Gragas vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Gragas
based on 3,955 Gragas vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Akali Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Gragas Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Akali as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Akali
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.
Gragas vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Gragas in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Gragas against Akali counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Gragas normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gragas and Akali
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Gragas or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Gragas does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Gragas also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gragas into Akali.
Moreover, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gragas is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Akali.
Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas
Additional Information for Gragas Players
How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Akali Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Akali during both the lane 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 stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Gragas versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Akali with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Akali as Gragas, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Gragas vs Akali LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akali as Gragas are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.