that she is going to all-in”
Aukaren says “One of the most extreme matchups against Zoe. Pre-level 6 its fine but after that she can towerdive you anytime and if u miss your E, Your pretty much dead meat!.”
Manzey says “Can be difficult after level 6, but you will trash her pre-6 so you'll get ahead and she can't do anything after that, so make sure to get ahead pre-6”
Magical Rock says “I honestly enjoy playing against this champion, because she is so squishy, and cannot dodge your Q (which is highly satifying) by going into smoke. Only problem is she can roam and get fed.”
neverwanted2be says “Akali vs Yone its all about micro skill, she can harass you with her "Q" but FF+Domination is a great choice here. U can "Q" her when she is trying to last hit and harras her with "W", dodge her 'Q" with FF stacks. ”
L3vy says “She have high survivabilty and two escapes ability from your all in : her W and her ult . If u could bait her smoke you can try to all in her ”
Raigiku says “She has a lot of push power and high mobility. The big problem is her high mobility and invisibility, you grenade is key in this matchup, if you miss it you are dead, but if you hit it with turrets she is dead. You can run exhaust against her and win easily.”
Grayified says “Akali has a strong engage and disengage. She is not a very easy lane to play against. Try to engage when you know Akali cannot use shroud to escape. Whenever Akali uses her E, try to fall back to turret so she cannot recast without taking turret damage.”
TechyAndrew says “She is really good this season and will mostly win. If you need to fight just r when she is in shroud and possibly kill her, but early you lose.”
dDenzere says “Assasin items are so good, you can poke the hell out of her and try to force her E and you go back.
Shel will never catch you and u neither, need JG help.”
Slumberdork says “There are plenty of threats to this playstyle, however mobile assassins with way to dodge autos are the most volatile, You'll struggle to get grasp procks without being in danger, so I recommend taking a defence summoner into these matchups. Champs Like; Akali, Qiyana, Zed, Talon, Leblanc, or Diana are bad news.
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Nazrat says “Similliar to Diana and Ekko , Akali runs you down at level 6 with her R. Use your advantage early on and play safe after level 6. Late game you outscale so you are going to be much more useful than her.”
KormitLeFrag says “You can harrass her until level 3. Save. Your. Q. If she misses her E, you can Q-W-AA her, otherwise hold your Q for if she dives on you.
Would not recommend trying to properly 1v1 her without first item or jungler, though.
You can R her after she ults and it'll push her into your tower.”
ItzJavAgain says “Again,more or less the same,very hard to land the E and maybe even the R,your W isn't as useful as It could be since a lot of his damage is Magic,she has quite a lot of damage once she hits 6 and is really dangerous on his first ítem,however,she is an assasin like zed,and like him,if you manage to survive the initial burst your Life Steal and conqueror will win the fight you just need to extend it”
ZeMoller says “Impossible to shove against this champ after lvl 6, since she will just jump on you and oneshot you when you push, she will also win sidelane. Setup freeze and either ask for jungle ganks or farm it out. mid and late game, catch sidewaves (kill the wave when its shoved to you and try to teamfight.”
CrusaderChan1099 says “bait her e and dash to the tower with your e+w or e+flash+w, then spam your mastery. avoid 1v1 after lv 6 except if noticeably ahead.”
At0mikx458 says “She's really quick and can take really quick trade on you without you hitting her. The key is to all in when she miss so you can do a lot of damage.”
conginu says “if she's any good you will not hit her with any daggers, try to stay alive and roam on her. Or wait for teamfight to pop off. Engage on her if she missed E for a quick Q-E-W trade, and just E out after.”
Cahly says “Generally, an easy matchup depending on how good the akali is. You can easily counter her level 6 all in by w back into tower. You outsustain her with your Q's. Get her low and combo her with e, flash and empowered q.”
Yeager says “Lots of harass with her kunais.
Her W can dodge all of your damage while she can constantly go in and out to poke you until you're low enough for her to all-in.
Avoid fighting her, and focus on farming with Q from a safe distance. If you coordinate with your jungler, you should bait out her W smoke before he ganks. ”
Veigarv2 says “Can 1v1 you, respect her cutlass and gunblade spike. Look her items constantly as its important to see if she buys hexdrinker, qss or mercs.
electrocute + biscuits timewarp tonic
You cannot match her in sidelane if she is good, so respect her.
