Swain great pick against reworked Akali (Counter?)

TorontoWinzDaCup··1 votes·2,303 views

Swain Akali

As the new Akali rework was released i got plenty of chances to face off against her with my main, Swain. From those matchups i can honestly say Swain's kit compliments him nicely when facing the reworked Akali. Swains E allows him to play a ranged game, to the point where Akali cant get in range to land her Q and use her passive without sustaining damage. Swains W then works against Akalis smoke screen, when she deploys her W you can simply take up most of the smoke with the sheer size of Swains own W, either forcing her to come out of invisibility, or zoning her to a certain part of the smoke so you can locate/harass her, also not to mention the slow from the W works wonders. Swains Q also somewhat counters Akalis smoke screen as the width of the Q allows for easy poke even while she is invisible. Lastly, Swain's ult of course, stops Akali from delivering her burst damage. Overall, from my experience of playing swain, and what I learned playing against the new Akali, I can say Swain gives her a very hard time.

Swain Akali

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Drago3262 votes

Swain can win easily if he times his e when she lands hers, because if she uses her e, you can throw yours in front of yourself and root her.

Also good to mention, his W will not reveal her in shroud omegalul xd so baiting that is crucial. Don't try to like, 1v1 her full hp, you'll lose hard.. ive experienced it xD

TorontoWinzDaCup1 votes

The W doesnt reveal her vision wise, but you can see if the W lands on her, which will tell you where she is located in the smoke screen, and if it misses and shes still in her W, then obviously the last place left for her to be is on the side that didnt hit her with the W. As for 1v1, Swain isnt really strong at burst unless he is fed/ahead in farm, making good trades and prolonged fights is what he excels at, rooting with your E and using Q and AA to harass and chunk her down, so you wouldn't have to worry about that. I think if 2 people who have equal game knowledge have a Swain and Akali mathcup, Swains kit gives him a better opportunity to control the lane.

CauseSCIENCE2 votes

As a half decent swain main i can say that yes he does counter new akali if played right (i had a game where i went 16/0/8 against one, though they could have just been a noob)

5050BS2 votes

Illaoi is also a good counter to her top and mid.

You cant attack her in shroud but you can attack the spirit and every time it takes damage she becomes visible for a moment

Muxxik1 votes

I mained old akali and have quite a bit of experience with new Akali. I'll play that matchup 1v1 if you ever want to test it out.

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