Akali??

Ultimate Demize·6/22/2016, 2:30:12 AM·5 votes·387 views

So, Akali is definitely my favorite champion to play but she seems weak compared to what she used to be. Besides, I never see anyone ever playing her. Its very rare and thats really lame because she's really awesome. I definitely don't want a full rework on her kit but she needs....something. I think if her q moved a little faster or at least did more damage to minions for pre 6 farming would be nice. I feel like her w uses too much energy and its cooldown is really long and her e feels like its just kinda there and doesn't really do anything, specially early game. So Im just wondering if you guys (riot) have anything in mind for her or at least when she's getting an update. She really needs one. Any update would be awesome.

4 Comments

Great Ozymandius7/5/2016, 7:01:04 PM2 votes

Akali has been nerfed into oblivion because she has a problematic kit. A lot of this is due to the binary nature of her shroud. Early game, before enemies have pink wards, the shroud is quite strong. Late game, the shroud is pretty much worthless because any decent team will plop a pink ward on top of it. In addition, her 'e' is an energy sink that does not synergize with the rest of her kit (after it no longer proc'd her mark of the assassin). This means that she is basically just damage on a point-and-click q, a point-and-click dash, and damage on her dash. This is incredibly difficult to balance, and if she is viable at high elo's then she will be a pub-stomper at low elos.

Her entire kit needs to be reworked. In particular, her shroud cannot be hard countered by pinks and she needs to be forced to utilize her shroud late game. If done correctly, this will allow her damage to be nerfed, allow for more skill and counterplay, and generally make her easier to balance.

Here's a recommendation for how to rework some of Akali's skills:

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/A5uRzwK7-akali-assassin-update-recommendation

Odd Gnome6/22/2016, 2:58:44 AM1 votes

Her killing blow was her Q proc not being popped by her abilities. Auto attacking on a caster assassin such as her really hurts.

Jesus Is My King7/8/2016, 6:16:52 PM1 votes

dude. shes fine where she is now. she legit doesnt need any rework, or any buff or any nerf, you just need to build better

Ultimate Demize12/12/2016, 5:37:20 PM1 votes

Well clearly riot agreed with me since she got a little rework lol