Your cage is a great tool to cuck her in teamfights with, thats ur strength.”
TheCatOfCheshire says “In early game, poke her with your AA, you can even start with a doran blade if you want. You have to pressure her. Use your spell when she tries to last hit, when she gets 6, she can os you so hug your tower a bit. Then, when she gets her gunblade, repeat the last operation. Try to clean the waves to roam and block her roams, try to guess where she is in her fog to charm her. If you manage to get her behid, she becomes a free kill. Good luck.”
FalleN3 says “Pre 6, take advanatge of her weak early game. You need to try to zone her from her farm and deny her as many creeps as possible. Be sure to make good use of your ball and every time she comes up to last hit a minion, harass her. Once Akali turns level 6+ and gets her Hextech Gunblade the trouble begins. She has a crazy amount of sustain due to her passive and gunblade, morellonomicon can help you to reduce her healing ability. As with any assassin, she will try to burst you down quickly and having some extra health can help you to survive this. ROA is a solid choice and Barrier as your second summoner spell. Be mindful of her roaming to other lanes for kills!”
Lunasta says “There's not much to say, if she gets invisible you can get invisible too as well and just kill her, you can Counter her at any point of the game, you can also ult her to remove her from her fog”
SkellyBirb says “Akali really struggled to do anything against Bard as she doesn't have the range or engage to deal with him. You can poke her early on and you can win.”
Frixen says “Akali is a minor threat that can potentially be a major threat if played wrong. Always use your supreme range against Akali, poke her out, don't let her farm, and keep your gold card whenever she has 6 or bought items, because she will try to all in you. Her all in is extremely strong, so unless you play it right, you're a dead man. Akali is also not very much of a threat, because she can't roam against Twisted Fate due to his ultimate, and her bread and butter is her roams.”
Bouhhsolene says “Akali is a bit like Diana, except she has more kill potential in early game. Go for poke, but don't push either. Try to go for a trade when her E or W is in CD. Post 6, try to R when she's coming to you with her E, and W out if you don't think you have the damage, or take the trade if you think you do.
You should be able to hold her in the sidelanes, and in teamfight, try to cc her so she can't do much.
Also, if she's fed, get a zohnya to survive her all-in.”
SkellyBirb says “Akali is quite mobile and can burst you down pretty fast. If she goes in on a shuriken, make sure to take advantage of it with your Elastic Slingshot to knock her up and not let her get a free trade.”
FalleN3 says “You are both assassins so this is really a skill matchup. She will try to [Q] you every time you go to last hit minions but do not forget that she is weak pre 6 so try to abuse this. Once you hit level 3 it is possible for you to win trades against her and burst her down. Try to get ahead of her early and continue to snowball. I like to keep a pink ward for skirmishes with her but I rarely see others do this anymore. Use the pink ward for her shroud only when you are all-in on her (with jungler help) if possible. After level 6, it's possible for you to burst each-other down.”
ScraftyDraco says “I fucking hate this champion but it is actually a pretty even matchup for trox. If you land your shit you usually win, especially w.”
Faithyatta says “Akali beats you up essentially until you get items. Build [icon=Rod of Ages size=30] RoA if you aren't beating her up earlier on in lane, and can afford it, for extra HP + scaling. You outscale her, so as long as you aren't getting stomped in laning, you should be able to win against her.”
Ambience14 says “Akali is difficult to land a Q on and can easily escape ganks. She can kill you, but only if you overcommit and play poorly. Most of her advantages against Mundo are simply her ability to escape. Versus most good Akali players, you won't kill her and she won't kill you. When she uses shroud to juke you out, walk around the middle with W on. This will reveal her location and pressure her to leave her shroud. If she uses E and R offensively, hit ult and run her down for an easy kill.”
