Akali vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Akali
based on 6,331 Akali vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Akali vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Akali vs. Vi matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champs. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vi..
Akali normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Vi
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Who is Better, Akali or Vi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Vias 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Vi matchups, Vi 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 late stage team fights.
Akali is a trash counter to Vi. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akali against Vi.
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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 Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali often gets much more CS as Vi. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Akali versus Vi build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Vi than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 46.0% when playing against Vi with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Vi as Akali, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Vi clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.0% win rate overall.
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