Lets play "Spot the Weakness": Reworked Akali edition

NA Darklarik··4 votes·1,267 views

So riot likes to say their champs have windows of power and weakness/counterplay CoughBs-mostlycough, some champs show this, likeeee lets sayyy.... Shen for instance isnt all that strong if he misses his E, or Ezreal is more vulnerable during the downtown of his E, Zed has to play with zome prudency if he misses his WQ combo till it comes back up, Aurelion is very exposed if you get into his personal space, Illaoi can be in a very weak position if she doesnt have tentacles nearby, ecs That sort of thing. Sort of.

Basicly a window where you can fight back, be it from lack of mov abilities or CC abilities usually being on Cooldown. Leblanc is a prime example of someone who **doesnt **really have this vs Melee champs who dont have massive dashes. She practically always has either 1 or 2 Chains or Dashes and you really never have a window to fight her in a 1v1 or even reach her, creating frustration situations.

SOooooo who can spot Akali's? **Because i sure cant. **

She has a ranged slow on her Q on a very short CD. Her W and E are both mobility spells/disengage spells that **also **allow her to re-engage, and now, her ult can simply be used as 2 free dashes (like you dont even have to actually hit the first part to gain acess to the second, because you know, Free mobility).

So can anyone see where her window of weakness is? If all 4 of her abilities which are on either short or moderate cooldowns provide either CC, Mobility or total true stealth? I cant see itLeeSin

Well see for sure tomorrow but Im guessing she is going to have paper thin stats and low base, high scalings so she has to purely focus on damage.... otherwise.... [zombie-nunu-bummed] Tons of fun incoming to the rift.

5 Comments

Silly Neeko2 votes

Same weakness as Yi. "Just outplay them. Dont you know how to fight them yet?" "Just cc them"

But she is VERY close range oriented as per usual. She can still be hit by things like hooks and pulls.... and she still has a shimmer when she is hit. Janna would be nice vs her cause ulti = knocked out of stealth and knocked up fairly easy and thus cced. Red trinket likely will still shimmer her and show location still. Plus she has to be able to stay in the smoke screen..... and i know im not the only one who misjudges bushes from time to time.... especially with those wards that are magically on top of the bush rather than in it.

PhearBunny2 votes

These are the type of champions that should never exist. The champions whos only counter play is user error and poor judgement.

Deneviel2 votes

CD are as follow at lvl1 if RIOT didn't chance them after the video

Q 1.5 at all rank W 17 E 16 ( start the CD after the first cast ) R 120 to 60 at lvl 3

You also forgot she got a micro stun on her first R cast Execution Magic dmg on the second R cast that scale with missing HP Heal back when she uses her Q at max energy Deal bonus magic dmg to minion when Q is maxed out ....

Oh also her W don't consume energy but regenerate it

ZackTheWaffleMan1 votes

Pantheon is her weakness. Just stun her before she goes into her cloud.

Salvor Hardın1 votes

I propose the following CD for the W (smoke screen): 120/100/80/60/40

Now we have a window open.

Really, as a jungle it's going to be a nightmare 4 gank.

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