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How to Win Zeri vs Akali Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Akali

How to Beat Akali as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Akali as Zeri

based on 2,387 Zeri vs Akali matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL matches every week. In our dataset, Zeri engaged Akali 2387 times. Having so many games with Zeri vs Akali provides us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a pro build to crush your opponent. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Zeri is forced to battle against Akali in only 6.1% of their rounds.

Zeri vs Akali Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a poor job of beating Akali. Typically, they wins a acceptable 48.8% of games the champs battle each other in. In Zeri versus Akali rounds, Zeri’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood, implying that they most likely will get first blood versus Akali.

Best Zeri vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalLong Sword

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterExperimental HexplateTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowTerminusPhantom DancerRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
3
Q
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Q
5
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Akali as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Akali Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Akali Image
7.2
< Kills >
8.8
6.1
< Deaths >
6
6.9
< Assists >
5.1
1.67
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
188
< Minions Killed >
156
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.36
14,277
< Physical Damage >
1,333
6,753
< Magic Damage >
21,404
587
< True Damage >
766
21,619
< Damage Dealt >
23,503
23,063
< Damage Taken >
26,872
12,741
< Gold Earned >
11,711
2.29
< Towers >
1.47
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,255
< Total Healing >
3,361
12,919
< Experience >
14,452
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
119
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Counter Akali with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some significant Zeri against Akali matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..

Zeri usually has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Typically, they takes less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Akali

Who is Better, Zeri or Akali?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when trying to fight Akali, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Zeri makes a bad counter to Akali.

While Zeri does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Zeri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zeri into Akali.

Furthermore, Zeri 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri 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 allies during team fights.

Zeri is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Akali.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Akali Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akali as Zeri, we analyzed 2,387 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Akali as Zeri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Zeri Build Akali Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zeri to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Zeri versus Akali build include Bloodthirster, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better when fighting Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Akali with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Akali as Zeri, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Zeri vs Akali matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akali as Zeri are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.