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Akali with Ahri

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How to Synergize Akali and Ahri

based on 1,182 Akali with Ahri pairs
Win Rate
44.6 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
0.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Akali has been on the same team as Ahri in 1182 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the developers of League, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, usable builds to help Akali synergize with Ahri. It is very rare for Akali to play with Ahri as allies. This has only happened in approx. 0.5% of games with Akali.

Akali Ahri Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Akali does a terrible job of playing alongside Ahri. On average, she wins a lowly 44.6% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Akali when fighting on the same team as Ahri by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassVoid StaffHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerteleport summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Ahri

Tips for Playing as Akali with Ahri

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Understand How Ahri Will Play

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Akali Ahri Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
44.6 %
VS
Win Rate
55.4 %
Ahri Image
8.4
< Kills >
9
6.3
< Deaths >
6
4.7
< Assists >
5.1
1.89
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
154
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,544
< Physical Damage >
1,335
21,405
< Magic Damage >
21,516
772
< True Damage >
759
23,722
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
27,797
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,578
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.57
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,516
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,726
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
81
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Ahri as Akali in LoL

The Akali Ahri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ahri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ahri. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ahri helps Akali perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Akali tries to synergize with Ahri, she observes a small increase in her complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Ahri provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Ahri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Ahri. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Ahri.

Additionally, when Akali plays with Ahri on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Ahri does a poor job of protecting Akali in team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Ahri

Is Akali better when played alongside Ahri?

There is no ideal ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her top synergy. Yet, Ahri is a terrible companion for Akali. By being on the same team as Akali, she drops their win rate by -4.5% to 44.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Akali and Ahri that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Ahri has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Ahri comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Akali and Ahri together, you may not be granting your other allies very much protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in their potential.

Regardless of your Ahri ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Ahri Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Ahri, we analyzed 1,182 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Ahri comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to work well with Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to use in your Akali and Ahri synergy build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Ahri than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 44.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Ahri with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.6% winrate overall.

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