Galio vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Galio
based on 8,252 Galio vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Galio vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Galio vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Galio
Tips for Playing as Galio against Akali
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Galio in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several critical Galio vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Galio’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Galio may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Galio usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Galio and Akali
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Who is Better, Galio or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Galio usually wins when taking on Akali, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Galio makes a great counter to Akali.
While Galio does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Galio also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Galio into Akali.
Additionally, Galio has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Galio vs Akali matchups, Galio is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Galio is a great counter to Akali. Focus your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Galio against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Galio 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Galio most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Galio versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Galio incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Akali with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Akali as Galio, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Galio vs Akali clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
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