Proposing an Akali Ult Rework

Tentakill Myself··1 votes·543 views

First off, this is not a q_q thread, but I seriously feel that Akali is in a very unbalanced place in the meta right now, and I know I'm not alone.

She had a 95%+ banrate, and she's had that banrate for a long time now. I know a lot of players are going to comment "OMG JUST BUY A PINK WARD", but her shroud isn't the reason she's unbalanced. It's her ult.

Once she hits level 6, there is little room for an Akali player to make a mistake. Her combo is simple: q -> r -> e -> repeat, shroud when needed. No abilities of hers are skillshots, and it's quite frankly unfair how she can deal massive burst damage to one target, then hop back out or shroud to escape. A pink ward will not do nothing because Akali still gets a speed boost while in the shroud, which even for a split second that could allow her to escape.

I thus propose to you, rito, a very simple yet satisfying change for her ultimate.

Shadow Dance -- 60 Second Cooldown -- No Cost

Akali dashes to a target location, dealing 150/250/350 (+50% AP).

If this dash hits an enemy champion, Akali will stop and mark that champion, being able to dash to them up to 1/2/3 more times within the next 20 seconds. If Akali kills an enemy champion within that time, the cooldown of Shadow Dance will be reset.

This ult will allow a low ELO Akali player to be able to make mistakes, while also adding more decision making to playing the champion, forcing the player to think "Do I use this reset to escape the fight or focus down another person?".

Clarifying: Once landing the dash, you may only dash to the marked champion, but it wont be a skillshot.

Clarifying: Akali can dash through minions, but will stop once hitting a champion.

Hope you liked this idea, best of luck on the fields of justice. Gnar

4 Comments

Kuroi862 votes

she can deal massive burst damage to one target

Lol, maybe once she is fed and ahead by a couple of items, but early on she is going to have to sit in her shroud for her cooldowns to come up before she can go in for that second trade and get the kill.

Jefftiffy1 votes

But then you give her a massive escape tool on a low CD. And that would make her wave clear insane unless you remove its ability to damage minions. Also putting a champ that relies on resets on a long cd ult creates huge issues. 60s for 3 dashes to only one champ is extremely limiting.

TrauserSnake691 votes

I like the idea but he ult isn't her problem. Her problem is that she has ungodly sustain. Doesn't matter if you pink her shroud she will sustain through your damage when ahead. If she didn't get built in sustain on her passive and if she didn't build more sustain then yeah I would be okay with her ult the way it is.

Linkttp1 votes

The recent nerfs have gutted akali but left the sustain untouched honestly it's kinda counter productive considering they lowered her identity which they claim they're promoting. While leaving the real problem untouched. If they undid the current nerfs and simply lowered the sustain ratio she would become completely balanced. She would be able to make plays without having crap tons of sustain to keep her safe. Undo nerfs lower sustain ratio everythings good.

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