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Taliyah with Akali

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How to Synergize Taliyah and Akali

based on 1,063 Taliyah with Akali pairs
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Taliyah has gone into battle with Akali in 1063 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data from the creators of League, we are completely sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Taliyah play with Akali. It is relatively rare for Taliyah to play alongside Akali on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 2.5% of rounds with Taliyah.

Taliyah Akali Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah has done a awful job of playing alongside Akali. Normally, she wins a dismal 45.0% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Taliyah when fighting on the same team as Akali by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taliyah vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Taliyah and Akali

Tips for Playing as Taliyah with Akali

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play

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.

Taliyah Akali Synergy Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
Akali Image
5.8
< Kills >
6.1
6.8
< Deaths >
6.5
9.1
< Assists >
8.5
1.34
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
77
< Minions Killed >
124
0.89
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.43
742
< Physical Damage >
779
19,610
< Magic Damage >
20,979
1,384
< True Damage >
1,125
21,737
< Damage Dealt >
22,884
22,902
< Damage Taken >
21,412
12,026
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.44
< Towers >
1.68
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
6,247
< Total Healing >
4,379
13,781
< Experience >
14,292
26
< Vision Score >
23
9
< Wards Placed >
9
607
< Time Dealing CC >
552

How to Play with Akali as Taliyah in LoL

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

Overall, Taliyah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akali helps Taliyah perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Taliyah is paired with Akali, she observes a little drop in her full damage output. This change may indicate that Akali does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Taliyah is played with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Akali.

Additionally, when Taliyah plays with Akali on the same side, she often takes more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Taliyah in team fights.

Synergies between Taliyah and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taliyah
Akali

Is Taliyah better when played alongside Akali?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Taliyah that will always be her top ally. However, Akali is a terrible companion for Taliyah. By being on the same side as Taliyah, she drops their win rate by -3.8% to 45.0%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Taliyah and Akali that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Akali has a greater difficulty than Taliyah. That means you must be cautious when arranging Akali teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

Working alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Taliyah and Akali together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough AD. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah Akali Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taliyah and Akali, we analyzed 1,063 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 Taliyah with Akali 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 Taliyah in order to work well with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to have in your Taliyah and Akali synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Akali than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 45.0% when playing alongside Akali with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Taliyah players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.0% winrate overall.

If you want to view Taliyah and Akali collaboration tips and stats for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and tips and suggestions given are computed using all rounds finished with these champions.