Reason97 says “Personally i don't have an issue with akali, she's east to bully early on and i usually run Dark Harvest against her and farm her for stacks. However, her all in can hurt a lot too if you get caught too far out without your R. Just keep her low and don't give her a chance to throw herself at you with her full damage. ”
Reason97 says “Akali use to be a much bigger issue for you, but since her shroud no longer protect's her from your turret, she's not as much of an issue as she used to be. Your blizzard can hurt her while she's invisible, so if she drop's her shroud looking to engage drop your blizzard on the part of it closest to you to punish her if she decides to keep going. Once her shroud's down, just back off. Don't fight with it up. And keep her throwing star in mind too, since if it land's that a really easy engage for her.
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BloooodTV says “D-Blade. Look at what keystone she is running. If she is running Elect she is looking to all in. If she is running fleet she is looking to sustain (duh.) Her damage early is nuts and if she goes in for a basic Q+Passive Proc start just poke back. If you can windwall one of her q's early she won't be able to win a trade because of how much energy she needs. If you can bait out her W you can go for an all in. Fight in a minion wave to give you a easier chance at dodging her abilities. Taking Oracle Lens is a good idea after laning phase so you can see what she is doing while in Shroud. Take Conq.”
shadowiyce says “*Make sure you keep a distance against Akali as she can engage with Q, passive auto(Additional range), Q, and disengage safely.
*Pre-level 3, you should stay behind your caster minions (ranged minions) and lane safe with Q farming. ”
TuvecinoPoke says “This match up is hard because she can dodge your abilities and if you try to poke her, she will heal sherself thanks to Fleet Footwork.”
arcanejhin says “she could jump around you. Make her waste her Qs so she has no energy and you can trade with her. Save Q2 for when she becomes visible when she smokes.”
Twist21 says “Akali is one of the hardest lanes for Tryndamere since she can kite you with her high mobility and W.In this lane I would recommend to try and survive lane because you outscale her if the game goes super late.I would take flash tp in this matchup with fleet runes.”
Fadedreformed says “Not hard to deal with you can bully her perma q early game unless she plays with fleet. Do not try to 1 v 1 her unless you are 100% sure you win the trade, she can do some ninja shit and burst you down in an instant. Care for her level 6 because if she jumps on you, you are pretty much dead unless you dodge her second r. ”
DaggerTV_ says “Akali is a very similar champ to you, it will all come down to skill. I recomend to keep your distance and be wary of her second ult, she can catch up to any safety dash that you do”
ShockMaster says “Easily match..just start with doran and poke her hard.You re ranged and you have more chances to win then she.You can also ult in her w if she s low”
Yuki H. says “Used to be a fairly difficult matchup for Zed, but she can't sustain in lane as much anymore. Her Q not healing her anymore means your poke is actually meaningful in lane, so look to poke her with your superior range. However, her shroud does make her an annoying target to assassinate, so make sure to bait it out, but most of the time you will be trading your w for her shroud. ”
Crewozz says “A good Akali will stomp you because she will be next to impossible for you to hit unless you get an early kill and manage to keep her behind.”
stziswhatihave says “If you know what you are doing, this matchup shouldn't be too hard.”
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Proma says “Dshield
You need to respect a good akali. Save your E to counter her E(really good if you can pull her under tower). Be careful using E on her as her E can dodge yours.
At the end of the day the match comes down to player skill.”
Chiefsnake says “She can jump in on you and deal a lot of damage but if you save your Q for when she's going in you can negate most of it. You can also always know where in her shroud she is with your passive. Things get really tough when she hits 6 because that gives her enough mobility to avoid you q and burst you down.”
AbhorRend says “Taste of blood is helpful. Very scary at first, but gets easier. Dont get poked by her q. You can win this lane, but you have to punish her if she wastes her energy or smokescreen. You can dodge her r2 with e. Dont r until she has no e or r unless shes really low”
Fyir says “Akali can output a lot of damage if they get on you, or even in range of her q. If she hits shuriken flip you will be fine your cage stops her if she tries to engage. Make sure to get a good ward so you know where she roams to.
