Hecarim vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Hecarim
based on 5,516 Hecarim vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Akali
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Hecarim against Akali counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Hecarim typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Akali
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Akali.
Additionally, Hecarim has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Akali matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Hecarim is a decent counter to Akali. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hecarim against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Akali. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Hecarim versus Akali build include Spear of Shojin, Eclipse, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Akali than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Akali as Hecarim, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Hecarim vs Akali counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.
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