How to Win Akali vs Rengar Counter Matchup Akali is in the b tier of champions

Akali vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Akali in LoL Rengar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Akali

based on 2,659 Akali vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. Within our data, Akali engaged Rengar 2659 times. Including so many matchups for Akali vs Rengar provides us confidence in our capacity to provide informative stats and a pro build to annihilate Rengar. This pairing is relatively rare. Akali fights Rengar in only 2.1% of her rounds.

Akali vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a dismal job of countering Rengar. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.6% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Akali versus Rengar matches, Akali’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Rengar.

Best Akali vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffMorellonomicon

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

Domination Electrocute Sudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Precision Presence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Akali vs Rengar Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Rengar Image
7.9
< Kills >
8.5
6
< Deaths >
6.6
5
< Assists >
6.2
1.81
< Killing Sprees >
1.92
140
< Minions Killed >
54
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.17
0.31
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,391
< Physical Damage >
17,955
18,397
< Magic Damage >
1,595
1,093
< True Damage >
1,495
20,881
< Damage Dealt >
21,045
26,419
< Damage Taken >
30,668
10,919
< Gold Earned >
12,597
1.26
< Towers >
1.76
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
2,399
< Total Healing >
11,203
13,464
< Experience >
13,542
16
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
5
58
< Time Dealing CC >
212

How to Counter Rengar with Akali in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Akali vs. Rengar counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between this pair of champs. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rengar..

Akali normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Rengar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Rengar

Who is Better, Akali or Rengar?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Rengar, with a 47.6% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a poor counter to Rengar.

While Akali does have a lower winrate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Rengaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach 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 Rengar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Akali is a garbage counter to Rengar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Rengar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Akali

Akali Loses Against

Urgot Urgot 44.8% winrate Illaoi Illaoi 45.3% winrate Kog'Maw Kog'Maw 45.9% winrate Swain Swain 46% winrate

Akali Wins Against

Kennen Kennen 54.8% winrate Nidalee Nidalee 54.4% winrate Ryze Ryze 54.1% winrate Elise Elise 53.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master Yi Master Yi + 52.1% 7536 Games Sivir Sivir + 52.1% 12640 Games Amumu Amumu + 52.6% 5499 Games Illaoi Illaoi + 52.9% 2991 Games

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Akali, we analyzed 2,659 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 Rengar 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

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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 Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali often racks up more CS as Rengar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Akali versus Rengar build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Akali bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better versus Rengar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when countering Rengar with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Rengar as Akali, Akali players 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 sets players chose for Akali vs Rengar counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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