Elise vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Elise
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Elise vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Akali
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
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.
Elise vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Elise in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several significant Elise against Akali counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Elise typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Akali
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Who is Better, Elise or Akali?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akali, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Elise makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Elise does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Elise into Akalias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Akali matchups, Elise is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Elise is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Elise against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Elise to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise usually gets a lot less CS relative to Akali. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Elise versus Akali build include Night Harvester, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Elise combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Akali than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Elise had an average win rate of 50.7% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Akali as Elise, Elise players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Elise vs Akali battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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