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Veralion says “HoB/DH/Beads. FINALLY she's been hit in a significant way. Her R1 now must be target-cast on a champion, so she lost one of her on-demand dashes and her engage range is significantly shorter. Her Q also cannot be spammed as much early, making the lane much less oppressive. Akali has the highest skill ceiling on the game; a good one will eat you and your team alive and there's nothing you can do about it. A bad one will do nothing and feed though, so you shouldn't have much to worry about playing into her until Diamond. You can take her Q all day long and get the health back, but her passive if shroud comboed properly will chunk you out of lane. Get a cs, take her Q, back off with W and Fleet's speed bonus, repeat. Farm safe and try to chip her down. At 6, don’t ult in if her shroud is off CD. She’ll slaughter you if she shroud combos properly and lands both ult hits, which with how ridiculously mobile she is is almost guaranteed. Instead, ult in place and poke her down unless she wastes shroud for some reason. Keep her on the back foot so that she’s too nervous to go all in on you or roam, which is where her real threat lies. E covers a good portion of her shroud so you have a good shot of chunking her while she hides. If she wastes shroud for some reason, feel free to tackle and nom her at your convenience. It will take an eternity to come back up. Make sure you dont ult over her so she can R1 through you to safety. BEWARE once she has Gunblade. She can engage and kill you from full in three seconds flat from over 1500 range away once she has that item.”
Bartoos says “You destroy her early on as she can't get close enough to you to kill you. Poke her out of lane as much as you can and delay her 1 item powerspike (gunblade). After that she can kill you with ease so be careful with that. If she dashes to you try to push her away and run.”
Its DiGiorno says “pretty much any champ that gets in melee range pre 6 is an extreme threat in the 1v1. taking exhaust to essentially guarentee a free lane is ideal. ”
Nodon says “she will be anoying level 1 and it will be hard to farm against her early but you just combo her on cd and walk away and once you reach level6 your ult counters hers so don't worry ”
undarsito says “to much mobility, if she goes with electrocute be careful, if she goes with conqueror it will a easier matchup just poke her and do short trades”
M.P.C says “You basically sh*t on her since your abilties are DPS/Skill shots so her Shroud is essentially useless, but still you shouldn't underestimate her since her bursts are still powerful.”
Dare366 says “Poke her not too much trouble play spacies. She will jump you lvl 6 but you should be fine cuz you would have a hex already so kill her ass. You outpush her and Auto her early and find a kill laning phase. ”
RikudouDovahkiin says “Somewhat a challenging duel against experienced Akali, but Vladimir can out-sustain and win the trades, when we consider early game, bait her Q and heal the damage, she will usually try to leap with W, avoid getting hit by Mark + AA combo because it deals really a dangerous damage even at the level of 2. Her items are obvious, she can make a good use of some of her items, yet if you do not build any MR, avoiding her damage in team fights can be such trouble. In lane you shall focus on outwitting and winning little trades, you can use your E to reveal her in the shadows, or even get the kill. Make sure you don't basically fall behind, care for enemy jungler and you shall be OK in 1v1, she has some click-on skills, not a very-high skill cap and match-up itself favours you in some moves, situations. Use them to kill her, she is relatively a tanky mage Ignite + R can be useful when she hits low on HP.”
TaxEvasion says “She's just as slippery as you. and is dangerous up close. she'll also scale fast than you unless you focus on lane HARD
just dodge her shurikens and kunais then use your Q and sometimes your ult when she dashes towards you
save your Q for when you're pushed up on her tower and save your ult for her's and try to use it for her second ddash”
UndoRedo says “don't fight akali in her shroud, she wants you to do that (because she'll win)
once her shroud is gone, that's when you go in with any combos”
ai darkfluid says “She got buffed. Akali sort of feels out of hand at the moment, but nothing to cry about once you poke her down. Post-6 she can try to run you over, but smart stun field placement can get you out pretty safely.
Preferred rune: Phase Rush/Electrocute”
Zailent says “Stay away from her shroud, unless youre confident enough of her position in it. Other than that, you can solo kill her if she goes in first.”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Easy lane until 6 where it only gets slightly harder.
You poke her out with Q and speed away with E if she shrouds.
She pokes her head out even once out of the shroud in duels, you can Q/Ult and she's screwed.”
ThatOneKatMain says “Pretty hard matchup she will out trade you early on try to poke her down with q and if shes low enough you can all in her. Also you can ult her even if shes in her w.”
