Akali is one of the best anti-carries in the game, she's considered a noobkiller or pubstomber in low ranked game. Her strength comes from her high mobility, and epicly high burst damage which can kill the enemy carry in a sec. However she's not that good against tanky that's why you shouldnt first pick her.
She is very strong in SoloQ, but not that great in ranked 5x5 (depends on the enemy comp).
This guide will deal with Akali top and mid on Summoner's Rift.

Enjoy!


Akali is a soloQ champ, kill oriented, there is 4 big rules which makes an Akali pick impossible to counter :

• There is many threats damage in your team (3 at least).
• Your team got CC and a good engage.
• The enemy team isn't tanky.
• You can hard counter pick a champ (=snowball).

The last rule isn't very important compared to the others.


Pretty much the opposite :

• You are the only damage dealer in your team.
• You have to engage every fight.
• Your team doesn't have any CC.
• The enemy team is full tank/offtank.
• Every champ in the enemy team can reveal you (such Karma, Lee Sin, Lulu).

Damage 53 (+3.2 / per level)
Health 445 (+85 / per level)
Energy 200 (+0 / per level)
Move Speed 350
Armor 16.5 (+3.5 / per level)
Spell Block 30 (+1.25 / per level)
Health Regen 7.25 (+0.65 / per level)

Pros :

• High Burst Damage.
• Can chase.
• Snowball very hard.
• High Sustain.
• Can farm really easily.
• Energy instead of mana.
• She's a ninj4!!

Cons :

• Melee AP.
• Hard laning phase until level 6.
• Need a CC team to be truly effective.
• Very item dependent.
• Can be countered in many ways.
• Fall off late game till reaching Lich Bane.

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06/17/2013 : Updated my stats / Maths on item edited / Early game build edited.
06/11/2013 : New staters.
06/10/2013 : Updated Graph and added Lissandra. Shadow Dance chapter upload sorry for misinformation about it.
06/06/2013 : Guide finalized till updates.
05/27/2013 : Editing syntax, and warding chap.
05/17/2013 : Added commentary chapter on Akali "up" and chapter on item set in client.
04/30/2013 : Starter update.
04/17/2013 : Mastery page changed.
04/11/2013 : Fixed syntax.
04/10/2013 : Added nerf chapter.
04/09/2013 : Edited bans and jungler chapters, gonna write more on it tomorrow, and I will do the same for support chapter.
04/05/2013 : Added informations for ADC and Supports.
04/04/2013 : Edited all matchups.
04/02/2013 : Edited Akali stats which were wrong, fixed grammar in matchup chapter, ban changed, added jungler chapter.
04/01/2013 : Updated ladder rank :d
03/31/2013 : Fixed outdated data in the early and mid game chapters.
03/30/2013 : Added introduction sub-section, edited Rumble and Renekt a bit.
03/28/2013 : Added Zed to bans (just remembered of him now), wrote a little more on some matchups nothing big.
03/27/2013 : TL;DR added for efficiency chapter. Added Mid Game and Late Game difficulty for every matchups.
03/21/2013 : Added cost efficiency chapter.
03/20/2013 : Added Twin Shadows as counter.
03/18/2013 : Added Stats table for passive.
03/17/2013 : Added Facebook, and new chapters.
03/11/2013 : Kayle matchup added.
03/07/2013 : New video mid, edited top build.
02/27/2013 : New build for pussies, barrier added.
02/22/2013 : Fixed graph.
02/14/2013 : Runes updated.
02/05/2013 : Minor starter updates, little advise in item build section.
01/31/2013 : Edited Darius, Garen matchups.
01/26/2013 : Build path edited.
01/24/2013 : Updated Trinity Build.
01/14/2013 : Build changed.
01/12/2013 : Edited matchups.
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01/06/2013 : Counter picked build edited.
12/24/2012 : Updated counter pick and bans.
12/13/2012 : Edited Boots, link for stats and some stuff.
12/11/2012 : Edited starting item for each matchup.
12/05/2012 : Added Riven to ban, fixed old gameplay explanations, Liandry order changed.
12/03/2012 : Fixed matchups.
12/01/2012 : Ban Chapter added.
11/29/2012 : Edited matchups, stats, added Trinity build for top lane in trinity section, runes. (I used this build before Voyboy - so haters can leave thx)
11/21/2012 : Log Cleared - Guide ready for S3 except matchups. There is not that many changes for Akali in S3, all her items have lower costs, she can also buy haunting guise and DFG once again.

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There exists an ancient order originating in the Ionian Isles dedicated to the preservation of balance. Order, chaos, light, darkness -- all things must exist in perfect harmony for such is the way of the universe. This order is known as the Kinkou and it employs a triumvirate of shadow warriors to uphold its causes in the world. Akali is one of these shadow warriors, entrusted with the sacred duty of Pruning the Tree - eliminating those who threaten the equilibrium of Valoran.

A prodigal martial artist, Akali began training with her mother as soon as she could make a fist. Her mother's discipline was relentless and unforgiving, but predicated on the fundamental principle: ''We do that which must be done.'' When the Kinkou inducted her into the order at the age of fourteen, she could slice a dangling chain with a chop of her hand. There was no question - she would succeed her mother as the Fist of Shadow. She has had to do much in this role which others might find morally questionable, but to her it is in service of her mother's inviolable doctrine. She now works with her fellows Shen and Kennen to enforce the balance of Valoran. This hallowed pursuit has unsurprisingly led the triumvirate to the Fields of Justice.

''The Fist of Shadow strikes from the cover of death itself. Do not impede the balance.''

So Akali's up : 35 -> 30 (fine), 25 -> 22.5 (soso).
The fact that W gives you vision is good but you will get OOE pretty fast by doing this without blue buff which means it's only an escape tool and not a chasing tool, you can also use it to facecheck and die ().

Overall this "up" is meh compared to her nerf. However with Diana's nerf Akali state is better than before.

• Yes she did, her snowball potential in soloQ was too high and she could build herself tanky while dealing a lot of damage (main problem). But champs dominating tournaments like Renekton or Zed should be nerfed aswell.

Mark of the Assassin

Initial damage reduced to 35/55/75/95/115 from 45/70/95/120/145
Mark detonation damage Ability Power ratio increased to 0.5 from 0.4

• I don't know what to think about this nerf, it will be pretty impossible to last hit with your Q early game when you are getting denied. It might be the end of Akali Top Lane because she may not be able to trade anymore with melee champ like (to be confirmed after tests). Uping her AP ratio on Mark detonation will make her more deadly @200AP+ which means : no more Her late game potential in 1v1 situation will be better but her teamfight survability (with less tanky items) might drop.

• Since I always built Akali with AP items and not with tanky retarded shit items it doesn't really affect my builds. Trinity build might suxx even more tho.

Shadow Dance

Essence of Shadow charge rate increased to 35/25/15 seconds from 25/20/15

• "Never use your ultimate on creeps to farm early game" That's what I always said even so a lot of pro player do it. A blue early game mid lane will help you if your jungler isn't mana hungry. It doesn't change anything for late game. Still I think that's an overnerf.

• It's gonna be the main question about Akali right know. I think only people who played her before she became popular will still play her.

TL;DR : They nerfed Akali base damage = people will have to build her more AP oriented and they nerfed her laning phase pre6. Her laning phase when gettting zoned will be really really hard.

I use one set of masteries for Akali atm :





Offensive Tree :

• 1 point in Summoner's Wrath to get improved ignite, +5 AD, +5 AP can make a difference early game.
• 3 points in Sorcery to unlock Arcane Knowledge, 4% CDR is fine but you don't put 4 points in Sorcery for the CDR.
• 4 points in Blast for mid-late game.
• 3 points in Mental Force for a better last hitting with your Q early game.
• 1 point in Arcaic knowledge, 8% Spell penetration is really good.
• 1 point in Spellsword which synergies well with your passive.
• 4 points in Archmage which is a HUGE mastery, useful throughout the game.
• Finally 1 point in Executioner to take down low hp enemies.

Defensive Tree :

• 4 points in Durability, HP/lvl yellow free stacking with your runes, really good to hold your lane and extending your hp pool.
• 1 points in Hardiness and 3 points in Resistance to get more sustain against AD and AP.
• 1 point Veteran's Scar : Free Flat HP Quint.
• I take these two masteries instead of Vigor because Akali heals herself with spellvamp and extend your hp pool early game is really good against AP burst.

Just taking hybrid pen in offense and taking more points in defensive tree.

• Armpen if I'm building Trinity.
• CC and slow reduction to be less focusable in teamfight.

Akali doesn't need a runepage for her anymore which means you can use any AP rune page for her.

Masteries give you (21/9/0) :

• 3 AD
• 8% Magic Pen
• 1 AP/lvl
• AP increased by 5%

You have at level 1 : + 3 AD, + 1 AP at level 1 (getting 1 more AP per level).


Burst at level 6 (RAW damages) : + + + + AA

Comparaison between Red Mpen and Red Hybrid.

http://lol.askmrrobot.com/tools/builder/akali-vs-targetdummy/20f7762f-05c5-49b1-ad05-9f4a7b725beb#r=Damage,t=TargetDummy,d=Dps

Set 1 (SoloMid against low AP burst)

• Hybrid : Since new Akali's passive, Hybrid is actually better, you only lose 2 mpen for 8 armorpen which is good on your AA and E.
• Mpen : if you can't afford hybrid runes.

• HP/lvl : You are mid against a burst champ most of the time, to survive to a burst one of the best counter is to get more HP, considering that they won't hurt you too much at the beginning (until level 6 at least), HP/lvl seems better to me because they scale throughout the game and are not that useless late game. Plus with new masteries you get free yellow HP/lvl too, added with these runes you make a gap between Flat HP and HP/lvl.
• HP Flat : As I explained, I don't think that HP flat are that great, it may help you survive a little until level 7, but HP/lvl runes are better at this point. The only way I can find a good argument for these runes is the free HP quint given through masteries too scare your opponent with a 600hp Akali at level 1. Of course they are better if you engage a level 1 fight too.
• AP/lvl : If you want a high burst instead of sustain, I won't ever take these runes because I bet on mid game with Akali to win, and to reach this point I need to farm, you might kill your opponent and outdamage him but if he harass you too much you are in a bad situation and later in the game these runes are less efficient regarding HP/lvl runes.
• Energy/lvl : Stop spam your E and faceroll...
• Armor : Talon is that you mid ?

• AP Flat : To burst your opponent as soon as possible, I used to take these runes to trigger my passive, I don't need them anymore because I want to stay on my lane as long as possible and MR runes are better for this.
• AP/lvl : Better than AP Flat runes, if you want to kill your opponent at level 6-7 when you got your ultimate and 2 charges, with your Mark at level 4. But still I think that sustain over damage early game will help you more because you will get AP later thanks to items. That's why I only take enough AP for the passive with 9 AP/lvl your burst at level 6 will be strong.
• Energy : Your Q restores your energy thus no...

• AP Flat : Burst damage.
• Magic Pen : In my opinion Magic Pen (1.9) is more late game oriented, so it would be better against champ stacking MR early game.

Burst at level 6 : 680 damage

Set 2 (Solo Top against Offtank AD)

• Hybrid : Same as before. Scale with your masteries.
• Armor : If you need to survive against a strong early AD damage champ like Renekton, more armor is not bad if you want more sustain against early AD champ.
• Mpen : Same.

