Jarvan IV vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Jarvan IV
based on 3,237 Jarvan IV vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Akali
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Jarvan IV vs. Akali counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Akali
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Akali?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when taking on Akali, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter to Akali.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Akali, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Akali.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Akali build include Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Akali than with many other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Akali with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Akali as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Jarvan IV vs Akali counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akali as Jarvan IV are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.