Iruminati says “win against Akali is quite complicated because she can burst more than you and can easily dodge your spells.
If you play against Akali, you can try to fight her pre-6 thanks to your AA and conqueror.
Try to force her to use her invisibility and re-engage her right after.
Gagner contre Akali est assez compliqué vu qu'elle burst plus que vous et peut facilement s’échapper de vos sorts. vous pouvez quand même tenter des moves en la forcant a utiliser son invisibilité et en fightant quand elle ne l'a plus.
De plus, vous pouvez essayer de la tuer en early game grace a vos combos et vos reset d'attaque.”
AlolanFairy says “Most Akalis are overconfident, but if you're up against a good one, just make sure to be on the lookout for her ult.
Respond with your own immediately, or as soon as possible. If you manage to stun her during a trade, she's pretty much toast.”
snukumz says “Pretty easy in lane since you out range her, but you can't really poke her out due to her sustain.
You can kill her with your combo, your ult semi-reveals her when she's in shroud form.
She's a major threat because she mega dunks you once she gets items and there's almost nothing you can do about it, except hit zhonya's really fast and hope you teammates can punish her for diving you. She's very frustrating to play against in the late game since she 100-0's you instantly, even if you have banshee's/zhonyas.
Consider skipping Rabadon's and getting morello's and liandries for the extra HP when playing against her.”
PG Venom says “can land abilities in smokescreen, poke pre 6, then make sure you play back and farm from a distance unless you've gained a large lead. your range> her burst.”
Omega Zero says “All the nerfs have brought her down hard. She's on a 4 just because her getting a lead can make life a living hell for you, and she has an edge over you but a couple of items will make this a lot easier for you.”
cayden says “She is hard to 1v1 she can dodge your r with her e and she can cancel your q with w so wait for her abilities to go on cooldown before going in”
1256 says “you obviously outscale, but you cant fight her early at all and she is stronger till lvl11, also gets ad+conq early so thats abit of a problem
fleet+dom”
nguyenbautroi says “Hard to deal with Akali by her W, an she's very annoying at first game that can make you have a hard time. But you can counter her when she used E back to you that you can E an stun her.”
AZIR MEN says “Lane can be very easy, but very skill dependent. Poke her as much as possible. Respect her when she uses shroud, like walk away for a few seconds. When it is off cooldown, bully her even harder. If she lands an E, place a soldier behind you, if she takes it, drift to your turret.
Take conq or electrocute.”
Pentakai says “Q>W>E her when she tries to go for her Q harass combo. Damaging her in her shroud reveals her location. You can use E, R, or Ignite to do this.”
Twiggymocha says “Yeah good luck this champ is broken, early she will harass you a lot and you will not be winning trades. Late she just throws down her smoke and you can not auto or q her.”
LightningTemplar says “With additional nerfs to Akali, perhaps we now have a slight possibility of not getting demolished in lane. In lane, as long as she has energy up, keep a safe distance and avoid getting hit by her Qs. Farm with Q and from lvl 3 play more aggresive. Post 6 you'll often want to R before using W, since it is an important gap closer for when she uses her R. Her shroud also makes it really hard to hit her, either waiting for its cd or getting an oracle lens might be handy. ”
Ghostwalker562 says “The thing is she's easy to kill, the other thing is if she's a good akali she will dash away right when you almost hit her. Also she has so much range and a lot of CC she can be a bit difficult to even touch. So play safe and only commit if you hit her, because if not, you never will.”
KitsyMamori says “Be careful when her ult is up, but other than that she's pretty easy to fight against. You can out range her by a lot so use that to your advantage.”
only yasuo play says “Skill matchup. But Akali is a trash champion right now so even if she gets a lead you can still easily win. Don't die in lane to guarantee free win.”
TotallyEclipse says “Two ways this will go down: If she knows what shes doing and you're in higher elo, really fucking annoying, you'll never hit her. Try to weaken her level 1 and 2, but you'll outscale her. You can go TP in this lane. Or if they dont know their champion, you can all in her and win always. Use your E to dodge her empowered auto and just hard commit, make sure your R is active post 6 when she starts up her ultimate. You can back off when she activates her smokescreen then jump in again when its down and kill her. Akalis will almost always push the lane as they try to q poke you so you can easily punish her once she reaches your tower.”
