Akali is a Mage nightmare
I know there is already a thread bemoaning her rise to power this early season but I figured I'd add on. M7/M6 alkalis in silver-gold are playing like plat-diamond players against mage matchups in mid lane. She is absolutely unstoppable post-6 her ulti + revolver gives her everything she needs to 1 shot you under turret as you try to respectfully farm.
I think its a bit unbalanced, I myself play her from time to time and have bought skins of hers so I'm not just some hater, she's really fun to play no doubt. But its unfair how strong she is against squishy mages, very hard to outplay. If she's not diving you, you're getting bullied out of farm and she's creating more map pressure with roam. Only mage that might be a problem is brand if he can burst her out faster than she can. Veigar, TF, Taliyah, Annie, all strong mages in meta etc just completely get destroyed. Idk much about how she performs in top but I assume its not as good because you can get tanky enough level 6-8 to not give her the option to dive you.
I hope they don't nerf her too hard because she's not completely broken with a competent team but in solo que she's going to be a monster, if that midlane isn't getting serious help she'll go 20-1, roam bot lane, and end the game in 25min. I think if they don't nerf I'll try to learn to get to plat this season lol.