Akali with Yasuo
How to Synergize Akali and Yasuo
based on 6,902 Akali with Yasuo pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Yasuo Synergy Summary
Best Akali vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Akali with Yasuo
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 Yasuo Will Play
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
Akali Yasuo Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yasuo as Akali in LoL
The Akali Yasuo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yasuo, 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 Yasuo. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Yasuo helps Akali perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Akali plays on the same team as Yasuo, she gets a little increase in her total damage output. This change may signal that Yasuo provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played alongside Yasuo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Yasuo.
Moreover, when Akali plays with Yasuo on the same team, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Yasuo does a decent job of protecting Akali in teamfights.
Synergies between Akali and Yasuo
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Is Akali better when played alongside Yasuo?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Akali that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. Yet, Yasuo is a very typical ally for Akali. By locking into the same team as Akali, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Akali and Yasuo that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Yasuo has a greater difficulty than Akali. That means Akali players need to be cautious when enlisting Yasuo teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Akali players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Akali and Yasuo together, you will not be providing your other allies enough support. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Yasuo ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to pair well with Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to prioritize in your Akali and Yasuo synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Yasuo than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Yasuo with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Akali players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Yasuo with Akali are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.