Zwengo says “Akali shouldn't be a problem to play against. Her w can be annoying as she loses focus of your turrets, although the charged up beams can still hit her. Make sure to use your rockets to reveal her. If she hits her e get ready to stun in front of you and if she uses her ult stun behind you. ”
Art1val says “Same thing as Kat. If you die to her once during laning phase you will lose. If you sleep her, you can see the outline of where she is in her shroud, therefore making it easy to land your q.”
Lobban says “Akali struggles alot in early game against you. You NEED to be lvl 6 before her, you need to go all in if you have the powerspike advantage over akali”
huynhlinhquyhoa says “Let her use W first, your W will kill her easily.
Akali is one of those champ that can outplay you easily but since your Malzahar you still win the game. You impact in the game is a lot more important than her's. She's good at roaming and you're good at punishing roamers by getting the first tower. Her W will piss you of, but don't be affraid you only have to play safe until it's wasted and she dies. However, her mobility is against you. If you get hit by her E, you'll die quick. If you dodge it, she looses half her damage.”
Ekko Rush B Guides says “Akali is a hard matchup. She has much lane sustain with her passive and will always poke you with her Q. Her W will also fuck up any attempt to trade with her, because of her invisibility. You dumpster her pre-6, at least when she doesn't have W up, because you simply have more damage early on. Once she has Gunblade, do not fight with her. You will wonder how fast she can one-shot you before you even thought about using your ultimate.”
lRusu says “Since the changes on Diana, you can no longer just 1 shot her and she'll just continuously out damage you. Look to get ganks early, bait her shroud and back away before trading. never trade when she has shroud.”
evilforreal says “Akali's kit is super good at breaking your tethers. Multiple dashes/passive Movement Speed and high damage make her very dangerous to take head-on. Attempt to bait out her abilities and save RW for when she burns most to initiate on you. Zhonyas/Twin Shadows/Hextech GLP are your best bets to impede her mobility.”
MaxskeProductions says “Akali's kit is literally designed to beat champs like ekko. She out damages you and has enough mobility/stealth to avoid your damage. Your only chance to fight is when her E is down and Shroud is down.”
Liouss3 says “DASH DASH DASH SMOKE MORE DAMAGES THAN YOU
Try to punish her when she goes for last hit in early and full combo her.
You win trades if she has no ult. Try to use your second E to counter her E and cast your ult”
henxs says “Don't trade Q-s early she slows you and you lose more health. You can trade damage when she has no energy but she can go invisible and regain half of her energy.”
Gageowago says “Somewhat a skill matchup but Ahri has an advantage. Stay out of Q range and save charm for her E2 and post 6 save it for her going in on you in any way. Poke from afar and then all in. -----(Patch 10.3 Note) Akali has been gutted. If you keep out of her range she cannot ult engage on you anymore. Just keep out of her Q range and poke her when she drops below 100 energy early since her Q nerfs made it harder to spam early on.”
BigFatCat909 says “Akali is a skill matchup and even then i find it slightly Zed favoured. You can run any rune page against her though i suggest Zed Sorvery, Conq Zed, or even Roam Zed.”
ROENsp says “DO NOT ALLOW AKALI TO Q YOU AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. You beat Akali level 1 since you have the ranged advantage along with your W. Use that to your advantage. Push when you know the enemy jungler is nearby HOWEVER be careful that Akali won't walk close to you when pushing. Just make sure Akali does not roam. You can ult Akali out of her shroud. You can intercept Akali's ults with your own ult. You can intercept Akali's 2nd E with your ult.”
Canofsteak says “As if right now Akali is not in a good spot. She is still hard to deal with because she can all in you at lvl 6. Try to stay behind minions so she can't hit her E”
ZombieZack1 says “Akali has some Strengths against Lux but Mostly Lux will win in this Scenario, Akali keeps Getting Nerfed or Buffed so this is Situational”
Lil Tidepod says “Akali's changes in patch 9.3 severely weakened her early game and her turret diving capability. As such, her threat was lowered from Major to Minor. Akali is easy to defeat in lane. She needs to get close to minions to farm effectively, so abuse this as much as you can. Make sure you pop your passive shield when she uses her ultimate, or take barrier.”
