Why should i buy ap on akail?

YuGiHo·8/6/2018, 4:08:56 AM·1 votes·889 views

Her ad ratios on passive and Q better. E is physical damage only with no ap ratio. Ult has + 50% bonus Ad but the ap is only missing hp so building ap just for that seems silly and you have to wait 3 sec till after you cast r1 to be able to cast r2. wave clear is better, objective damage is better because your non empowered auto do damage. Duskblade synergy with shroud is insane. Titanic+Sterag synergy and a wider (and better imo) selection of items that dont all have mana attached.

To me it seems like ad tanky akali does more damage AND has better survivability than the squishy ap alternative so im wondering why even build ap outside of a gunblade? was the purpose of the rework to make her an ad focused champ because with the numbers the way they are that's what she is.

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HP Crookshanks8/6/2018, 4:26:08 AM1 votes

AD items are much better compared to AP ones especially for assassins (item 3147 item 3095 item 3142 ) but most of Akali 's damage is magic damage so she must build magic pen instead of armor pen/lethality so she's forced to build AP.

SwiftKitten888/6/2018, 4:26:54 AM1 votes

oh god item 3812 + item 3146

Akali is SO HOT8/6/2018, 4:36:11 AM1 votes

Bonus AD Ratios are usually higher than the AP Ratios you see on champions because you can get a lot more AP than AD.

Weedlayer8/6/2018, 5:13:41 AM1 votes

There's just no good AD caster itemization for a magic damage dealer like akali.

Lethality items are less useful on her because her ability damage is mostly magic, and armor pen doesn't help that.

Death's dance only heals on physical damage, so the same issue.

If there were items that just gave straight AD and CDR or something that would be great for her, but as it is, she benefits more from AP items with useful passives and actives like hourglass or lich bane.

She has a viable AD bruiser build, but she doesn't do more damage with it, she just is much tankier.