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Elise vs Akali

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How to Beat Akali as Elise

based on 1,584 Elise vs Akali matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Akali as Elise resulted from an examination of 1584 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This particular matchup is relatively uncommon. Elise encounters Akali in only 5.8% of her games.

Elise vs Akali Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Elise does a below average job of beating Akali. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.4% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Elise against Akali rounds, Elise’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Akali.

Best Elise vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHextech Alternator

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffBanshee's VeilLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
>
Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionTriumphCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Akali as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Akali

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

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.

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.

Elise vs Akali Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
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7.1
< Kills >
9.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6
7.4
< Assists >
5.1
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
2.01
31
< Minions Killed >
156
1.28
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,259
< Physical Damage >
1,298
16,201
< Magic Damage >
21,691
1,376
< True Damage >
718
18,837
< Damage Dealt >
23,708
29,343
< Damage Taken >
26,400
11,360
< Gold Earned >
11,842
1.38
< Towers >
1.57
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,728
< Total Healing >
3,255
12,770
< Experience >
14,330
24
< Vision Score >
17
7
< Wards Placed >
8
171
< Time Dealing CC >
74

How to Counter Akali with Elise in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Elise versus Akali matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali..

Elise usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Elise and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Akali

Who is Better, Elise or Akali?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when trying to fight Akali, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a bad counter to Akali.

While Elise does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Elise also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Elise into Akalias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Elise vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Elise is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Akali.

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise vs Akali Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akali as Elise, we analyzed 1,584 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Akali as Elise comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Elise to counter Akali during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise often accumulates a lot less CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Elise versus Akali build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better versus Akali than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Akali with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Akali as Elise, Elise players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Elise vs Akali fights, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.

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