Lissandra vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Lissandra
based on 3,250 Lissandra vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Akali
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Lissandra in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several strategic Lissandra versus Akali counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Lissandra normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Akali. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Akali
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Akali?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a good counter for Akali.
While Lissandra does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Lissandra also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Akali.
Additionally, Lissandra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Akali matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lissandra against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lissandra in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, 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 situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Akali build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Lissandra included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Akali than with many other common item sets. In fact, Lissandra boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Akali as Lissandra, Lissandra players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Lissandra vs Akali fights, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% winrate overall.
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