Gwen vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Gwen
based on 4,811 Gwen vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Akali
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Gwen in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some valuable Gwen vs. Akali matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the two. Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Gwen typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Akali. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Akali
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Who is Better, Gwen or Akali?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when trying to fight Akali, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes a poor counter for Akali.
While Gwen does have a lower winrate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Gwen into Akali.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Gwen versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Akali than with many other common item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average winrate of 48.4% when countering Akali with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Akali as Gwen, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Gwen vs Akali counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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