• Armor : You are against an AD champ, HP don't help you so much because they don't have a "burst" early game. 13 armor reduces the amount of damage early game, helping you to hold your lane.
• HP/lvl : Good but better if you play mid IMO, true damage early game hurts just too much (most of AD got Armor Pen Red), and true damage early game with HP/lvl is just not that efficient.
• Dodge : R.I.P.

• AP/lvl : So, you won't often see an AP caster Top Lane, offtank often get MR/lvl or MR flat, if you want to attack starting at level 6-7 take these runes which are better than Flat AP at this point and scaling throughout the game.
• AP Flat : If you want to take down your enemy ASAP.

• Same as Set 1

Burst at level 6 : 680

Set 3 (SoloMid-Top against high burst AP or heavy harass AP champ)

• MR Flat : I like these runes over Magic Pen, because it will help you to hold your lane against enemy AP, more sustain and help you to survive a burst one of the best counters.
• Magic Pen : These runes can add you a little burst early game, but as a data, I consider that Magic Pen flat (not in %) is not that great especially with 2 runes (1.9 pen). MR flat seems to me better compared to Magic Pen.
• AD : Last hit, more physical damage, but you are AP that's why AD is just useful for your passive.
• Hybrid : Same.

• HP/lvl : Same reasons.
• HP Flat : Same.
• MR Flat : Good if you are middle but I think that you already got enough MR with Glyphs (if you take MR blue) and you need more HP. I don't think MR Yellow are very efficient because they only provide you 0,74 MR which relatively low.
• Armor : Talon ^^xd

• MR Flat : Best MR glyph against early burst champs like Annie or LeBlanc, they provide you a high amount of MR early game that even the red Magic Pen can nulify, with new masteries you don't need AP anymore with the glyph, that's why I take avantage of this to get more sustain for the laning phase. Akali is weak until level 6 and your opponent can harass you a lot till this point (even if you have your shroud). Survavibility is really important to win your lane.
• MR/lvl : If you lane against a mid-late AP burst caster like Anivia,Karthus. Same as above except that you are weaker until level 8, and stronger for mid-late game. If your opponent is really mana reliant or if he/she can't harass you until level 7 take these runes.
• AP Flat : To burst your opponent as soon as possible, I used to take these runes to trigger my passive, I don't need them anymore because I want to stay on my lane as long as possible and MR runes are better for this.

• AP Flat : Same as above.
• HP Flat : Good, only against some champs like LB.

Burst at level 6 : 605

Set 4 (Against bad early champ like Jax / Irelia / Ryze which are good late game)

• Mpen : I'm getting full Mpen for this one.

• HP/lvl Since armor has been nerf to underground I prefer HP/lvl especially against Irelia.

• AP/lvl : Scaling with your passive.

• MP : Huge damages with Void Staff and Haunting Guise.

Burst at level 6 : 700

Set 5 (Against strong AP champ that you can't kill early game like Viktor, Brand)

• Hybrid : Same reasons.
• Mpen : Same.

• HP/lvl : Same reasons.

• AP/lvl : You will attack at level 6 when your mobility will be exploited, or your gank potential is high. AP flat arent useful in that case.

• Movement Speed : Movement speed op, it yill help you to dodge skillshot and gank other lanes, it scales with masteries and w/e boots.

Burst at level 6 : 635

Set 6 (Doran Shield Start)

• Hybrid : Same reasons.
• Mpen : Same.

• Armor: Same reasons.
• HP.5 HP regen + Doran.

• Armor : Because of the lack of armor with Yellow.

• HP.Regen : OP with Doran Shield.

Flash : I don't think that you can pass flash with Akali, you need it to escape, run away from a bad fight, jump in your , get 4 charges to catch up an enemy, to proc a Mark early game if your enemy is low hp.

Ignite : Improved ignite is highly recommended. Akali is a hybrid champ +5AD,+5AP adds a good amount of damage to your burst, this also let you to finish off an enemy. If the enemy is really low hp you can ++, check if he has or not before doing this.
It helps against high lifesteal/spellvamp champ to reduce healing and kill them.



Ghost :

• Really good but I think that the fact to get 4 charges (3 charges + flash) is better than ghost, flash is just more versatile than ghost in most of the situations.

Teleport :

• Solo Top - Mid, in premade and your team needs you, you don't want to kill your opponent at all price or you think you can kill him without ignite; take teleport. RECOMMENDED IN PREMADE

Cleanse :

• If they have too many CC which can counter your rush on your prey. Defensive spell with an assassin is worthless IMO (you may take it sometimes tho).

Exhaust :

• Too many AD champs in their team, or if they have someone like It also can be countered too easily with cleanse, plus it's only 30% damage reduction now, not really worth.

Heal :

• Good but > and in solo lane almost everychamp take ignite.

Barrier :

• Against

Ninjas are more effective when they work alone. -1 health for each other allied ninja. This applies only to the ninja characters : and


Discipline of Force: Akali's auto attacks deal 6% (+ 1% per 6 AP) bonus magic damage.

Discipline of Might: Akali gains 6% (+ 1% per 6 bonus AD) spell vamp.

Very powerful passive which scales throughout the game. Longer the game is, stronger you are. It makes you farm/item reliant. You really need it for the laning phase to hold your lane. More AP you get, your damage output is increased. More AD your spellvamp is increased. Sustain and damage with AD and AP which makes Akali a hybrid champion. Still very powerful, despite his nerf.
This passive explains also why is a musthave with Akali.

NB : About second table, you may think the stats are wrong if you try in custom game it's probably because of the Spellblade mastery.



Akali spins her kama at a target enemy to deal 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 (+40% of ability power) magic damage and mark the target for 6 seconds.

Akali's melee attacks against a marked target will trigger and consume the mark to cause 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 (+50% of ability power) magic damage and restore 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 energy.

Cost 60 energy

Range 600






Your main ability, harass, damage, low cooldown, low energy cost, restored if you consume your mark.
Early game : use it to farm, last hit, restore your health on minions (spellvamp). The Mark buffs last longer than the cooldown allowing you to proc the mark two times without loosing too much energy and deal a ton of damage.
If you see that your mark deal a good amount of damage when you only mark your opponent then it means he/she's squishy and will die in a sec if you rush him.
Remember to use ignite before consuming your mark on your enemy to add burst damage.
You can also use your mark as a deny tool, land it on your opponent to prevent him from last hitting.



Akali throws down a cover of smoke that lasts for 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 seconds. While inside the area, Akali gains 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 armor and magic resist and becomes stealthed. Attacking or using abilities will briefly reveal her.

Enemies inside the smoke have their movement speed reduced by 14 / 18 / 22 / 26 / 30%.

Cost 80 / 75 / 70 / 65 / 60 energy
Range 700





Second main ability, making your laning phase safer and increasing your survivability in a fight if the enemy doesn't have oracle or pink ward. Throw it in a bush juking with your opponent and escape/kill him, use it to facecheck as well. If you are taunted in the shroud you will not autoattack your enemy and not being revealed. You are still vulnerable inside it and your enemies can target you if they have skillshot. Flash while you are in the shroud is a good way to escape.

Use your shroud if you are getting hit by ult, a towerhit, or any skillshot because the shroud will provide you increased armor and MR. Take care to not be pants off if you are being chase because the cooldown of the shroud is pretty long, and the amount of energy is high early game, don't spam your W for nothing.
The slow is also pretty good if you want to slow minions to the tower or slow the enemy laner.




Akali flourishes her kamas, hitting nearby units for 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 physical damage (+30% of ability power) + 60% Attack Damage.

Cost 60 energy
Range 325





Farming ability, it doesn't deal a high amount of damage and cost a average cost of energy, don't spam it in a fight where your will focus to use your Q and R at 100%. Just use it if the enemy if low hp, or you want to deal a little amount of AOE damage. You can use it when you rush your opponent to consume your Q and deal more damage.



Akali moves through shadows to quickly strike her target, dealing 100 / 175 / 250 (+50% of ability power) magic damage.

Akali stores an Essence of Shadow on kills and assists as well as every 35 / 25 / 15 seconds up to 3 total.

Cost 1 Essence of Shadow
Range 800





Juking/Chasing/Escape ability, the one you need to master at 100%.
First this ability has no cost, but uses one essence of shadow. EOS has a very high cooldown early in the game that's why you need to think if you really want to use it, think of the consequences and the rewards of your move. When you are level 5 and about to get level 6, stay in your lane before backing to get more EOS when you will back to your lane.

You can use it on ENEMY minions to escape, this is a good reason to let 2 enemies minions behind you when you harass your opponent to jump on them if needed. The amount's damage of EOS is really good with high amount of AP.
This is a snowball ability as well, you will be able to get more than 3 charges in a fight if you kill someone, or get an assist. It lets Akali be very powerful in teamfight to take down the whole enemy team and swap target everytime.

You can use EOS to chase an enemy as well by jumping minions by minions and take him/her down, you have 4 EOS with flash.

R > Q > E > W

R to reduce the cooldown. Q because it is your main damage ability, damage, CDR, energy restoration, W at level 2 because this ability is too important for many reasons early game and will save your life more than 1 time, E at level 4 and max it after Q simply to farm like a boss, W last for the slow and MR/Armor increased.

Why E over W ?

E first lets you farm a lot better, Akali is very item reliant and need a good amount of gold to get them, farm and kill are the only way to get this, whereas W gives a slow and MR/armor increase which will just improve your survivability. But getting sustain with items is far better than through skill.

Why not Q > W > E level 3 ?

Because Level 1 Q deals no damage and don't let you last hit properly which will make you lose a lot of creep if you are getting zoned. Also as a old Akali player you don't always need your E to proc your Q.





R > Q > W > E



WHY THE FUCK ?

Just because sunfire already deals AoE damage and help you farm, getting more points in Shroud gives you a free defensive item when you are inside it.

OR OR OR

• Akali's base movement is pretty high, getting boots first will let you get a high mobility which let you hit and run, avoid most of skillshot (useful mid). The 3 health potions will help you hold your lane to farm. If you see that your opponent started with a doran's item, be super aggresive because he won't be able to recover health contrary to you. Wait a 4th health pot at spawn against a counterpick or heavy harass champ.
• Cloth armor is possible if you have against a high harass champ like ,armor and 5 health pots to stay on your lane. You can turn this item into later.
• Doran Shield against a bursty lane with high CD (HP regen).
• If you need a ward starter... against agressive jungler or heavy harass lane.

About :

• You don't need them especially Doran's blade, there is always better items to get such or Doran Shield + is ok if you are in trouble against a lane AD oriented.

• Meijai if you think that you can hold 8 stacks at least, you may buy this item. Akali is item's dependant, if your snowball item is not rewarded you will be late on your stuff and fail your game.
• Occult is bad, to be efficient this item need a high amount of stack and replace too important items like

To resume it's not useful because all your items have a nice passive contrary to snowball items.



Most of the time :

Against AP :

Against AD :

• Guardian Angel : Making your focus on you harder, people won't focus someone with GA, it grants you armor and MR. Just don't lose it for nothing by getting trap, play safe when you get it. GA is also good if your team is reliant on you or you are far in late game.

