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Akali vs Maokai

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How to Beat Maokai as Akali

based on 8,800 Akali vs Maokai matchups
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Maokai as Akali resulted from an evaluation of 8800 ranked matches where both champs fought each other. This matchup is somewhat rare. Akali is forced to battle against Maokai in only 3.8% of her matches.

Akali vs Maokai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a awful job of countering Maokai. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.8% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Akali versus Maokai matches, Akali’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Maokai.

Best Akali vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Banshee's VeilZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneRiftmakerVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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 CollectionUltimate Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Maokai

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 Maokai

The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.

Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.

Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.

Akali vs Maokai Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Maokai Image
8.6
< Kills >
2.9
6
< Deaths >
5.8
5.1
< Assists >
12.8
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
0.61
156
< Minions Killed >
50
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.3
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,382
< Physical Damage >
1,765
21,419
< Magic Damage >
11,783
783
< True Damage >
1,014
23,584
< Damage Dealt >
14,562
26,837
< Damage Taken >
29,217
11,634
< Gold Earned >
9,428
1.39
< Towers >
1.52
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
3,260
< Total Healing >
9,438
14,226
< Experience >
11,591
17
< Vision Score >
46
8
< Wards Placed >
19
73
< Time Dealing CC >
428

How to Counter Maokai with Akali in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some vital Akali versus Maokai counter statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Maokai. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Akali typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Maokai. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and Maokai

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Maokai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Maokai

Who is Better, Akali or Maokai?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a bad counter for Maokai.

While Akali does have a much lower winrate compared to Maokai, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Maokaias her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Akali is a garbage counter for Maokai. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Maokai.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Maokai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Maokai as Akali, we analyzed 8,800 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Maokai as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Maokai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali often accumulates much more CS compared to Maokai. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Akali versus Maokai build include Banshee's Veil, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Maokai than with most other common builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 45.8% when countering Maokai with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Maokai as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Akali vs Maokai face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.

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