Akali vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Akali
based on 13,259 Akali vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Akali vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Akali versus Ezreal matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ezreal’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Ezreal..
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Ezreal. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Akali or Ezreal?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a good counter for Ezreal.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Ezreal, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Akali into Ezrealas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Ezreal matchups, Akali is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is an above average counter for Ezreal. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to counter Ezreal during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Ezreal. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Akali versus Ezreal build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Ezreal than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 52.6% battling Ezreal with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Ezreal as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Bone Plating runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Akali vs Ezreal face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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