• Abyssal Scepter : If the enemy damage output is AP but not so significant and you need Magic Pen you can take Abyssal Scepter, Akali is a melee champ so the passive is useful, get this item early after your hextech. Recommended against Double AP comp.
• Spirit Visage : Against Udyr, Yorick.
• QSS : if they got suppression champs or hard CC champs, against these champs :

• Zhonya : AP and Armor with a nice passive, main damage output is AD and is not significant.
• Randuin : Health, Health Regen, the passive and active is just really good in a fight where you jump in to decrease the attack speed of enemy AD, works great against :
• Thornmail : if enemy damage is AD only, especially good against a fed AD carry.

These items are situational.

The New Warmog

• Not good to get anymore, you have to build yourself more AP oriented right know or you may be useless in teamfight except if you are overfed.

About DFG

• You already got gunblade as active item, if you buy DFG/Gunblade/Zhonya you will have to use 3 active items. You can get this item only if the enemy just got 1 damage dealer.

Total Cost : 16505 gold.



OR

Take Mercury's Treads if they have too many CCs or if you need MR against a high burst champion, if not just take Sorcerer Shoes for the early magic pen. You don't have to rush your level 2 boots, Akali's base movement is pretty high so if you can buy a better item before the lvl 2 boots it.
Rush Hextech Revolver which will give a high sustain in lane, and a better farming ability, the AP amount is good as well.
If you build Hextech gunblade get after, the active is good, lifesteal + spellvamp is just very strong to sustain your lane.

OR

Rush this item, which scale really good with Akali's passive plus giving you a good active, adding burst and chase ability (slow) : DON'T FORGET TO USE IT

Will Of The Ancient is also pretty good if you have another AP champ in your team. However you lose the lifesteal of hextech gunblade, his active, and farm is harder. To be honest I will always get Hextech gunblade compared to Will of the ancient regarding stats.



OR (homeguard with TP)



Well I underestimated Zhonya power, getting it ASAP let u engage midgame, huge in soloQ.

Since Rabadon nerf and new penetration system, getting Void Staff is actually better than getting Deathcap after your first major item. You can do the maths and you will see that Void Staff deals more damage than Deathcap if the enemy champ got > 80 MR (often MR mid game). Moreover you won't have to care about the enemy team stacking MR since this item scales well against MR because of 40% penetration.




Get your rabadon deathcap which is the best scaling AP item in the game, with a huge amount of AP, increasing by 30% your Ability Power in the same time. Scaling with your passive as well. I consider it as a late game item now.

Lich Bane is just awesome on Akali, Q being your main ability to deal damage, each time you land your Q you will active Lich Bane passive and deal a massive amount of damge when you consume your mark.
Dont forget to AA when you use Lich Bane. Proc your Mark with AA or + AA right after.
One of the best synergy items with Akali. I don't take this item too early because I think that you need a good amount of AP to be very effective with this item.

Total Cost : 16295 gold.



This build is recommended with Set Of Rune 3 or 5.



First back :

Rush HG, even skip first, you got enough sustain from your passive but your HP pool remains very low (remember these champs can crush you fairly easy). Since Doran's blade delay Akali stuff too much it's better to get HG as first item than getting 2 Doran's followed by Gunblade.

NEVER EVER UPGRADE YOUR HAUNTING GUISE



Damage and tankiness that's what you are aiming with this build. HP and AP are nice aswell this will give you tankiness against champ that will usually crush you, the MR runes will be enough until mid game.

Rush your Gunblade since it gives you stupid sustain.





Since you got countered they will rush MR : just get Void Staff.
Zhonya provides you armor and damage + op passive best item to get.





Rylai to be even more tanky and to get a slow.

Sell for

Damage and MR.

I recommend Alacrity for boots.

Total Cost : 16443 gold.



Masteries 15/15/0 - Set Of Rune 2

If you want to build tanky with a heavy AP champ mid in your team.



Trinity Force instead of Lich Bane and earlier than Rylai. If your team gets 2 AP (Top and Mid), enemy team will probably stack MR and reduced your damage, that's why I like hybrid Akali because even if your AP output is less important you can still deal a good amount of damage with crits from Trinity. You have Hextech + Trinity to have a good amount of AD damage. And Trinity is good also :

- Mark procs Sheen.
- You can slow your target.
- More health.
- Crit and movement speed.
- Passive useful

With Trinity you will just perma-slow your target and deal damage even with your abilities on cooldown.





Last item depends of main source of damage.

Akali Offtank just need Trinity + Gunblade as core to deal damage.

Get if you take TP.



Total Cost : 16005 gold.

If you are afraid that your team flame you for getting Trinity on Akali, you can build her like this :



Early Game Build (if you are behind - delay your gunblade) :

Get barrier as summoner spell and start I will get Rylai over Warmog because this item is overated on Akali (yes it is better get Rylai or Randuin).

After global build explanations, let's see item by item, cost efficiency etc...

For cost efficiency stats I just take the basics item and do the maths (these are not the best stats of cost effiency but there are ok) :

AP : + + = [(1600/80) + (435/20) + (860/40)]/3 = 21.08 G.AP
AD : + + = [(1550/45) + (400/10) + (875/25)]/3 = 36.46 G.AD
Spellvamp : = 1200 - 800 = 400/12 = 33.3 G.%Spellvamp
Lifesteal : + = (400-344) + [(1400-860)/12] = (56 + 45) = 50.5 G.%Lifesteal
Magic Resist : + = [(700/40) + (400/20)]/2 = 18.75 G.MR
Armor : + = [(300/15) + (720/40)]/2 = 19 G.Armor
Health : + = [(1100/380) + (475/180)]/2 = 2.76 G.HP

Cost efficiency for Akali

What does it mean ? : Except for the following items : (calculated without Gunblade), I'm using her total AD with Gunblade at lvl 18 (171), I dont take in count the AP bonus from Gunblade. For the second Spellvamp passive I'm just adding Spellvamp cost efficiency.

• Item cost : 3400
• Global cost efficiency : 4282.9
• Cost efficiency for Akali (passive) : 4282.9 + Spellvamp passive + Damage Add passive = 4282.9 + (7*33.3 see my table in skill section) + (30*36.46 this passive is pretty much more AD it scales with mpen anyway) = 5609.8

THE CORE item for Akali, it gives you everything you want.

• Spellvamp scaling with passive thanks to AD bonus.
• AP scaling with your spell.
• Lifesteal for even more sustain.
• Bursty active which scales with your AP + slow.

The only issue with this item is that you remain squishy but who cares your sustain is stupid.

• Item cost : 3000
• Global cost efficiency : 2186.67
• Cost efficiency for Akali with 200 AP : 10619.1 when Lich passive is up (it's like 200 free bonus AD) - without Lich passive : 3326.
• Akali (Gunblade) 600 AP : AP Passive + Lich Passive as AD bonus (not considering Akali AD passive ofc) + Lich Bane Basic Cost efficiency (1686) = 26515.26 with Lich passive - without : 8285.46.

NB : True cost efficiency for this item can only be considered with a Void Staff.

THE CORE Late Game item for Akali which allow you to deal damage to the tanks.

• AP scaling with spells and passive.
• Movement Speed which I didn't take in count in the cost efficiency.
• HUGE PASSIVE : It's like bonus AD on your AAs but as AP damage which scale with your Void Staff and AP.
• Let you OS squishy and take down tanks very easily.

• Item cost : 2295
• Global cost efficiency : 1475.83
• Cost efficiency for Akali : X (explanations right after)

This item can't be calculated, if the enemy team is scaling MR, it will be more cost efficient, you are getting more items? It will be even more cost efficient.

• Cheap item.
• Only %Mpen Item.
• Scales with your spells and item and passive.
• There is no real alternative especially late game.

• Item cost : 3410
• Global cost efficiency : 3479.6
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 5302.6

Best defensive item against heavy AD team alongside Randuin. It makes you unfocusable aswell which can be good if you want to initiate teamfight. The huge amount of AP makes him very cost efficient for Akali's passive.

• One of the best active in the game.
• Huge amount of AP scaling with your spells and passive.
• Armor to survive against ADs.
• Initiation tool.

• Item cost : 2900
• Global cost efficiency : 3066.4
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 3977.3

I would take this item over Warmog now because it scales far better with your passive (80 AP) and gives you a "CC" tool (slow). However rushing isn't good because you will lack of damage.

• HP and AP best combo to survive and deal damage.
• Gives you a CC.
• Lack of damage if rushed.

• Item cost : 3300
• Global cost efficiency : 3288.48
• Cost efficiency for Akali (250 AP=Gunblade;Raba) : 6354.6
• Akali 600 AP : 12017.46

Just an item adding a burst, nothing special except that it's more late game oriented nowadays.

• Burst.
• Burst.
• And burst.
• Since it's a pure burst item you don't have any defensive stat which is risky for an AP melee assassin.
• Scales very well with your passive.

• Item cost : 1485
• Global cost efficiency : 1072
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 1436.6

Early game, to consider if you need HP and AP and Mpen. Mpen can't really be calculated so, you must take this item against a champ which can rush MR early game and still deal damage.

• AP and HP.
• Mpen against tanky targets.
• Scaling is meh.
• Early game oriented.

• Item cost : 2560
• Global cost efficiency : 2319.35
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 3376.69

Defensive item, if you really really need MR. The passive is pretty nice if your enemy doesn't stack too much MR.

• MR and AP.
• Help you surviving to bursty champs.
• Nice passive reducing the enemy MR.
• Your jungler may take this item.

• Item cost : 2200
• Global cost efficiency : 2955
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2681

Only against very high sustain champ like You take this item for the passive nothing more.

• Cheap.
• Nice passive against sustain champs.
• Not that good on Akali.

• Item cost : 2000
• Global cost efficiency : 1996
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2303

Akali jungle, or if you really want more spellvamp the stats are good ~~

• Cheap.
• Spellvamp.
• Bunch of AP.
• There are better other items.

• Item cost : 3100
• Global cost efficiency : 2932
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 4169

If a team is reliant on a single carry you can take this item otherwise no...

• Single target.
• Burst against a SINGLE target.
• There are better items to buy.

• Item cost : 1900
• Global cost efficiency : 2190
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2627.52

Good item, every stats are good but I find the active CD too long. Take it if you roam a lot with mobility boots.

• Cheap.
• Nice active but high CD.
• AP and MR and MS.

• Item cost : 2550
• Global cost efficiency : 1720
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2220

Take it only if someone else can build it too. Despite that Gunblade is better, you can build WoTA if you want to play 100% Spellvamp Akali.

• Not cost efficient at all.
• Meh stats alone.
• Gunblade is far better.

• Item cost : 2600
• Global cost efficiency : 4900
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 3872.58

This item is fine, but Akali doesn't need attack speed. But with the new passive you can consider buying it. It isn't trash and it's very cost efficient.

• Cost efficient.
• Pretty cheap.
• Take down tower faster thanks to the AS.
• Scale both of your passives.

• Item cost : 2270
• Global cost efficiency : 3724
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2272.3

Same as above.

• Even if the item is ok, there is far better to buy.

• Item cost : 2700
• Global cost efficiency : 2468
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 1890.4

Huhu mana useless.

• No.

• Item cost : 2800
• Global cost efficiency : 3393
• Cost efficiency for Akali : 2678.6

Mana and HP, mana useless.

• Nah.

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Mana items aren't worth so I didn't put them + Void Staff depends on enemy MR in term of cost efficiency.

