Akali's ultimate dash speed reduced since v5.9
Akali's Ultimate Missile Speed Post-patch v5.2 - Pre-patch v5.9: https://youtu.be/fXEkPQ70SeA?t=8m55s
Akali's Ultimate Missile Speed Post-patch v5.9: https://youtu.be/fDr4lAINpMY?t=8m43s
A challenger player that plays Akali has mentioned this as well: https://youtu.be/uFDt1JVO9KU?t=15m16s
In Patch v5.9, the introduction of the strike-through on her ultimate reduced the missile speed of the dash.
As shown in the first video, the missile speed reduction is clearly obvious:
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Pre-patch v5.9 the dash speed is pretty much instant.
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Whereas post-patch v5.9 Akali takes her sweet-ass time gliding through the air when she is dashing.
A slower dash locks out player input during flight since the time it takes to complete the dash animation has been extended due to the strike-through. This indirectly nerfs the time it takes for the damage to be applied to the target and spellvamp received from the applied damage. Therefore it made her more clunkier to play, which she doesn't need since her v5.2 nerfs.
If Akali needs help, this is the best way to improve her by fixing a change that Riot gave to her without giving her more raw power. Since Akali is a squishy melee, she needs to be able to apply her damage quickly before she gets CC'd and bursted down in a teamfight. The dash speed pre-patch v5.9 allowed her to do this.
The simple solution to this is to fix the missile speed of Shadow Dance so that it matches the old animation speed pre-patch v5.9.
TLDR: The introduction of the strike-through (Post-patch v5.9) on her ultimate should not reduce the missile speed.
