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How to Win Akali vs Maokai Counter MatchupAkali is in the b tier of champions

Akali vs Maokai

How to Beat Maokai as Akali in LoLAkali is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Maokai as Akali

based on 2,159 Akali vs Maokai matchups
Win Rate
44.6 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our data, Akali faced Maokai 2159 times. Having so many games with Akali versus Maokai provides us confidence in our ability to provide useful data and a recommended build to defeat Maokai. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Akali fights Maokai in only 2.9% of her rounds.

Akali vs Maokai Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a pathetic job of beating Maokai. Normally, she wins a lowly 44.6% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Akali versus Maokai matches, Akali’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Maokai.

Best Akali vs Maokai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassStatikk Shiv

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
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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W
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Q
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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

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

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.

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
44.6 %
VS
Win Rate
55.4 %
Maokai Image
7.8
< Kills >
3.5
5.7
< Deaths >
5.4
4.9
< Assists >
11.5
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
0.76
147
< Minions Killed >
50
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.71
0.28
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,430
< Physical Damage >
1,650
19,102
< Magic Damage >
13,790
843
< True Damage >
1,106
21,375
< Damage Dealt >
16,547
26,577
< Damage Taken >
30,747
11,015
< Gold Earned >
9,832
1.21
< Towers >
1.38
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
3,266
< Total Healing >
12,785
13,719
< Experience >
12,213
18
< Vision Score >
30
8
< Wards Placed >
11
59
< Time Dealing CC >
467

How to Counter Maokai with Akali in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several critical Akali against Maokai counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Maokai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Maokai. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Akali normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Maokai. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

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 of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Maokai, with a 44.6% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a poor counter for Maokai.

While Akali does have a much lower win rate than Maokai, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. 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 also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Maokai. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Akali is a bad counter for Maokai. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold 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 2,159 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 truly master Akali in order to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali usually picks up more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Akali versus Maokai build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Akali bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 44.6% when playing against Maokai with this build.

To have the best probability of crushing Maokai as Akali, Akali players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Akali vs Maokai face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.6% win rate overall.

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