This item requires MS quints to be fully efficient.



These boots are not bad, but you need optimized runes to make them totaly useful. When you buy these boots ask your jungler to get an early oracle to gank other lanes. These boots are "high risk high reward" on lane. If you manage to dodge all your opponent skillshots, you will take 0 damage while he will take TONS OF DAMAGE. If you see that these boots aren't useful for you, sell it and get
Good to get against an AP champ which can push lane very fast but can't gank other lane because of low mobility such

Can work nowadays, Rylai does the same job that Warmog with less HP however it gives you AP and a slow.

Total Cost : 15995 gold.

Many people conplains about Akali big weakness : She can't do a shit against a tanky team. It's true that HP and MR counters her. However there is two items which can make her better against such team :

Lich Bane and Void Staff.

Let's see this graph :



Aka Rylai :

Aka Void :

Aka Aby :

Aka Guinsoo :

http://lol.askmrrobot.com/tools/builder/akali-vs-targetdummy/cf5eac17-760f-4620-8ef7-6d73442cdd52#r=Damage,t=TargetDummy,d=Dps

Even an overtanky champ will take a lot of damage with such build.

• CCs, CCs, tanky and CCs.
• His ganks are unpredictable and his ultimate will zone you hard in teamfight. I find him pretty OP atm too tanky and too much damage.
• OP no way to survive from her ganks if she got pink.

• Can negate your burst in teamfight which makes you totally worthless : no reset and no damage.
• If he's not 0/5 early game you will lose (0/2 isn't enough).

• Boring
• He will camp ur ass the whole game.

• So why Zed ? Because he counters assassins' mechanics in soloQ. What does it mean ? : Akali, Kz assassins without any real CC have to kill to be useful. Zed's role is to kill the enemy ADC/AP to start a teamfight in 4v5 situation. As Akali if you are not overfed, you won't be able to do anything without ADC against a CC (they will switch their focus on you), Akali's job isn't to protect her ADC (you lose 60% of her snowball potential in teamfight), if you wanted to do so, you should have pick Diana or Irelia. You can't trust your team in soloQ, Zed can disable a carry to easily if not protected correctly.
• Lulu, to be honest i think she's fuckin op. Silence, ultimate which cannot be reduce by ignite will ruin your combo. On top of that she can break your stealth.
• Getting camp by the poney will shut down your early game which can be really annoying.
• Lee Sin jungle if played correctly can be real pain for you so...

Everytime your enemy came back to the lane check if he carries a pink ward or not

Ahri

• Full skillshots champ, boots help a lot against her. You can't hit her until level 6 if she plays right, she will just Q you. Her W will target you, you have to shroud when she uses it. Stay behind the creeps to dodge her E. At 6 wait until her E/Q is on cooldown to rush her. If she uses her ultimate just shroud and wait. She's squishy remember that. You can follow her with full stack ultimate. Rushing Lich Bane against this champ is dumb (why are u rushing Lich bane anyway ?), because you won't be able to proc your mark with AA when she ults (most of the time if she plays correctly). Don't E before your Q is on her when you are rushing her.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Anivia

• Very squishy champ and totally mana dependant, keep looking at her mana pool while you are laning against. Dodge , if she hits you with it shroud imediatly to avoid/limit damage from her . The main problem with Anivia is that you can't proc your mark before level 6 and she destroys you at level 6 because of her stupid ultimate which will push the lane. Moreover she can rush MR items and still deal tons of damage. Anivia is pretty OP. The only way to beat her is at level 6, wait until that her abilities are on cooldown to burst her down. Remember to don't dive her. Because of her low mobility ganking is the best option.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
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Annie

• Annoying, can harass you with her autoattack, she can spam her Q and W which can stun and hurt you a lot. She's not mana dependant, play safe and wait the right moment to jump on her. Her burst at level 6 is HUGE, even if she's low hp try to not dive her if she can ult/stun you under tower. Farm and gank is the best way to do against her. Your shroud isn't a protection which can save your life so take care.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
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Brand

• Boring lane, he's a real pain because he can stun you if you come too close or if you jump on him, his W outrange your Q by far. Play really safe and farm. Even so, he's really squishy you just have to wait that he miss his Q to rush him. Be careful to not get close to minions if he ultimates you or you will take more damage than expected.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
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Cassiopeia

• She can anticipate where you will last hit and try to deny you, if she hits you with , shroud immediatly to not take damage from . You can't allow yourself of being hit by her Q or you won't be able to lane properly, this is really hard and the only think you can do early game if hard denied is : Shroud and throw your Q on minions to farm. It remains pretty hard until level 7, when you reach this level, use your ultimate on minions, land your on Cassiopeia, wait for Q's cooldown, on her and double consume your Q. Care when you do that of her ultimate. If she's smart she will build herself tanky with Rylai and Liandry making her even harder to focus, she got also the highest DPS late game from the AP champs so be really careful, consider buying a QSS.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Diana

• Since her nerf, I changed my mind on this matchup. It's still a pretty hard one but you can win. The build will be MR oriented with Abyssal. Early levels try to burn her mana by forcing her to use her W everytime, you deal more damage than her and you are tankier (if her W is on CD). Just DON'T fight when her passive is up because it deals a lot of damage. At level 6, if you manage to avoid her Q rush her and destroy her. Your Q deals more damage than her one remember that (if you proc your mark ofc). Get an early Remember your Q last longer than her one. Post level 8 she will be hard to kill if you are even in lane, be very careful. It's a lane which can snowball really easily, if you die only one time you might be out of the game definetely if you aren't careful enough.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Evelynn

• You outburst her, remember to shroud each time you can to make her useless. Play against her like against Fizz, Q her everytime she last hit, it's harder since her Q got a good range and she can hit and run to farm. At level 6, care of her ultimate which gives her a SHIELD, so take care of this and remember that when you are 6 you become stronger than her. Pink one side of your lane to prevent her from ganking or telling teammates "mia" everytime she roams. If you are getting hard denied pre6 because you did a bad trade, just farm with your Q. The main issue with Eve is her roaming ability : don't let her kill every lanes - you can follow her or get the mid tower ASAP.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Fizz

• His laning phase is really bad, you can anticipate where he will last hit, land a Q on him when he goes for a minion. VERY IMPORTANT : Most of Fizz players try to go all in level 2-3 with Elixir + Ignite - Shroud yourself and harass him back but do not take more than 1 hit of his W. If you think that it's too risky to deny him because he got barrier : wait your level 6. If he got barrier and ignite as summoners spell, you can't really 1v1 him except if you can get free trades and damages on him. Otherwise - no barrier : If he rushs you, shroud yourself and punish him by consuming a mark on him. Keep harassing him and you may kill him at level 6. Use your health pots to have a average health because he deals more damage on you if your health is low. He mostly use AA early game so cloth is a wise choice (don't build tabi tho).

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Gragas

• Try to dodge his barells, shroud yourself when he uses his on you and don't fight him - his AAs will hurt because of the extra AD which is anoying, attack him when he uses his . Everytime he last hit you can burst him. Gragas' main problem after level 6, and later in the game, is that his item path doesn't allow him to buy MR or HP without making him a lot weaker in term of damage. You should wait to have 2 EOS before rushing him (because of his E and ultimate).

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Heimerdinjé

• Stay behind minions let you avoid most of the damage, he will probably overextend, ask for a gank, land him your if he comes too close, at level 6 kill him. Don't go near his turrets.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : Not getting DDOS
Start

Karthus

• Dodge his Q, don't stay in his , he's really weak early game and squishy, deny him by landing your Q on him and try to consume it everytime you can. Most of the time he will farm under his tower. Avoid overextending because of his wall which can be a problem if you are getting ganked. Try to kill at level 6 if he's on the middle of the lane. If he plays too safe, push your lane and gank the others. Heal yourself if he's level 6 and you are low, shroud when he uses his Before rushing him be sure to have an enemy minions behind you to jump on it once Karthus is dead otherwise you might die because of his E damage. Care late game since you are a melee his E will destroy you.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Kassadin

• Easy laning until level 6, he's a melee champ, hit him when he goes for a last hit, he will probably silence you, try to consume your mark but anyway he wastes his mana a lot if he harasses you. Be very careful about minions aggro in this matchup : his Q DOESN'T aggro minions = free harass for him / your Q + AA or E aggro minions = not taking a trade if there is too many creeps. Moreover at level 6 he will be annoying and very hard to kill, fight him if he doesn't have his blue, if not just farm. Also remember you have 3 charges without CD and which doesn't use any mana, that's your upper hand in this matchup. Kassadin without a blue is killable, Kassadin with a blue is unkillable (except if you are ahead in term of items). That's why you should like with Anivia, try to deny his blue with your jungler and top/bot lane.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Katarina

• Hit her when she farms, you deal more damage than her until level 6. Mark her everytime she goes for a last hit especially the two first levels before she gets 1 point in or . You can try to go all in on her at level 2 by taking an early point in your E + Red pot + Ignite, I'm not fan but if the Katarina is dumb it can work. Don't let her have a free harass on you like : her Q + W + E on a creep behind her which means you didn't even hit her. That's why post level 3 you have to wait that your E is up before consuming your Mark, after this point you will be able to do it by consuming it everytime your E is up. Shroud yourself if she uses her ult you will just reduce the damages, while running away. You can also jump on a minion. Burst her when is on cooldown. Her W hurt a lot aswell, you can bait her if you have a mark on you.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Kayle

• Really hard lane pre-6, she got a lot of deny potential. If she hit her Q on you, shroud immediatly. Don't let her Q + E combo otherwise you will take a lot of damage which means you will have to recall. You can't allow you to be behind in level because her 6 is also a big issue for you. Once she is 6 you have to be ready before jumping on her. Never rush her if you can't do the 2 marks combo. Try to scare her by wasting her ultimate then back off and rush her again. Thus play very safe pre 6, don't fall behind in level and brain her at level 6.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Kennen

• Really annoying, stay behind your creeps. When he got a blue shuriken, run away to avoid getting a mark. Wait that his abilities are on cooldown to hit him (Q and E especially). If he's keeping harassing you with AA and W just shroud and try to farm under tower or with your Q, there is not much you can do before your level 6 against him, don't try to LH with your AA if you think he can land a full combo on you = you will lose your lane for 25g not really worth it. He got a high burst at level 6 take care. You have to wait that his Q is on CD before rushing him also, he will E away or E in depending of what he wants to do, if he ults you, jump on a minion behind you (you have to keep a minion behind you if you want to rush Kennen which means you need at least 2 EOS). He remains squishy and isn't scary once his ult is on CD. Ult into Zhonya can bait you hard take care.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

LeBlanc

• Rush MR against her, to reduce her burst, she's annoying during the laning phase, play safe and shroud yourself often. Don't get too close if you are marked by her Q, you will get silenced if she uses another abilities on you, her W got a very long range so. She can't farm as much as you, don't panic if you are behind in creep compared to her, this champ is an all in champ oriented for the laning phase and mid game. Just play safe and don't let her roam too much. You can take a barrier if you really feel unconfortable in this matchup but I believe that you can kill because she's really squishy, once you get your level 6 you have to wait that she uses her full combo before rushing her. If you can it your level 6 before her, go all in with Red pot and ignite but don't dive. Rush Abyssal and MR items of course, don't forget to get some HPs too.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Lissandra

• This champ can be annoying during the laning phase but won't be able to harass you too much or she will be OOM. Just dodge her Q and you will be fine, she won't use her E on you except if you are getting ganked and you overextended. At level 6 you can try to kill her but it will be very hard because of her E and ultimate, rush her when her W is on CD otherwise you won't do anything. Also she can push her lane very fast with a blue so contesting it can be a solution. Getting against her is helpful. Take care of her burst late game, she can instakill you and you can instakill her so you have to outplay her.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
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Lux

• High range champ, farm behind your minions, you'll need your level 6 to kill her. You will have a hard time before 6 if you can't avoid skillshots, farm with your Q and shroud when she hit her passive on you. She's squishy, do your full combo at level 6 to grab a kill. Her shield is really good and reduce your burst, she can even totally deny it if she got a barrier. Still, mark her at level 6 and try to make her miss her Q on you, then you can rush her whenever you want when her Q is on CD. If you get hit by her Q, shroud immediatly because her full combo deals Tons of Damage. You won't be able to deny her from farming. Remember, her spells don't reveal you.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Malzahar

• His is annoying, just wait until he uses on a minion, then Q him and try to consume your mark, do this several time each time his E is on cooldown, don't worry of early game, just dodge his . Ask for a gank if he overpush. At level 6 care of his Use your full combo but when you rush him, you must shroud immediatly, in the worst case he will ult you while your are in the shroud and you will take less damage. Get ASAP you can buy this as first item).

