Akali vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Akali
based on 4,740 Akali vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Akali vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Akali versus Syndra matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between these two champs. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Syndra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra..
Akali normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Syndra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Syndra
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Who is Better, Akali or Syndra?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually wins when taking on Syndra, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a good counter to Syndra.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Syndra, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Syndraas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Syndra matchups, Akali is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Akali is a decent counter to Syndra. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akali against Syndra.
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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 Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Syndra. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akali versus Syndra build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Shadowflame. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Syndra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Syndra with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Syndra as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Akali vs Syndra fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Syndra as Akali are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.