Akali vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Akali
based on 1,584 Akali vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Elise
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Akali vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Akali against Elise matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Elise..
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Elise. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Elise
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Who is Better, Akali or Elise?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when trying to fight Elise, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a good counter to Elise.
While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Elise, when facing one another, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Eliseas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Elise matchups, Akali is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akali is a decent counter to Elise. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akali against Elise.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to counter Elise during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali typically racks up much more CS as Elise. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Akali versus Elise build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Elise than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Elise with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Elise as Akali, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Akali vs Elise clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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