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Mordekaiser

• Well he crushes you, snowball lane. Try to harass him early game when his E on CD (this is your unique opportunity), do this several times if you can. Same at level 6 before rushing him, wait that his E is on CD. Ask for a gank if you can get an early kill on him you will be able to farm him. If you die once you can afk or roam.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : (painful enough)
Start

Morgana

• Dodge her Q, stay behind creep and hit her when her Q is on cooldown. She can farm really safe with her W. You may not kill her. Just farm if you can't kill her. When you have your ult up, let a creep behind you before attacking her because it will allow you to jump out if she ults you. Once her ult is on CD you can't really die, but you can kill her. Her E doesn't really deny your damage as much as Lux's one.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Orianna

• She can anticipate your last hit. When her ball is far from her, Q and proc your mark, dodge her ball as much as possible. When her ball is on her minions, you will not be able to farm with AA so just use your Q to do so and play safe. When she's autoattacking you and you can't do anything to deal damage back on her : shroud immediatly because she will deal more and more damage on you with her passive. Rush her at level 6, she can't counter a gap closer that much.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Ryze

• Try to kill him ASAP, constant harass and mark's proc, he's a big problem because he will rush MR and HP, you won't be able to kill him when he gets Ask for a gank, be sure to also rush . Don't get W too many times and comboed by his Q + W combo early game - play very safe and be high enough in health to rush him at level 6 - Even if you have to play safe pre-6 before of his harass, don't worry, once you get 6 you still can crush him very hard. The main problem with Ryze is late game, if he gets to this point you will have a lot of trouble. He might take a TP to gank other lanes, you can't cancel it, but try to deal as much damage as you can when he's tping in front of you.

Set 4
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : - Items
Start

Sion

• Play safe, don't attack him if he didn't use , Sion need Q and W to deal damage. Remember that you can break his shield, he got a CD before activating it. Rush him at level 6 if his Q is on cooldown. Get

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Swain

• You will have to shroud often yourself, try to land him your Q while you are in your shroud, try to consume your mark without getting snare by his His E + Q combo really hurt. Don't try to trade with him if he Eed you just before. Like some champs he can't farm properly, so it means even if you are behind in CS pre6, you will be able to catchup later in the game. You must have your ignite at level 6 to kill him otherwise just farm. He's really tanky it will be hard to kill him after his first back if you don't get an early kill. Try to push and gank other lanes if you are really behind. Most of the time don't fight him if he got blue and try to deny his blue buff as much as you can with your team.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Syndra

• Well she can zone you pre level 6, she is annoying - just try to farm as much as you can, under tower and with your Q - once she hit level 6 care of the number on the battlefield, if there is more than 2 if you think she will ult (lot of burst). She's easy to kill if you have 2 , don't rush her before because of her She got the highest AP burst in the game level 6 if she got many ballz on the battlefield. Shroud immediatly when getting hit by her ult.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Talon

• You need armor runes to hold him. Farm and dodge his W. When this ability is on cooldown harass him and try to consume your mark. If you see his activated, shroud. Since his nerf check his mana pool to know if you can kill him or not especially at level 6. If you are less than 60% hp, don't try to attack him and play safe. Remember he can silence you, which means you have to wait that he uses his E on you before doing anything. Right after being silenced shroud to take less damage then you can try to rush him if you aren't too low. Don't let him roam, follow him. Consider buying a

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Twisted Fate

• Low CD on spells, CC, ultimate which reveals you. He should be able to counter you very easily BUT he's squishy as hell. Just shroud when his W is on, DON'T UNDERESTIMATE damage from blue card. Try to Q him when his W is not up (except if he's dumb you won't proc it before 6). He is just stronger than you before your level 6, just avoid to be too much harassed. At level 6, rush him when he doesn't have his Care he can see you in shroud with his R, that's why ward your lane and know where the enemy jungler before rushing him. You may take a tp to counter his ultimate, but TP CD is too high imo to counter his ganks. That's why you should try to ward as much as you can to prevent him from ulting. Try to follow him as much as you can when he's ganking somewhere, your duelist potential is far higher. If you can't do anything just push the lane and try to get the mid tower.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Veigar

• Easy prey, deny him, force him to use his on you, you can avoid his quite easily, dodge his and kill him at level 6. Care of his full burst at 6 which can hurt you a lot. Don't buy too much AP, because his ultimate will take you down fast, try to mix AP/HP/MR. Anyway you will always win 1v1 situation against him (except if he's overfed and you are really far behind).

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Viktor

• Hard matchup, if you get close to him he will just use his W, he can poke you hard before your level 6. Even at level 6 you can't really win against him, if he's good he will use his ultimate when you rush him making you useless and take a lot of damage. Try to push your lane and gank the others. He remains squishy tho you can try to kill him when he got his abilities on CD.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Vladimir

• Same as Veigar, he's easy to kill early game, harass as much as you can, don't let him farm. cooldown is high early game, you must take profit of it. He looses hp when he uses , just check his hp pool and kill him at 6. Don't get baited if you see him under his tower low hp, he will probably just use his and laugh. If he's playing agressive just wait your level 6 to punish him. At level 6 he can't counter you at all and you can farm him really hard before his level 9.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Xerath

• You can only attack him if his E is on cooldown. Shroud immediatly if he hits you with his E. Play safe and farm, you can rush him at level 6 only when his E is on CD.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Zed

• This matchup looks better for Zed because of his Q range and harass with shadows. The main problem against him is to know what he's maxing, if he's maxing his Q you just have to avoid it and you will be fine. If he's maxing E you will have to farm with your Q and you won't be able to deny him if his W is up. At level 6 Zed got an ult which can burst anyone. However Akali can avoid takin damage from Zed ultimate if you shroud at the right time he won't deal additional damage with his mark which means that you will only damage from the mark itself (low damage). You can rush him at 6 with 2 EOS and following my tips you can win this matchup. It will be harder if he got a pink (after first back) but you will have sustain from your hextech, just attack him if you are marked in 1v1 situation.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Ziggs

• Even lane, you can't make a mistake or you will lose, he will deny you pretty hard pre6, you will have to farm with your Q. Once you are 6 you can burst him down but take care of his and which can prevent your combo while dealing a lot of damage. Wait 2 EOS before rushing him.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Zilean

• You need MR against him. Unlike Kassadin you can't prevent him to ult hiself, that's why he's really hard to lane against. Farm as much as you can.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Zyra

• Mostly see played as support now, she remains a good mid champ but she can't deal with assassins. Pre-6 she's really anoying and will try to deny you as much as possible, don't underestimate plants damage. Post-6 it's a really easy lane if you wait her E on CD. Don't forget her passive which deals stupid damage. Her W reveals you don't walk in.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

These champs won't be your focus mid/late game so there is no point on calculating their difficulty later in the game. (except )

Cho'gath

• Melee champ, dodge his rupture and his silence. Try to kill him before his level 6 where he will get a high hp pool. He's mana dependant check his manapool. If played AP he will become a real pain and can cause you a lot of trouble in 1v1 situation. If you get hit by his W or Q you will lose your trade.

Set 5
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Darius

• So people asked me how to play against properly : level 1 play safe and farm with , don't get in his Q range. Level 2-6 you can fight him only when his Q is on CD, try to make him use it on creep (take care of creep aggro if he pushes his lane). Level 6+ : if he didn't back then it's time to make plays, same as before wait that his Q is on CD, now take care he got his ult thus don't let him stack his passive on you : shroud yourself. Anyway if he fails his ult on you, you can harass him like a boss, you can do hit aswell if his Q is on CD. The main strat against Darius is to avoid Q damage and ult. Use enemy creeps if needed post 6.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start (even if he got armpen it's the best way to deal with him)

Elise

• Hard lane before your 6, her Q harass is really annoying you will have to use your W a lot, since she's probably smart she won't use her spider form unless you are low hp. Farm with your Q until level 6 and shroud if the other bitch is getting too agressive. At level 6 wait to have 2 EOS and rush her. Her isn't an escape so wait her and look at your creeps. Care of her E + Q + W + Q form combo, at level 6 you outdamage her anyway. Remember her W got 220545641989654698 range.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start (don't build warmog sell your starting item)

Fiora

• Melee champ, she can't block your Q but she has a lot of sustain in lane. However you can try to brain her at level 6 by landing 2 Q in a row to deal damage. If she ults on you use your shroud which will cancel her ultimate. She's really squishy so kill her when you get your

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Galio

• Against him, hybrid Akali makes sense. He will stack MR-AP, he's mana dependent and his CD are "ok", you must dodge his skillshots (he can prevent you to last hit). If he wants to last hit with his auto attack punish him by landing your Q. Don't aggro too much the minions. Care at 6, don't dive him. Get Trinity if he's top otherwise Void Staff first.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Gangplank

• Don't get all in at level 1, it's the only point of playing GP and what can make you lose your lane. His harass is annoying, land him your Q and proc your mark when he last hit but don't get hit too many times by his AAs because of the passive. At level 6 you can use your combo to kill him. Don't try to deny him too much when his E is up. If you are against tankplank, you have to be careful during long trade, otherwise against Critplank you have to be lucky and survive his first burst, still this build makes him very squishy and you can take him down really easily.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Garen

• Farm farm farm and play safe, shroud when he rushes you with his on. Don't try to fight him early game except if he started with a doran's item where you can try to harass him. Sunfire is good against him. Get Barrier/TP instead of ignite. Use your AAs as much as you can when silenced and runing back. Shroud when he's about to use his ultimate.

Set 2
Masteries : 15/15/0
Take care of :
Start

Irelia

• Even lane until level 9, Q her as much as possible, just shroud if she dashes on you with her activated. You need ignite at level 6 to kill her. The first two levels you can try to go deep on her, if you got more creeps than her (don't get stun in her creep wave), without her W Irelia can't do anything against you. When her W is up just shroud don't try to trade you won't win. Remember that she can stun you if she's low hp, that's why diving Irelia is not a good idea. Rush HG makes sense since only HP counters True Damage. Akali isn't that great against Irelia imo. Rush as first item with to sustain.

