Draven vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Draven
based on 6,954 Draven vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Akali
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Win Against Akali
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.
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.
Draven vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Draven in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Draven against Akali counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Draven normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Draven and Akali
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Who is Better, Draven or Akali?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akali, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Draven makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Draven does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Draven into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Draven also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Akali matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Draven is a decent counter to Akali. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Draven against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Draven to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Draven versus Akali build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Hubris. When Draven combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Akali than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Draven had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Akali as Draven, Draven players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Draven vs Akali face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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