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Akali with Kayle

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How to Synergize Akali and Kayle

based on 4,864 Akali with Kayle pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Akali has fought alongside Kayle in 4864 recent, ranked games. By pooling so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Akali synergize with Kayle. It is relatively rare for Akali to play with Kayle on the same team. This has only happened in about 2.1% of games with Akali.

Akali Kayle Synergy Summary

Akali does a average job of playing alongside Kayle. Typically, she wins an acceptable 50.4% of rounds the champs try and work together in. If you want to play better as Akali when fighting on the same team as Kayle by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAether Wisp

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Lich BaneVoid StaffZhonya's HourglassHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash 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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Kayle

Tips for Playing as Akali with Kayle

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 Kayle Will Play

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Akali Kayle Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Kayle Image
8.8
< Kills >
9
6.1
< Deaths >
6
5.1
< Assists >
5.1
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
150
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.32
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,301
< Physical Damage >
1,335
20,666
< Magic Damage >
21,516
745
< True Damage >
759
22,712
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
26,789
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,507
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.32
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,186
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,218
< Experience >
14,415
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
68
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Kayle as Akali in LoL

The Akali Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kayle. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayle helps Akali perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akali is paired with Kayle, she observes a small decrease in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Kayle does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played with Kayle on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Kayle.

Moreover, when Akali plays with Kayle on the same team, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kayle does a decent job of protecting Akali in team fights.

Synergies between Akali and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Kayle

Is Akali better when played alongside Kayle?

There is no ideal synergy for Akali that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. However, Kayle is a decent teammate for Akali. By playing on the same side as Akali, she increases their win rate by 1.3% to 50.4%. This demonstrates that there is a good bond between Akali and Kayle that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Kayle has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Kayle comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Akali and Kayle together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of your Kayle ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Kayle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Kayle, we analyzed 4,864 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 Kayle 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

If you would like to truly master Akali to work well with Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to use in your Akali and Kayle synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Kayle with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.

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