Akali vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Akali
based on 2,387 Akali vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Zeri
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 Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several significant Akali versus Zeri counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zeri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zeri..
Akali typically has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Zeri. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Zeri
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Who is Better, Akali or Zeri?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a good counter for Zeri.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Zeri, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Zerias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zeri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Zeri matchups, Akali is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akali is a decent counter for Zeri. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Zeri during both the lane 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 suggestions displayed above, 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 as Zeri. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Akali versus Zeri build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Zeri than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Zeri with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Zeri as Akali, you 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 runes players picked for Akali vs Zeri counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.2% winrate overall.
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