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League of Legends Champion AkaliAkali is in the b tier of champions

Akali

Assassin
Akali is a assassinRoleassassin
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Assassin's Mark abilityp
Five Point Strike abilityq
Twilight Shroud abilityw
Shuriken Flip abilitye
Perfect Execution abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle

Akali Build

based on 71,140 matches
Win Rate
48.7 %
Pick Rate
6.7 %
Ban Rate
8.3 %

How We Come Up with Our Akali Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Akali build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Akali builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Akali core items and runes for any situation.

Akali Build Summary

Akali is a a not very good middle lane champ in League of Legends. Her best rune sets are Domination Resolve. Incorporating the specific runes shown below into your Akali build will give you the additional stats to guarantee she plays well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should start by leveling up her q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Akali

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDark Seal

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandSorcerer's Shoes

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapLich BaneSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRylai's Crystal ScepterAbyssal MaskBanshee's Veil

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
>
Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Akali Matchups Overview

Akali is Weak Against

RumbleRumble40% winrateMalzaharMalzahar44.1% winrateHeimerdingerHeimerdinger44.5% winrateNaafiriNaafiri44.6% winrate

Akali is Strong Against

CorkiCorki52.4% winrateSyndraSyndra52.1% winrateBrandBrand52% winrateViktorViktor51.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Karthusbottom+ 52.9% 242 GamesSkarnerjungle+ 53.5% 284 GamesIllaoitop+ 54.3% 2616 GamesMaokaisupport+ 55.8% 791 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Akali Players

Tips and Tricks

Let your team initiate and kill weaker supports from the back.

Best combo is to proc Q twice in quick succession.

Additional Akali Build Insights

League of Legends Akali players will likely find her to be a challenging character to build out properly. You'll notice that her build changes when she is playing against either well-rounded or specialized team comps, showing you should not follow the same Akali build every game of League of Legends

The best items to use in your champion's build include: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Lich Bane. Players who added these items in their kits had a much higher winrate than players who tried for other item builds for Akali. Likewise, if you are trying to beat a mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Domination, and Resolve runes. In recent games, she won the largest percentage of her rounds when equipped with these runes.

We established our Akali build guidance by analyzing 71,140 recently ranked League of Legends games with her selected. We only advise the top winrate Akali builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many rounds in our dataset, we are quite confident in our recommended builds.