Caitlyn vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Caitlyn
based on 7,962 Caitlyn vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Akali
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Caitlyn vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several valuable Caitlyn vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Caitlyn typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Akali
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Akali?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Akali.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Akali matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Caitlyn versus Akali build include Galeforce, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. When Caitlyn bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Akali as Caitlyn, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Caitlyn vs Akali clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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