has to complete some type of special action to regain energy (ex: 
has to spend energy first to proc his passive, 
has to** spend energy first** and use his mobility to land the same spell twice, 
has to spend energy first on an ability then stop for a second to auto you)
: "hhhppppbbbhhhttt me press w, me full energy and invincible, hhpppbbhhtt"
I've been saying this since launch.
W shouldn't restore Energy, it should cost Energy.
Shift the Energy restore over to her passive so that it's actually meaningful to proc, and it rewards Akali players that actually take the time to dodge in and out of combat, like she's supposed to, instead of rewarding the ones that can press a button.
So at both Q and W max rank, it restores enough energy for 1 base Q, not even empowered Q unless she's already in empower range when she used her first Q....
Do you guys even math?
Assuming Akali level 9, Q costs 80, passive restores 20, W 40, she's at max energy: Q (-80), proc passive (+20), Q again (-80), proc passive again (+20) which leaves her at current 80 energy, E (-30), P (+20), current total, 70, wait 1 sec (+10), Q (-80), P (+20) current total 20, W (+40), wait 2 sec, Q (-80), P (+20), adding in the total action time around 6-8 sec, she has energy for 1 more Q, and if she procs passive again, will still need to wait 4-5 sec to do another Q, no E as it's on cooldown. That's quite a healthy patter and duration, considering at level 9, Zed, Talon, Fizz, LeBlanc, Ekko, Zoe, Lux, Veigar (you get the point) can almost 1 shot in waaaaay less the time without needing to hit every single spell, just 1)
That's assuming she hits every Q, passive pro and her E. She can throw W earlier than I stated, maybe even after the first Q and P to get another empowered Q, but then that leaves her without a followup on chase, as if she uses W too early, one can run.
Now, I know I didn't calculate her ult, as that's a situation where her R isn't considered. Now, here's the question for you stubborn dudes, how much energy should each passive proc restore if you remove the W energy generation? At which which W level is the cost moved to P?
Come on, don't just throw statements, back them up with math, as if you move too much energy on her P, that timer goes waaaaay down, if don't put enough, she can't kill.
This literally how it be :(. I think energy champions in general have an advantage over mana based ones. I feel that every champion should have mana. Especially the recourseless ones.
Shen, look my smoke screen gives me energy!
If you hit it, right?
...what?
You get energy if you land it. That's how it works.
Nah, I get energy just for using it.
...so, what you're telling me is I dash and lose half my energy if I miss...
Yeah...?
...but you get rewarded just for throwing down a smoke bomb?
Yup.
Akali, you do realize our whole theme is balance, right?
Get with the times, old man. It's about being stronger by default now.
Akali, participating in powercreep is evil!
Well, from my point of view enforcing balance is evil!
Well, then you are LOST!
Yeah she'd be better off having it cost no energy, and move energy refunds to her passive procs
That would be fine if her Q didn't cost half of her energy pool. If you want her W to cost energy then you have to lower the cost of her q and increase the energy return on her passive which would make her completely broken. W returning energy is part of her balance budget and makes it so she can't mindlessly spam Q in lane.
Well, that's one of the reasons people consider CT's champs cancerous: they often do things that no other champion can do and they have them for free.
I just want her to be affected by true sight... You know, like every other stealth champion? She shouldn't be allowed to solo tower dive you without taking any turret shots...
I too watched the Hashinshin video.
it's not like she has to spend 100-80 (lvl 1 to 9 lvl up) energy for her main source of dmg and sustain hm ?
lol