Set 4
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Jarvan IV

• Farm and harass him, dodge his skillshots. Care of his passive which can be a free harass for him, just attack back when he's doing it. Try to harass him by entering and a brush and play with him. He's an easy target early get you can snowball on him. You can escape from his ultimate by dashing on his minions if you can or on an enemy champ which isn't in the J4's ult.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : +
Start

Jayce

• You can finally lane against him but it's still pretty hard you will have to shroud yourself often, do it when he uses his Q on you. Try to get closer to him by landing your Q + E combo. At level 6 you will destroy him with 2 EOS.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Jax

• Attack him early game and shroud when he activates his . With the new Akali, just mark him and use your E to activate the mark to deal damage, dont use your AA since Jax will dodge it. You must burst him very fast at level 6 if you want to kill him, don't let him stack his ultimate. You can get early randuin.

Set 4
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Kha'Zix

• Stay near your creeps and trade when he attacks you, you outdamage him if you don't let him use his passive. If he maxes his W, always that he uses his W CD on creeps before doing anything.

Set 6
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Lee Sin

• Unlike most of people think, Lee Sin doesn't counter Akali in LANE. This matchup is average and depends on skill players. The only big damage output from Lee is his Q, manage to be behind the creeps to avoid it. Your mindset must be : Okay my enemy has an oracle. Shroud carefully, dont waste it. When Lee comes to last hit, attack him. When he shields a low hp minion, attack him. At 6 don't be overconfident, he has the same burst than you. Rush him when his Q or W is on CD. The only way Lee Sin can be a real pain, if he plays very agressive at level 2, E you then Q on you and ignite you will be out of the lane take care of this.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Malphite

• Harass him and turn his passive off all the time if you can, he will waste his mana if he tries to harass you. But he's tanky you may not kill him that easily, depending of his resistance and if you harassed him enough to kill him at level 6. He has a good burst at level 6. Get

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Nasus

• Force him to use his on you. Don't stay in his , harass him and shroud if he uses his on you. His lifesteal will let him have a average hp level making him hard to take down. Try to deny him and farm. Don't get baited if he's low HP and got his ultimate.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Nidalee

(AP) (AD)
(AP)
(AP)

• Dodge her , and care of her cougar form at level 6 if you are low hp. Don't run in her traps. Otherwise you can kill her really easily, if you are full life at level 6 and she uses her cougar form like "trololol im too stronk" just rape her (don't forget to use your full combo). AP Nidalee can't do anything against Akali, except if you are bad.

Set 1 or Set 2 (AP/AD)
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start or (AD)

Olaf

• Dodge his axe, care of his true damage, shroud when he uses his abilities. He's weak early game, try to burst him before he gets HP. Don't get allin level 1 by him, you can't win the trade. Like Irelia getting HG will help you. Don't trade with him level 1.

Set 1 (true damage)
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Pantheon

• He can block your attack when you want to consume your mark (which isn't really a problem anymore since you can proc your mark with Q + E combo), he's squishy but deal a good amount of damage, shroud if he jumps on you and counter attack when heartseeker is off. At level 6 be sure that his blockage is off before rushing him. Don't let him roam too much like TF or Shen, push your lane as much as you can or attack him if he's ulting somewhere before you.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Poppy

• Q her when she last hit everytime gg.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : Not faping on your Akali's skin (I don't allow you to do so ok!)
Start

Renekton

• Hard lane, harass him when his stun is off, it's the ability which is the most annoying, shroud if he dashes on you with his stun ready, don't let him recover his health (furor Q). Never fight him when his fury is up. You can rape him at level 9. Getting a lot of armor early game will shut down his laning phase pretty hard. He usually push the lane very hard early game, ask for a gank to kill him and snowball the lane. Consider Barrier as summoner's spell because extra health can't be counter by ignite. When he uses his ultimate to attack try to tempo until it goes off (fighting in a straight 1v1 situation is dumb except if you are fed or he's low). If he's building full hp retarded mode useless late game, just ignore him and farm. If he's building AD caster mode you can try to fight him when your summoners are up.

Set 2
Masteries : 15/15/0
Take care of :
Start

Rengar

• Easy lane even if he max his W and rush Spirit Visage. Just harass him. Just don't stay too much near brushes, try to trade once his Q is on CD.

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Start

Riven

• Squishy champ, harass her to avoid that she combo you, if you keep her low hp she won't harass you. Due to her high mobility, she's hard to deal early game. Shroud when she uses her , and consume a mark on her if she's too close, just hit her when her . Don't let her AA you too much because of her passive which can hurt a lot when she used her spells right before. If she's maxing shield like a retard, it will be really hard to kill her for you, and she will totally outrade you everytime, you have to try baiting her E beofre rushing her. The mecanisms of this champ totally counter Akali anyway, so if you think you won't be able to kill her try to farm and focus on mid game and late game (she's better than you mid/late game in teamfight imo). Care at level 6 if you are low hp, she can kill you really easily with her ultimate. Skill based matchup.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : Everything
Start

Rumble

• Offtank AP, farm behind your creep, wait until he's overwarmed (AND SILENCED), and attack him at this point, wait his is off to attack him. Play very safe until level 6. After your 6 you can rush him everytime his Q is on CD. Don't take a free harass from his E and don't stay in his ultimate at all price.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Shen

• Annoying champ, his Q harass is boring but you can trade with it if you manage to trade a Q for a Q, you deal a lot more damage than him, take care of creeps because he can taunt you and you will take creeps damage while being attacked by Shen. He will rush HP and MR, get HG (as first item) and Void Staff after your gunblade. He might allin level 2, you can't counter his allin so shroud immediatly if you feel like he's gonna use his Since you don't have any CC ability to cancel his ultimate, you may take if you think you won't be able to kill him in lane.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Singed

• Harass him as much as you can, don't stay in his poison, shroud he wants to grab you, his weakness is early game. Use your ignite on him if you think that you can kill him. Rush your level 2 boots asap.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : Everything delete this champ plz
Start

Teemo

• Annoying little brat, your main damage source comes from your spells, just care of his which can make you miss your Q proc (proc with your E). If he harasses you too much : shroud and farm. At level 6 rush him, he's not tanky (early game). He will most likely set shrooms around him, so take care before rushing him.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Tryndamere

• Care of his early crit, shroud and attack him if he rush you, he's squishy, burst him down at level 6 and use ignite at 50% of his ultimate. You need special build agains him tho, no need to build Doran's Blade it's not a bursty champ :

Set 2 (yes 2)
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Udyr

• Break his shield when he's in turtle mode, shroud or just run away when he's in bear, attack him in the shroud when he's in tiger (and used his first tiger proc). Just adapt youself to the situation. Since his last rework you can attack him earlier, just never trade at level 1 if he started Tiger. Make him waste his mana. At level 6 you got the uper hand if one of his stance (Tiger - Bear) is on CD. Care of an allin level 2.

Set 3
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Volibear

• I hate him, his damage is stupid with his W and R and he's really tanky. Very hard in 1v1 situation, you must have your ignite to kill him. Only try to attack him when his W is not up, if not farm !

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of : Everything
Start

Warwick

• Two ways to deal with, if the enemy jungler against can't clear fast, push your lane as much as possible and can attack him to deny him (care of creeps aggro). Otherwise try to build up Abyssal first. You can rush a QSS if you really think that you will be the only big threat in your team (it won't be the case if you play AkaTop).

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Wukong

• Get a pink ward, and harass him while his Q is on cooldown. Care at level 6 of his ultimate. Don't take too much free harass or you might lose your lane pretty hard. Don't fight him at level 2.

Set 4
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Xin Zhao

• Hard until level 6, shroud if he rushes you, don't let him knockback you, attack him if he's too close of you. Don't get allin level 2, you can't do anything in a full trade before your level 6. The only thing you can do before your level 6 is harassing him with a Q + E proc then shroud yourself immediatly and run back. When hitting 6 try to bait his Q and right after rush him he won't be able to do anything against you when his Q is on CD.

Set 2
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

Yorick

• Start with as many health pots as possible, use brushes at your advantage and shroud to be close to him and hit him. If he's like "I want to annoy you and shit on you until you ragequit" then you must wait your level 6 and try to farm as much as you can. Once hitting 6 you will destroy him, but try to wait that one of his abilities go on CD before rushing him. Thus farm and attack him level 6 if you aren't low hp. Try to keep an enemy minion behind you if he revives and try to kill you, you will be able to escape.

Set 1
Masteries : 21/9/0
Take care of :
Start

I will list here your primary targets in teamfight and general : AD carries
Difficulty = Late game.

Ashe

• Can be boring, her ultimate can shut you down if you are catch out of position, she can kite you like a boss. Rush her with your hextech. Rylai is a good item to get against Ashe since she's the Queen of kiting.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Low.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No (kiting).
Be careful of :

Caitlyn

• Care of the traps, she can also slow you with her E, but once she used it you can kill her really easily. Also she's totally reliant on AA so Randuin will shut her down. Her ultimate reveals you once you are marked.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : None.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No (range).
Be careful of :

Corki

• Meh now, even if his gatling hurt and the fact that he can Valkyrie away. You can catch him up pretty easily and he won't have enough damage to kill except if you fuck everything up.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Average.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes (only one escape).
Be careful of :

Draven

• He got mobility and can knock you and slow you. If you rush him he will probably miss his axes and deal less damage to you so don't be scared. Yet his E can counter your rush and he shred tanks which means that if he manages to catch all his axes you will die nothing less.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Average (huge damage).
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes.
Be careful of :

Ezreal

• The hardest to kill alongside Urgot and Sivir, he can kite you and kill you pretty fast. He remains squishy so use your gunblade once he E away.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Low.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No.
Be careful of :

Graves

• He is tanky and his smoke is annoying you will have to take care of his burst too. Just dont rush him unless you are overfed. Be smart and wait a good engage or that he used one of his abilities. He can build himself very tanky with Warmog thank to his passive, DFG might be a good choice if he builds a Warmog.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Average.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Average.
Be careful of : - Burst

Kawg Mow

• His ultimate reveals you, don't be hit by it. He doesn't have any escape except a slow. Rush him and burst him down.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Low.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes.
Be careful of :

Miss Fortune

• Use your R and/or Gunblade to remove her passive first (if you can). Then kill her = GG.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : None.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes.
Be careful of :

Quinn

• Easy prey, she doesn't have any range, her E is useless on you, her Q doesn't reveal you, blind doesn't affect you (combo with E) and if she uses her melee form you will eat Chicken Wings.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : None.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes.
Be careful of :

Sivir

• Hard to deal with, her shield can shut down your burst. Just take care of it before rushing her.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Average.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Yes (no range).
Be careful of :

Tristana

• Hard to kill, her ultimate can knock you back and dps you, if you rush her once again she can W away. So you have to use your gunblade after her ultimate and W.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : High.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No.
Be careful of :

Twitch

• Easy get oracle. Avoid the damages from his ultimate.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Low.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Average.
Be careful of :

Urgot

• Void staff will be useful against him, his ultimate is anoying and catch you out of position (QSS may be good a good choice). However his burst is meh so you may need to focus someone else than him less tanky.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : High.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No.
Be careful of :

Varus

• Dodge his ultimate then rush him and it's gg.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : Average.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : Average.
Be careful of :

Vayne

• Care of her DPS which is huge, you need to get oracle against her and burst her down really fast otherwise you are dead. Basically she's the Queen of 1v1 late game until you get your Lich Bane.

