Akali

LH2RN2P2·8/22/2019, 3:30:58 PM·12 votes·5,562 views

Can Riot please nerf or revert this POS champion already? Nobody likes her. Nobody likes playing against Akali in lane. Nobody likes playing against a fed Akali. NOBODY likes her shroud mechanic, nor her constant Q+AA poke in lane. It's terrible gameplay design and needs to be either nerfed into the ground or just completely reverted. I think most people can agree that old Akali is way less cancerous than this tumor of a champion is today. Despite the nerfs Riot has given her to her Q, which really isn't enough, she's still disgusting, mostly at high elo but the fact is that she doesn't take enough skill to make her trades as good as they are at a consistent level. Please just revert her until a different rework team can actually rework her properly.

41 Comments

Dabrick018/22/2019, 5:36:40 PM10 votes

This kit hasn't always been successful balance-wise, but kit and thematic wise this is one of the best they've done so far. Like it or not, she delivers on exactly what she was promised and doesn't do shit if you know how to play against her.

I feel like the mongrels that complain about champs have no idea that other champs are intrinsically the same way. You have to understand what they do so that you can understand the ways to counter them. Then you have to practice countering them yourself by employing those weaknesses. Sometimes, you have to communicate with your JG to effectively gank her by timing her cooldowns and letting her push. Or just play passive and punish and counter her roams and facilitate your own roams.

For OP specifically: IDK why the fuck your match history looks like you just quit 3 games after 1 death, but I wouldn't do that. I'm not trying to get dirt on you or anything, I was just seeing if there were some tips I could offer. Irelia vs Akali is a skill matchup, so then if you are losing that, then you have less skill. Either get better on Irelia or pick a counter pick.

The mentality of "I don't want to learn how to play against the champ or pick a counter! I just want them gutted!" is such a shitty mentality to have. While she might be overtuned on the numbers side, her kit is always something you can play against. You just need to spend time learning how to do it. Or ban it if that is way too hard.

TLDR; Stop rage quitting and get gud.

MagicTale20008/22/2019, 4:46:36 PM4 votes

She might use nerfs for her utility/slipperiness.

Otherwise she is pretty much counterable. I don't understand. Do you want to be able to counter her with any champion given?

Many champions have true vision. Let me count you some:

Rengar R Twisted Fate R Karma W LeBlanc E Caitlyn W/R Kai'Sa W Lulu E Lee Sin E And so on.

She is pretty easy to shut down with true vision, especially early game.

And yeah, if you don't pick something safe such as an Anivia or Jayce, then you'll get countered.

Or you can just counter the enemy laner by keeping your champion pool wide :)

You should should also freeze the lane if you can.

Have a nice day

Divin1ty8/22/2019, 3:48:36 PM3 votes

B-B-But she is Melee, you can easily punish her! Especially her Q-AA Combo has a lot of Counterplay!

Wait...She is played Toplane..let us not give a shit until a few months in to gain Data. Was fine with Riven (and her ''''''nerfs''''''), Viktor, Kennen, Gnar. They don't need treatment, as long as they just abuse Toplaners. :)

The thigh guy8/22/2019, 6:35:07 PM3 votes

Akali is a failure. Just like everything ct touches. Sure she’s fun to play I guess. But ANYTHING that broken out it’s ass is going to be fun to play.

Laçez8/22/2019, 6:33:53 PM3 votes

no to excuse this Akali but I think old Akali is a lot more cancerous personally

Jimmy Rustles8/22/2019, 3:37:11 PM2 votes

Akali was a badly designed champ before and after rework

They should of actually reworked her instead of saving nearly the entire kit

Troll Slaiyer8/22/2019, 5:07:55 PM2 votes

she actually was not as badly designed before the rework. she was clearly weak pre 6. the new one isnt

5or6stores8/22/2019, 4:46:06 PM1 votes

So many champs nobody likes to play against anyway. At least Akali is fun to play, and takes a few braincells, unlike Malzahar or Nasus. They're already nerfing her though.

preternatural8/22/2019, 4:02:37 PM1 votes

she is not gonna get reverted, she's made too much good money for that. but hey maybe these nerfs are the one.

Dorans Pants8/22/2019, 7:45:08 PM1 votes

akali "balanced" or not, will never reach a point where the large majority of the player base
( everyone who doesn´t main her ) won´t hate her. She just ticks all the boxes for things players hate in league.

getting poked from safety like pokemages do ---> check
getting bursted in an instant like burstmages and assassins do ---> check
having stasis effects like fizz and vlad have ---> check
being impossible to catch like most assassins are ---> check
having enough tools to catch others ---> check
sustain ---> check
stealth ---> check

the only things she is missing is a revive-, invincibility-, and suppress mechanic and she would combine nearly every single mechanic most people can´t stand in one champ. Bear in mind that a single annoying mechanic is enough to make a champ hated, take malz for example. Expecting that a champ like akali, who is just a clusterfuck of infuriating mechanics, would be welcomed and accepted because of a few numbers changes is beyond me.

SiG DxD8/22/2019, 7:57:16 PM1 votes

horrible rework

cant ever be balanced

CrazyMonkey23078/22/2019, 9:57:48 PM1 votes

I love Akali pls don't you nerf her.!!

Hot LeBlanc Yuri8/22/2019, 10:36:57 PM1 votes

miss the old akali

Darkdemon6538/23/2019, 12:21:15 AM1 votes

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nor her constant Q+AA poke in lane.

To be fair, that's what she did before her rework (though I suppose it was less constant and more punishable).

I do agree that the old Akali was a lot better than the new Akali.

Weiss Guertena8/23/2019, 12:26:10 AM1 votes

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I think most people can agree that old Akali is way less cancerous than this tumor of a champion is today.

Let's agree to disagree. New Akali isn't perfect, but at least she has some counterplay. Old one had 100% of her damage being point and click, which combined with 3 dashes which used to reset on takedown and sustain means that there was no counterplay. She just stat checked whoever was in range and that someone either died if her stats were enough or she died if they weren't.

coolelf8/23/2019, 8:59:32 PM1 votes

Lol ur just bad at the matchup, I never lose to akali, btw ur plat relax and stop acting like you know what you are talking about. I understand it's hard to learn when you are losing Lane to something you don't understand but please don't come to the forms to cry about it. Akali is much harder to play than any of the rage inducing champs you play( I checked) seeing as you do not understand that I am guessing that you are just venting the frustration at not understanding anything about the champion. TL;DR Stop complaining and learn Btw she IS very fun to play and having people like you to piss of makes it all the better.

chipndip18/23/2019, 11:15:56 PM1 votes

We're acting like Akali's ever had a win rate above 50% anywhere under Diamond.