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Stop whining about Akali

Pixie Storm·12/27/2018, 4:39:45 PM·7 votes·4,575 views

Isn't there countless other champions who aren't fun to play against?

(remember 90% slow on this guy) (can go from being 0/10 to one shotting your team if he farms enough. (Where's the counterplay to her? Or Pyke's execute.)

I'm not sure if you guys just don't play the game enough to see all the other busted champions who by the way are just as disgusting if not more than Akali but if they're not in your face you can just shrug it off and not make a big deal of it. Not long ago most of you were bitchin' about how Fizz's E mechanic shouldn't be in the game. At another point it was ;s stealth. Wukong got buffed for 2 minutes and everyone cried bloody murder. Adapt and figure out ways to play against her.

Downvote to infinity and beyond it's just unbelievable they touch akali with some changes and nerfs and some of you still aren't happy till she's as butchered as was. (Who got nerfed to oblivion and had to be buffed because she was useless without the power in her kit.)

16 Comments

Hotarµ12/27/2018, 4:47:55 PM2 votes

People have valid criticisms against Akali because True Stealth is an inherently unfun mechanic. Towers used to be a defense, a place to play safely and try to farm up when getting bullied by assassins. Akali removes that fundamental aspect of towers and is generally frustrating to fight against.

As of right now, Akali, Irelia, Jax, and Yasuo are all the most complained about champions but it's not without valid reasoning.

Also:

Or Pyke's execute?

Buy health and/or dodge it. Don't let him start a chain, it's the same as fighting Karthus, Darius, Zed, or any other high damage champion. Keep your guard up, keep your health up, don't get hit by his telegraphed ultimate. There's tons of counter play to Pyke.

Elite4Runner12/27/2018, 5:28:36 PM2 votes

There is ZERO CHANCE of Riot REVERTING Akali. They are already looking into making changes to the way she interacts with her shroud, but a 100% revert is absolutely nonsense to even suggest.

IOffMeta GtOvrIt12/27/2018, 4:54:31 PM1 votes

much of this backlash is also stemming from higher elo players, even professor akali who is probably the most well known akali player besides TF blade has had major issues with the balancing of this champion for some time.

Whether or not their complaints merits a revert is up for debate but riot has put a ton of eggs into this Akali basket and another revert on top of rengar, kog'maw, leblanc, and probably another one or two I may not be thinking of would be a PR nightmare for them. I do believe if more of the higher elo players voice their concerns they'll probably at least look at a more considerable fix

Noor Sakata12/27/2018, 5:03:13 PM1 votes

https://youtu.be/H7WCacMYbKw?t=271 This is why people whining about her Her HP doesn't matter , as long as she has her Shroud , she can do anything in duels , which isn't fun to play against.

ModJikker1/3/2019, 4:03:32 PM1 votes

This thread is better suited for Gameplay rather than Discuss the Boards so I'm going to go ahead and lock it.

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