Ability to 1v1 you ? : High.
Easy to take down in teamfight ? : No.
Be careful of :

Since Akali is pretty weak in lane especially mid pre6, she will most likely be camped a lot, I will list here the junglers and how boring they can be.


Amumu

• This little mummy can become a real pain if fed. His ganks are not the strongest in the game if you warded your lane sides. Don't be hit by his toss which is a skillshot (totally avoidable). Post 6 he might try to gank you with his ultimate using his flash, you won't be able to do much against that except using your shroud (he will probably carry a pink at that time). Don't be afraid to burn your flash if needed. In teamfight try to come from behind and avoid his ultimate to rush the ADC. You can fight him in 1v1 situation since Akali isn't too much reliant on AA to deal damage.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.


Cho'Gath

• Avoid his Q whenever you can and you will be safe, nothing else to say. If he got red just Q him while running (remove mobility passive) and shroud to slow him, he won't catch you up. In teamfight just wait that he uses his silence or Q before doing anything.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Dr Mundo

• Beefy target, you won't focus him in teamfight. Avoid his stupid cleaver when getting ganked and you will be safe. He will most likely try to counter jungle so take care of the pings and help your jungler if needed.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : Average.

Evelynn

• After her first jungle clean, she will be able to gank really easily. She's Shaco 2.0, you have to play safe the whole early game or she will snowball. Pinks are the only way to counter her (very expensive). It's better for you to ban her. Since you got , you won't have any problem to survive her ganks if you don't overextend early game, that's not the case for the other lanes...

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.


Fiddlesticks

(very squishy)

• Very squishy jungler, can be killed really easily, if he hold a lane and is like 2 lvls behind you, you can try to go allin on him. You can anticipate if he's ganking you or not because of his passive. Ward your lane sides and your lane bushes because at level 6 he got tons of damage and you won't be able to escape from his fear or silence. Later in the game in teamfights try to avoid fighting in his ultimate, position yourself carefully.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 3+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Hecarim

• Wards may not be enough to prevent his ganks, if your opponent (laner) got a CC you have to shroud immediatly when seeing Hecarim because he got a lot of burst early game. Don't focus him in teamfight, he can't protect his carries that well, and a good poisitioning in teamfight will make his ultimate not effective. If he got a he might be annoying but he will have to focus you instead of your AD carry.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.


Jarman IV

(he doesn't care about wardz)

• Boring champ, a lot of CC, a lot of damage, try to avoid getting knock up. You can get out of his ultimate by jumping on a minion or a champ. Wardz aren't that effective against him. He will be very annoying in teamfight so wait the right momentum before doing your assassin job.

Why ? : +
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Lee Sin

• The one that can make you out of the game really fast. A right played Lee Sin can camp your lane and makes the lane snowball against you. The only think you can do against this is warding both side of your lane and lane bushes (you can carry 3 wards max I would say). Dodge his Q when you are getting ganked, if you are hit = you are fucked, try to flash if you think you can survive otherwise keep it for later. In teamfight Lee Sin will protect his ADC with his W and kick you, wait a proper engage before doing anything.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : High.
Kill potential with : High.

Maokai

• Less played but still good, the tree can root you even if you shroud so when getting root shroud immediatly and run away if needed. Put your wards. In teamfight just take care of not being focused by him and don't fight in his ultimate.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Nasus

• Very strong pick, his W can pretty much exhaust you and shut you down. When you see him coming through your lane, shroud immediatly or will be slowed by his W. In teamfight he will rush your ADC most of the time which means you might be able to rush the enemy adc without any issue.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Nautilus

• Really really annoying, he got tons of CC and you can't do anyhting about it except getting and for his ultimate. In teamfight he will protect his ADC and you will have a hard time to rush the carries. Probably one of the best jungler against Akali in term of carry protection.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Nocturne

(huge midgame)

• Pre6 you can avoid getting gank, shroud yourself when he comes to your lane and he won't do anything. Post6 play safe and don't overextend too much if you don't know where he is. In teamfight he won't be a problem for you but don't focus him because his W will deny your damages.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Rammus

• Flash when he ganks you and you are overxtended, shroud immediatly before he taunts you, if you used your W but he taunted you right before you won't be revealed. In teamfight try to avoid his taunt and wait that he taunts someone from your team then you can go.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low (taunt doesn't remove Twilight Shroud).
Kill potential with : High.

Sejuani

• Waiting rework.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Shaco

• Play safe early game, you can see him coming through your lane with his orange smoke. Never overextend and don't be overagressive. Shaco presence early game is huge if played correctly. Pink your lane if you feed like you aren't safe. Don't worry about him in teamfight, he will most of the time splitpush and you can 1v1 him very easily.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : Average.

Shyvana

• Weak S3 jungler. Not a problem atm, she doesn't have any CC and her damage output need a target so just shroud if she comes to your lane. Since she doesn't have any CC, she can't protect her carries.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : Average.

Skarner

• Very fast jungler, can gank you easily and slow you through your shroud be really careful especially post6. You will need a QSS against him or you will die in teamfight because he will focus you or your ADC.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Trundle

• Waiting rework.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : Average.

Udyr

• Waiting next pacth.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Vi

• Her ganks pre6 are easy to avoid just dodge her Q and you will be safe, use your flash if necessary but shroud should be enough. Care post6 because her ult reveals you when you are in your shroud so when getting ult, shroud after the knock up. In teamfight you can't do anything about this except baiting her ult and use your Zhonya.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Volibear

• OP. Fast gank, can dive you, bump you, you can't kill him. Nothing to do about it. Ban him.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Average.
Kill potential with : High.

Warwick

• He's a Shyvana like pre6, which means he can't gank you effectively. However post6, he's one of the best ganker with Skarner because of his ultimate. You will need a QSS for teamfight because he may try to ult you often.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 6+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Xin Zhao

• Use your shroud when getting gank, try to ward as much as possible. Avoid him in teamfight, he can protect his carries with his ultimate. His burst potential is pretty huge early game so flash immediatly if you think that you may die from his gank.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Zac

• Retarded champ ban him. His ultimate will totally zone you in teamfight and you can't prevent his ganks. His passive will make him hard to kill if you don't have any AoE.

Why ? :
When ? : Level 2+.
Kill potential without : Low.
Kill potential with : High.

Even if you don't focus them, it's a pain to deal with good supports in teamfight. I will just list how difficult some supports are compared to others.

Alistar

• CCs, hard to kill (he can carry an oracle easily), heal, he can protect his carries very well.

Why ? : (untargetable if he got oracle)
Carry protection : High.

Blitzcrank

• You have to avoid his grap or you are dead because of his chain CC with silence + bump. His passive makes him hard to kill.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Average.

Elise

• One cocoon = one dead, that's the only rule about Elise, it's a bad support in teamfight when her E is down.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Low.

Fiddlesticks

• A lot of CC which can be really annoying you will need Mercs against him. His ultimate damage as support aren't that high tho.

Why ? :
Carry protection : High.

Janna

• Really hard to chase, she can totally disengage a teamfight and shield her carry, you burn your EOS because of her CCs.

Why ? :
Carry protection : High.

Kayle

• Her ultimate deny your burst, wait that it's down before doing anything.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Very high.

Leona

• Same that Alistar without heal.

Why ? :
Carry protection : High.

Lulu

• This support will piss you off, she can reveal you with Pix, she can slow you and she can deny your burst with her ultimate which can't be reduce by ignite. You may need to focus her in teamfight then her carry once her ultimate is down.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Very high.

Lux

• Squishy support, she only got one CC and her W doesn't give that much without AP.

Why ? : (very squishy overall)
Carry protection : Average.

Morgana

• Her Q can root you for a long time, you will need mercs, she can deny a little your burst with her shield, and her ultimate can zone you out of a teamfight : you will to jump out from her chains and focus the carries which is pretty hard.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Average.

Nami

• Dodge her Q = GG.

Why ? : (squishy and her Q is really easy to dodge)
Carry protection : Average.

Nunu

• Slow slow slow and slow nothing else.

Why ? : (0 carry protection)
Carry protection : Low.

Sona

• Dodge her ultimate and you will be fine.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Average.

Soraka

• Her silence can counter you and her heals aswell, you have to ignite you target before rushing it or Soraka will deny your burst.

Why ? : (just use ignite)
Carry protection : Low.

Taric

• Wait that he uses his stun and it will be ok.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Low.

Thresh

• Pretty retarded champ, his box can protect his carry, his lantern is a good escape tool giving a shield, his grap can win a game, his W is annoying, everything about this champ is stupid, you will need mercs against him.

Why ? :
Carry protection : High.

Zilean

• His ultimate deny your burst, force him to ult hisself.

Why ? :
Carry protection : Very high.

Zyra

• Root and ultimate can be hard to dodge, care of her passive when she's dead.

Why ? : (very squishy)
Carry protection : High.

• Force you to focus the one with oracle if you want to use your shroud in teamfight. If the tank is carrying the oracle, don't focus him and don't use your shroud except against heavy AoE team.
• Same except that pink covers a small area, try to fight far from the pink (can be hard if it's placed during a teamfight).
• You can't counter HPs as Akali, except with DFG but it's not that good on her.
• Extra resist, Void Staff counters this.
• Stupid AD caster item, no real counter, Void Staff counters the resist part.
• Extra shield, no counters.
• Not really a counter but you will have to take care when jumping on the enemy ADC/AP. If you got Zhonya use it when you pop the enemy GA.
• Extra HP same that Warmog.
• Banshee, pain can deny your burst, you don't have any poke as Akali, you have to ask your team to pop the enemy Banshee before fighting. Otherwise you can pop it with your R but you will have less burst. Void Staff counters the resist part.
• Extra shield, no counters.
• Yes it reveals you, yes it grants MR, yes it gives AP. Very strong against you, the CD on ghosts in pretty high tho.

That's a fact, as Akali, this is your nightmare. Well I exagerate a little. I will try to figure out how to counter this.

Akali's strengh is her burst and sustain coming from spellvamp and shroud. In lane people usually don't buy a pink ward but if they do you have to be careful. Your shroud become only a bonus MR/Armor and slowing spell. A pink ward before level 6 is annoying against a strong early champ like Renekton, you won't be able to CS otherwise you will take TONS OF DAMAGE. Just towerhug and use your Q to last hit. Never trade if the enemy has a pink you'll die for nothing. Pink ward after 6 is a counter rush, you must think if your move is worth it or not, knowing that you won't be able to avoid damage from counter strike. Be sure to have one enemy minion left behind you on your lane (2 EOS required) this is your backup if things go wrong).

To resume : Take care and don't exchange if you can't crush for sure your opponent. Towerhug against a heavy harass champ like Vlad, Yorick or early champ. Farm makes you strong. If you see your enemy coming back with a pink ward and you are dominating your lane, just back, buy a pink and destroy his one.

Tips for Akali's top : Use a lot brushes when they have a pink and don't overextend.

