Yasuo/Akali Tips

Meowing Kitty·Dec 1, 2015·2 votes·947 views

I have played both Yasuo and Akali for short bits of time, and i would just like some tips for carrying my team; Also, people keep complaining about Yasuo being op, but can someone give their thoughts on this? Thanks :P

23 Comments

DreadlocksDec 1, 20153 votes

For akali rush Gunblade and Zhonyas in pretty much every game. You cant team fight effectively w.o zhonyas. Play it safe till lvl 6 in most match ups, if you dont feed ur brains out pre 6 you can generally kill most squishies 1v1.

And if you have to fight a diana in lane, get a bucket to catch your tears.

Meowing KittyDec 1, 20151 votes

For akali, i do build gunblade, im good when fed, but they usually shut me down before late game. Any tips? Which lane should i go into for akali pure ap Burst?

DreadlocksDec 2, 20153 votes

She can play mid or top, i think shes been doing better top lane because its usually easier to just farm there. She can then make TP plays at lvl 6, about as effectively as you could roam from mid.

If you get shut down early its probably due to your own positional errors. Start Q, then W, then Q again, this will make last hitting much easier as your lvl 1 E is pretty trash at lvl 3 so its hardly worth getting. If you are dying post 6, and you are still getting shut down, its more often than not you being too aggressive. You can always Q-R-Auto, then disengage for some "poke" damage, and then all in them at 75% hp. Just make sure you get your auto off to proc Q. Akali is a very passive-aggressive champion, if you go in at the wrong time, you will pay for it.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20151 votes

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For akali rush Gunblade and Zhonyas in pretty much every game. You cant team fight effectively w.o zhonyas. Play it safe till lvl 6 in most match ups, if you dont feed ur brains out pre 6 you can generally kill most squishies 1v1.

#1 Disregard this advice

#2 except for the part about rushing gunblade

The item after gunblade is optional, zhonya's and rylais are two of the best picks, however. Good items for her are: gunblade (core), zhonya's (core), rylai's (core), void staff (necessary if they have lots of magic resist), guardian angel (when zhonya's just isn't enough), lich bane + rabadons (don't build lich bane without rabadons, but this is best burst and best sustain), luden's echo (if you are so fed you want to replace boots), randuins omen (they have da best critz), deadman's plate (they have good physical damage, not much crit).

You absolutely need 3 damage items (usually going to be gunblade +rylais'zhonya's, but you could use abyssal scepter as well).

The optimal I am wrecking their face huild is: sorc boots/boots of swiftness (can replace with ludens), gunblade, rylais, zhonya's, lich bane, ranadons.

DreadlocksDec 2, 20152 votes

Disregard this advice? You legit give no reason to. Not to mention you are silver 4, and i have learned from the best akali player in the world lol.

Edit: http://www.lolskill.net/top/highest-lolskillscore?filterChampion=84&filterRealm= Best Akali FL #1 All Regions. You got questions, he's pretty chill he will usually answer them. He also streams occasionally too.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20152 votes

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Disregard this advice? You legit give no reason to. Not to mention you are silver 4, and i have learned from the best akali player in the world lol.

Edit: http://www.lolskill.net/top/highest-lolskillscore?filterChampion=84&filterRealm= Best Akali FL #1 All Regions. You got questions, he's pretty chill he will usually answer them. He also streams occasionally too.

I'm sure you also know faker.

Sure I am silver 4, but that is merely an ad hominem argument that adds nothing to the discussion; disregard the point that I had ~60 ranked games througout seasom 5 and that the majority of them were played in the end of preseason 5. Also dosregard that the additional 40 games I put in were in preseason 6.

You need to itemize akali (or any champion) based on what you need. It is true that without Zhonya's it will be difficult to teamfight, but at the same time, YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO RUSH THE SAME TWO ITEMS. Items are situational. You build around your opponents. There are cases where you're better off getting an abyssal scepter or a rylais. Heck there are even cases where rushing a void staff after gunblade is the best option.

You're not giving advice that will allow a player to grow. You're offering advice that tells people to do exactly one thing, so if anything else happens they can't react to it.

A zhonya's rush after gunblade does not necessarily win you teamfights, nor does it always help. And plus, gunblade+zhonya's isn't how you tell someone to build, you need to help them out with the rest of the build.

And there's also another thing, the best akali player you refer to may be able to build her that way all the time because he is skilled enough with akali to always get away with that build order. There is no guarantee OP will find the zhonya's rush useful.

Taking, for example, a rylai's instead of zhonya's as your second item makes you stickier, and considering that you should be getting these items before 15 minutes, teamfighting shouldn't have started yet. Additionally, the 90 second cooldown of zhonya's is ok short to be universally up early game, where death timers are so short and there is no feasible way to have it up at every team fight.

You're correct in that oftentimes zhonya's is the best second item, but that doesn't mean it is ALWAYS the best second item.

Meowing KittyDec 3, 20151 votes

Thanks wow that was a really long response :P il keep both of your advices :D

Pierce The VealDec 3, 20151 votes

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Thanks wow that was a really long response :P il keep both of your advices :D

Yeah :P You're welcome haha.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20151 votes

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Disregard this advice? You legit give no reason to. Not to mention you are silver 4, and i have learned from the best akali player in the world lol.

