Her PBE buffs are way off of the mark. This 'buff' simply allows her to run out of energy 3x as fast at max skill ranks. I love the ratio buff, but don't pretend that lowering the cd on a skill that she'll never be able to use effectively because of energy-gating is a buff.
I appreciate you, Riot, for looking at her though, and wish you luck in determining the best buffs for her.
1 second CD looks nice until you realize you don't play her much because energy is worse than mana.
It's low damage, high energy cost, no longer pops the mark, and worst of all, it has a substantial cast time. I think a better buff would be to make it more like Katarina's W by removing the cast time. Akali is all about moving around the battlefield, and the mark proc was the only reason people ever used it. Now that it doesn't proc the mark, it's absolutely useless, and because it stops her from moving, people are encouraged NOT to use it, since it can allow a target to get away. When I played Akali on free week, I never used W at any stage of the game and still did well.
E is basicaly useless now. Since procing the mark is bad for e, then some other use needs to be found. How about adding a slow, a ms boost, or a mr shread to e?
Because there is nothing else to buff without making her flat out stronger. Remember they just nerfed her low counterplay abilities recently, so why would Riot want to buff them back to a problematic state?
It is suppose to be a minor buff. Atleast Akali will now be a good waveclearer with that E change and a better jungler if you like Akali in that role.
This is the same view i had about her E changes... but after thinking about it, at the very least she will clear minion waves quite fast lol.
There is also a change to her ultimate. The E is not all.
why does akali need a buff? shes already a strong pick and popular ban
while the E change look like more than they actually are due energie costs, that ult changes are huge. With the new changes, you will allways be able to follow yout ult with an AA and thus proc the Q. It's so much more convinient to apply your damage, and the lower E cd actually helps in the early lane.
It is to allow her to waveclear like other assassins right now (Zed, Kat, Yas..)
Akali being absent from the League for the past few months has been one of the best things about this season. Let's not ruin it Riot.
