Rek'Sai vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Rek'Sai
based on 1,214 Rek'Sai vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Akali
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some influential Rek'Sai versus Akali matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Rek'Sai typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Akali
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a good counter for Akali.
While Rek'Sai does have a higher win rate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Akali.
Moreover, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Akali matchups, Rek'Sai is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai typically racks up a lot less CS as Akali. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Akali build consist of Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Rek'Sai used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Akali than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Akali with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Akali as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Akali fights, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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