Akali vs Sett
How to Beat Sett as Akali
based on 6,814 Akali vs Sett matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Sett Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Sett Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sett as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Sett
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.
Akali vs Sett Counter Stats
How to Counter Sett with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Akali versus Sett matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sett’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sett. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Sett. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Sett
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Who is Better, Akali or Sett?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Sett, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter for Sett.
While Akali does have a lower winrate than Sett, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Settas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sett. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Sett matchups, Sett is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter to Sett. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Sett.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali in order to counter Sett 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sett. 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 well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Akali versus Sett build include Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Sett than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Sett with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Sett as Akali, Akali players should use the Fleet Footwork, 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 builds players picked for Akali vs Sett counters, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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