How to Win Akali vs Rek'Sai Counter Matchup Akali is in the b tier of champions

Akali vs Rek'Sai

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Akali in LoL Rek'Sai is in the b tier of champions
Assassin
Fighter

How to Beat Rek'Sai as Akali

based on 460 Akali vs Rek'Sai matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each week. Within our dataset, Akali faced Rek'Sai 460 times. Including so many matchups for Akali vs Rek'Sai gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening stats and a recommended build to crush Rek'Sai. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Akali encounters Rek'Sai in only 0.4% of her matches.

Akali vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary

Akali has done a ok job of countering Rek'Sai. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.0% of games the champs battle each other in. In Akali vs Rek'Sai games, Akali’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood against Rek'Sai.

Best Akali vs Rek'Sai Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Optional Items

Rabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level up q
>
Second ability for Akali to level up e
>
Last skill for Akali to max out w

Runes

Precision Conqueror Presence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
Resolve Second WindOvergrowth
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Magic Resist
Akali's passive ability p
Akali q ability q
Akali w ability w
Akali e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Rek'Sai

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 Rek'Sai

When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.

Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.

Akali vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Rek'Sai Image
8.2
< Kills >
7.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6.5
5.3
< Assists >
7.3
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.84
144
< Minions Killed >
30
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.38
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,324
< Physical Damage >
13,853
18,904
< Magic Damage >
101
999
< True Damage >
3,692
21,228
< Damage Dealt >
17,646
26,297
< Damage Taken >
30,785
11,023
< Gold Earned >
11,936
1.29
< Towers >
1.38
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
2,841
< Total Healing >
13,210
13,725
< Experience >
13,090
17
< Vision Score >
21
8
< Wards Placed >
5
58
< Time Dealing CC >
285

How to Counter Rek'Sai with Akali in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Akali against Rek'Sai counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rek'Sai..

Akali often has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Rek'Sai. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and Rek'Sai

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Rek'Sai
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Rek'Sai

Who is Better, Akali or Rek'Sai?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter to Rek'Sai.

While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Rek'Sai, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Akali into Rek'Saias her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Rek'Sai matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Akali is a decent counter to Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Rek'Sai.

Other Champion Matchups Against Akali

Akali Loses Against

Singed Singed 43% winrate Zac Zac 43.6% winrate Malzahar Malzahar 43.9% winrate Zyra Zyra 43.9% winrate

Akali Wins Against

Kalista Kalista 52.9% winrate Corki Corki 52% winrate Nidalee Nidalee 52% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 51.8% winrate

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Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rek'Sai as Akali, we analyzed 460 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 Rek'Sai 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.

Other Useful Resources

Akali Build Rek'Sai Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali on average picks up much more CS compared to Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost 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 Rek'Sai build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Rek'Sai than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Rek'Sai with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Rek'Sai 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. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akali vs Rek'Sai counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rek'Sai as Akali are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.