Edit: http://www.lolskill.net/top/highest-lolskillscore?filterChampion=84&filterRealm= Best Akali FL #1 All Regions. You got questions, he's pretty chill he will usually answer them. He also streams occasionally too.

I'm sure you also know faker.

You're not giving advice that will allow a player to grow. You're offering advice that tells people to do exactly one thing, so if anything else happens they can't react to it.

You're correct in that oftentimes zhonya's is the best second item, but that doesn't mean it is ALWAYS the best second item.

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Disregard this advice? You legit give no reason to. Not to mention you are silver 4, and i have learned from the best akali player in the world lol.

Edit: http://www.lolskill.net/top/highest-lolskillscore?filterChampion=84&filterRealm= Best Akali FL #1 All Regions. You got questions, he's pretty chill he will usually answer them. He also streams occasionally too.

Btw, do you know someone named vApexPredator?

DreadlocksDec 2, 20151 votes

No i don't know vApexPredator.

And you're right, absolutes are things to be careful about using. So I will elaborate on what i mean: Rush item 3146 item 3157 in literally 95% of your games. They are the 2 most important items on Akali in 95% of all situations. I'm not going to argue with you, these are facts, you just need to accept them man.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20151 votes

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No i don't know vApexPredator.

And you're right, absolutes are things to be careful about using. So I will elaborate on what i mean: Rush in literally 95% of your games. They are the 2 most important items on Akali in 95% of all situations. I'm not going to argue with you, these are facts, you just need to accept them man.

That I can agree with. There are other playstyles akali can use, but since OP wants to go AP burst, hextech + zhonya's into a ton of AP is usually the best way to go (though there are times when rylais is preferred over zhonya's, those games are only occasionally, when you prefer sticking to someone and the enemy team isn't trying to go for teamfights.)

DreadlocksDec 2, 20151 votes

Sure other builds work, but these 2 are the best. I personally like going ludens after gunblade for shits and giggles because of how much dmg she can do. And in really tough match ups i even like to get a hexdrinker. Akali like all other champs are flexible, but not nearly as much as others. If you want the best results, those are the 2 items to rush.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20151 votes

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Sure other builds work, but these 2 are the best. I personally like going ludens after gunblade for shits and giggles because of how much dmg she can do. And in really tough match ups i even like to get a hexdrinker. Akali like all other champs are flexible, but not nearly as much as others. If you want the best results, those are the 2 items to rush.

Ludens is a shits and giggles item on basically everyone who builds it now. It's not cost efficient enough to be worth building it on anymore who can't constantly proc it. Akali can proc it often, but not often enough to make it a really good item on her.

DreadlocksDec 2, 20151 votes

yeah fosho item 3146 item 3157 item 3020 item 3135 item 3089 item 3116 Is prob my fav build.

Pierce The VealDec 2, 20151 votes

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yeah fosho Is prob my fav build.

I find lich bane to be ridiculous on her. So I sometimes substitute it in for either the void staff or the rylai's. This is mainly because of the changes to Gunblade, 15% of all damage includes the lich bane bonus damage lol. On a regular q proc with lich bane I do upwards of 1000 damage.

Sorc boots is good, but I also find boots of swiftness to be awesome on her for the cheap roaming potential.

DreadlocksDec 3, 20151 votes

If i dont get sorcs its mercs :P

Pierce The VealDec 3, 20151 votes

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If i dont get sorcs its mercs :P

Ever try ninja tabi randuins when they have more than one crit champion, and at least one of them is fed? Doesn't help her burst, but she sure doesn't get deleted, and she doesn't mind the randuins active :D

(Though I still like glass cannon better)

Season 4 I used to more often than not go hextech triforce sunfire. Now sunfire is trash, triforce is a crit item and doesn't give good attack speed (akali scales better than any other champ with attack speed cause highest base attack speed), doesn't give ap, and has less ad, so now that build is rip.

DreadlocksDec 3, 20151 votes

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(akali scales better than any other champ with attack speed cause highest base attack speed)

Wuhhh lol

Poptart EvelynnDec 1, 20152 votes

-Yasuo requires a lot of skill to carry with despite what people complain about. -Akali however is really weak atm due to meta and the fact pinks are 75g. Easily countered.

Yasuo is a hit or miss champ depending on your style. Not everyone can play him. But if you manage to master him then you can carry your teams with him easily for his potential is one of the strongest.

Meowing KittyDec 1, 2015

Thanks :D il start practicing with yasuo. What are pinks?

Spicy RiceDec 2, 20151 votes

Pretty much this, he has a pretty unique plagstyle and take time to learn, as you need to really know when you are strong, and when you are weak

Akali is SO HOTDec 2, 20151 votes

Akali has basically been gutted but if you are good with her you can still make her work. I'm currently updating my guide for the preseason but it's fairly up to date so far. I should be finished with it fairly soon.

http://www.solomid.net/guide/view/134323-akali-build-guide-apc-fighter-by-akali-is-so-hot

I also have a youtube channel with some Akali vids if you wanna check those out as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb6GoqHDdurfsJSNKup8tZA

Meowing KittyDec 3, 20151 votes

Thanks :P il watch it when i get a chance