Fhizzikx says “As long as you don't get hit by her e then you should live. Don't use your e if she has e or r up because she can just dash and you would just lose your e pressure.”
Capparelli says “E-Q is your friend because it hits through shroud. Her R cooldown matches yours now, don't be stupid and waste your canopy it is a great way to counter her shroud on a much lower CD, Hexdrinker if you need it, granted it probably will not save you”
zeno smurfer says “His early stronger than yours pick armor rune cuz he probalby start with dagger and with basics he trades you. If you win early until lvl 6 you can kill him just care for his ult.”
I main support says “Not as dangerous then the other 2 but Akali still can burst her down very fast, with her shroud making it harder to land your charm and Akali is still very mobile, but her E, W, R is also on a very long CD not making her as dangerous as Yasuo or Leblanc.”
BigBushMan says “Personal favorite for permabanning. Despite her being at a range disadvantage, if she gets within 2 ft of you post-6 you are dead. Freeze the wave under your turret and ask jungle for a gank. You can outscale her as long as she isn't able to roam to side lanes to kill. Be sure to take Exhaust”
ahrienthusiastmain says “You have the range advantage and need to freeze the wave. It's much harder for her to land her E when you can just hide behind your minions near your tower. Her E is also a straight trajectory so that's a guaranteed charm. In her shroud, her movement speed increases, so you have to back off. She can kill you with her ulti, but you win trades if land your charm.”
EzYasuoMain says “You can block her q with wind wall but you can't ult her when she uses her w/shroud and you are vulnerable with her ult. Expect to see her cooldown a lot since her cool down was shortend.”
JccmSaysNom says “Going against an Akali spells your lane dominance until level 6, take advantage of this, zone her away from creeps and punish her for farming, when she is low enough set up for a gank.
By level 6 however, Akali turns into a facehugging deathmachine that won't rest until her score is compareable to Germany vs Brazil.
Her stealth, burst and mobility makes her a terrible matchup.”
MartinMorningstar says “Nuisance. Play it safe, keep your range, poke her down. If she steps up with her shuriken dash thingie you can flash into tower range, Q her, then ult and she should die. You can also see her in smokescreen if you ult her. Only a champion when she gets hextect but her hextech powerspikes puts her above you for quite a few minutes. ”
serruh says “You punish her in the early levels, after that it's really doomed. Cant cc her consistently because even if you flux her with E, you wont have enough time to cast W and root her in your minion wave. Try and dodge her honestly, shoving and scaling is your best bet.”
Miandros says “Akali's Shroud makes it nearly impossible to trade with her. Track the cooldown and try to bait out the shroud before engaging her head on. Also, your ult provides true sight which allows you to see her in her shroud.”
Malmortious says “You outdamage her at almost every point of the game, your W range is also higher than her Q range so this should be a pretty easy lane. Her W has a lot of outplay potential though so play around that.”
Kami_EU says “Purely skill matchup slightly in favour of Yasuo after Akali nerfs.
Keep an eye on her Energy levels, and trade accordingly, if she wastes her Shroud you can look for a trade.”
kujosrevenge says “Hard for AD Irelia and hard for AP Irelia. If facing an Akali get a sweeper so you can land E, but it won't really matter whether or not you land E because you can't target her with your Q in her shroud and she'll always outdamage you in 1v1s. Farm tower and look for roams vs. Akali, do not try to solo kill her.”
BabyTwisty says “Never fight and if she goes onto u immediately cast w and try to proc passive and run away as soon as possible, if your too slow to it then bail. Look to roam at lvl 4 toplane and just keep roaming.”
Honey_drops says “Akali sometimes gets out of her way to prove that you're all Ahri with no Evelynn. Teach her a lesson by either banning or asking your jungler for ganks.”
Honey_drops says “Akali is an extreme threat because she has access to so much MR itemization. She won't be able to kill you but she'll pressure you by the fact that you can't damage her which will be extremely annoying. ”
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