• animation is faster than which means you shouldn't use your right after using your ultimate because you won't proc your Mark (I still make this mistake sometimes).
• If you are surrounded and still got your flash, you can try to land your somewhere then dash on an enemy minion and right after flash into your Shroud, you will be insta stealth.
• Don't use your ultimate to farm minions without blue early game. The CD on EOS is really high.
• Always attack with double proc Q combo when hitting 6.
• Even if the enemy team got oracle or pink, Twilight Shroud is still a useful spell which grants you a lot of resistances, this can save you from global ultimate or AoE damages.
• Every Akali's spell (except your W) scale with your spellvamp + spellvamp passive which means you can heal back on champions or minions easily.
• Once you got Sheen or Lich Bane, use your E to proc item passive and deal massive damage to towers.
• Don't forget to use your active items.
• If you aren't overfed, don't greed undertower except if you can jump back on a minion after killing your opponent.

Note : Jukes only work if the enemy team doesn't carry or

Note 2 : Twilight Shroud utilisation costs a lot of energy and can lead you OOE very fast so use it cautiously.

Note 3 : If you need to facecheck use over (range), if you chase use your wards over TS (energy).

Being aware of an early invade



You can do this for Red & Blue buff both sides.

Preventing ganks



Top



Mid

Escaping / Chasing through wraiths without ward



Also work for wolves

Invading / Checking enemy blue-red



Jukes





Many ways to outplay :D

You can jump on Drake from blue jungle



You can jump on Nash from red jungle



You need vision on it (ward or TS).

• Well post nerf, blue buff on Akali mid can be require. Indeed, pre-16 your Shadow Dance CDs are really high and need to be reduce if you want to gank and roam a lot. So if your jungler isn't mana reliant just take it. Post-16 there is no real use of it and you should give it to your jungler/top/adc.

• No you don't have any use of it since you will get either either (even both). It's only useful before your gunblade but your jungler will need it to gank early game.

General Rule : If you are equal in term of kill, you can be 20 CS (if you can't farm well) behind your lane opponent as Akali.



Good game

Check the enemy team and who you are laning against, if the enemy laner is a really hard harass opponent you may need a 4th pot (if you started with boots), cover your jungler until 1:20 then back to base to get your 4th pot, help your jungler if you have the time otherwise go to your lane. As Akali you want to hit your level 2 before harassing your opponent. At first, last hit with autoattack if the enemy has a passive play, if not last hit with your Q until level 2.

At level 2, start harassing your opponent, if he gets too close from you punish him by landing your Q and consume the mark (take of minions aggro), if he wants to counter attack just shroud (farm while you are inside the shroud). You may overextend and try to deny your opponent if you have advantage, otherwise just farm. Don't go near the enemy tower because it will reveal you in the shroud and you become an easy prey for a gank. To avoid this, kill your wraiths (you are level 4+) if your jungler is ganking somewhere. Your health is low ? Recover it thanks to your passive using your Q on minions and consume the mark. Don't spam your E to recover health, you waste your energy and get nothing early game from spell vamp .

If the enemy laner is ranged and can deny you hard just land Qs on minions, don't greed for one creep if you think you will lose more than 100hp for it, play safe till 6.

The enemy jungler is ganking you (level 3-4), they probably don't have pink ward, so just shroud and run away, use your flash in the worst case. At level 5 your burst damage is consequent :
Enemy Mid Life ? : +++ Proc.
Squishy enemy mid/low hp early game (without flash) : (wait for cooldown)++ Proc + + + Proc.
If the enemy is full life, try to land him as many mark as possible and try to proc them if you think that your damage > the damages you will take. Remember to farm, 80 CS at 10min is good, at least just outfarm your enemy laner.

You are 6 now, it is the time to kill or back (if you back earlier than intended, buy 1-2 or/and if you can't afford one tome). Your lane is pushed ? Just back (you have 1200g or +) and get your . remember.

The enemy is on the middle of the lane and you don't have 1200g, farm, land your (wait for Q's CD) + + + consume the mark (=), if he's low hp and flash, flash on him and + autohit + (if taking a tower hit), if he didn't flash just again + consume the mark, you probably killed him or hurt him a lot.

You can do the same thing at level 7 with your Q level 4 and 2 charges. Now get your and get ready for mid game.

Bad game

You shouldn't die before level 6 because of your shroud. Even so you are 0/1-0/2 in lane just farm minions with your Q and immediatly shroud, ask for a gank. If you can't get a gank ask your jungler to hold your lane and gank the other lanes. If it's warded everywhere farm wraiths and try to farm minions as much as you can.



Good game

Dash, skillshots :
AD :
Harass :
Top lane got advantages compared to mid, brush are easily to hide with your shroud but has disavantage too. (we'll see later).

With new masteries you must be very aggresive, meantime farming. At level 1 take care of minions, anticipate where your opponent will last hit (considering he's a melee champ). Land your Q and consume it and run away. When you reach level 2, you must outzone your opponent if you feel him weaker than you early game, Q him everytime and shroud if he attacks you.

Ganks top happen more often than they do mid, you must take care not to overextend, shroud in a bush and juke, flash away if necessary. If your lane is really overpushed, back (buy wards) or wait in a brush. Same combo as mid to burst your opponent. Deny, and farm that's how Akali works top against a melee champ.
At level 6 try to kill your opponent, if you can't just farm, back and get your hextech revolver as well and be ready for mid game. Try to let the lane pushed on your side if there is no objective to get and map is warded properly. Indeed, if the enemy laner is overextended you can catch him through all the lane thanks to your 3 charges, he has no way to escape.

Bad game

If you died top, your game is probably over, this lane snowballs very hard and you have to immediatly ask for a gank to get back on the track. If you fail and you are like 0/2 just try to make plays happen and roam on other lanes. Basically you won't be able to go top anymore until your turret is destroyed.
That's why Akali Top is pretty much a all-in pick.

Time to kill = Time to roam

Go to your lane, if you think you can kill the enemy laner, kill him with a full combo : + + + + + + AA (E on CD if not E) + + +

If he's playing too safe, push hard your lane and try to gank bottom preferably, ask where it is warded, go straight if enemies bottom are near your bottom tower, otherwise, go in your jungle and try to gank through your own bushes, ask for a CC on your target, jump on her and burst down your enemy.
Either they are dead, or they will run away, meantimes check where the enemy mid is. You may force a drake at this point with your jungler.

As mid laner your main goal is to help the other lanes (in SoloQ), top is often warded and is composed of offtank so harder to gank.

You must complete your , just farm and roam around the map to find opportunities. When you finish it, you can now heal yourself really well with on minions. At level 11, you use minions to jump, harass the enemies or to farm.
The next item you want is for mid game initiation because you need a defensive item (Refer to the Item Builds Chapter). I will almost get or everytime to avoid a hard focus on me.

Keep warding Drake and Nashor. Farm with wards around you, don't let the enemies reach you for nothing.
Akali is one of the best 1v1 champ in the game, that's why split push is really good with her. Keep an eye on your team and join them if they want to engage a fight.
Try to fight with a finished item! Tell your team to delay a fight if they can until you get your item. All Akali's items are good for their passive, a finished item has a gap with an incompleted item.

Void + Hextech gives you a huge burst potential, your combo will just 2 shots enemy carries mid game. So get after Zhonya.

Farm, Roam, Splitpush and Teamfights.



The main difference is that it is harder to get kill from bottom and you will gank mid instead of bottom. However, splitpushing and warding is easier. You have 3 slows remember : Trinity (if you run hybrid Akali), (Rylai), Hextech . I recommend you to decale only if your team needs you otherwise just farm to kill everyone later.

The hardest part of the game to play Akali. You must have farmed well, and be aiming to get your or (Mid or Top)
If you start Lich Bane try to get first.

Your damage output is just WTFBBQ on a single target, letting you burst down all squishy champs even if they got a Banshee. If you see the enemy AD carry alone and you know where the enemy team is, just kill.
Get oracle if the enemy AD is or
Your job is to catch someone alone on the map, burst him down and rush objectives (you must have vision before doing this).
Nashor must be warded EVERYTIME. If they go drake GO NASHOR. Nashor is more important than drake late game. Push lanes and tower, use your E + autohit to proc Sheen/Lich Bane and deal more damage on tower. Never expose yourself to hit towers, it's not your job.

Teamfights are crucial to win the game.

Don't forget :

FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS. You are a single target burst assassin, you can't afford to switch targets all the time during a fight. Obviously if your target flashes away and is low hp, don't chase him if your team is in trouble or if this kill is not high reward.
You won't be able to use a full combo in teamfight, just are important in teamfight. can run you out of energy if you spam it, the damage output of this ability is not significant compared to other skills. R + Q is the combo you will use in teamfight.

NEVER engage the fight You are a gap closer assassin, just strike your target in the back.

Your main target is the enemy AD carry (you outrange all AD carry in the game with your ultimate) or the AP caster whichever is the more fed, use EVERYTHING on him, including and active item. Ignore the offtank except if you take down the two previous target and your AD carry is in trouble. Focus on squishy not on tanky champ.

If your team or your AD needs protection just protect your AD by bursting the first champ near your AD (it's the worst scenario possible imo - you lose like 80% of your utility as Akali).

The enemy support probably got oracle kill him ASAP after the damage dealer. You can also kill him first to use your shroud in the teamfight after.

Your R gives you an EOS everytime you kill/assist someone, use this advantage to jump on everyone during the fight (this ability deal a good amount of damage when you have AP).

If you see your team dying before you come in the fight and the enemy team is full life just run away.
Dont die for nothing, if your team got caught or did a bad engage don't be aced for nothing.

I ended 18/2 and lost, why ?

• You should not take all the kills as Akali except if you know that your whole team is retarded and you need to carry 1v9. When ganking bot try to let your ADC take one kill, when ganking top do the same. Giving a lane advantage can be better than trying to carry alone especially @ high elo (= Challenger/Diam 1-2). Did you lead your team ? Did you lead them to victory ? or you did bad calls ? Did you do your best every teamfight ? Did you die when they did their comeback and your team lost because of you even if you were the only good player (yes it's sad but this is one way of losing).

I did an average score and lost, what can I do ?

• Watch replay and find your mistakes.

I fed the enemy team, should I uninstall ?

• Yes you can if you lost against an easy matchup alone. Otherwise try to watch your replay and how you lost when getting gank etc...

I ended 0/0 and my whole team failed hard

• If you couldn't outplay your enemy laner (because of the jungler or blabla) then you got troll and there is nothing to do :(

Top and Mid

Premade game, just how to play when you are fed as Akali.

1750+ Akali games :

http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/100602/

2100+ Elo :

I bought Lich Bane after Hextech because I miss clicked like a boss and bought instead of

Win : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/581971/

Win lane, lose game (i fucked up the farm) : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/606513/



2000+ Elo :

Wins

Stomp game : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/2686225/ (against Elise)
Pentakill game : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/2686223/ (against Graves)
Close game : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/2686217/ (against Shen)
Bad early game : http://www.leaguereplays.com/replays/match/2686201/ (against Shen/bad runes)

I may try to speak in english but I don't speak it that good e_e

• http://fr.twitch.tv/phoenixkami

Akali is my first champ since I play League Of Legends (cool story bro), you can carry more games with her than with an AD carry (refer to my Vayne's guide), because you can help the other lanes far easier. BUT I don't suggest you to pick her as first pick.
Please give me a feedback and thank you for reading.



黒と銀 by セルゲイ-san

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