Yasuo with Akali
How to Synergize Yasuo and Akali
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Yasuo Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Yasuo and Akali
Tips for Playing as Yasuo with Akali
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.
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.
Yasuo Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Yasuo in LoL
The Yasuo Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Yasuo sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Akali helps Yasuo perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Yasuo plays on the same team as Akali, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This change could signal that Akali helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Yasuo is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Moreover, when Yasuo plays with Akali on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of covering Yasuo in teamfights.
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Is Yasuo better when played alongside Akali?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Yasuo that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, overall, Akali is a not very good companion for Yasuo. By locking into the same side as Yasuo, she decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Yasuo and Akali that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Akali has a much lower diffuclty than Yasuo. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Akali allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Yasuo players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Yasuo and Akali together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of crowd control. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Akali ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Yasuo to synergize with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Yasuo and Akali synergy build include Infinity Edge, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Akali than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Akali with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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