So what exactly am I supposed be doing vs. Akali?

AstroFerrari ·Aug 24, 2018·2 votes·1,083 views

Laning against her is extremely binary due to heals and her stealth. Picked up Merc treads early and was still essentially one shotted at level 7. You can kind of poke her if you're long range or can still some how damage while being outside her kill zone. But playing duelists or non-tanky champions is just asking to give yourself a headache. She'll just freeze and her and her jungler will feast on you.

No one in the development cycle thought that stealth wasn't going to be problematic?

7 Comments

UnboundHadesAug 24, 20182 votes

Why are you getting merc treads into someone with 1 short stun on r rather than getting an actual Mr item like banshees or maw

AstroFerrari Aug 24, 20181 votes

Her team was full of CC users and I was playing Fiora with resolve so I had freedom to just go for my usual build path.

420 gramsAug 24, 20181 votes

You can watch them have fun trying to make their play on you with multiple forms of mobilty

No flash no lifeAug 24, 20181 votes

go galio/ekko, spam the q to shove wave and roam elsewhere, or just laugh under your tower. If she roams, catch up to her if you're ekko, or if you're galio just ult and w and watch your team kill her.

SirsirAug 24, 20181 votes

I mean its not that different than it used to be. Just now she has a slightly easier time prepping a wave clear.

Same thing with any safe laner, shove and roam.

IllabetheAug 25, 20181 votes

It's extremely different.

Her three dash system can let her actually outrun a Pyke. She moves a LOT faster than she used to, and generally when learned to be played now absolutely needs a team to shut down. Solo she almost guarantees kills now, and usually.... without even using half her kit. Just E > E > Auto > Q is usually enough to kill now. R is just ...... I'm either going to overkill you, OR.... I'm going to put 2000 range between us. Neither is an actual good thing in a duel.

I don't think her skill cap is nearly as high as it was meant to be, yet she still has the output she was supposed to have as compensation for being complicated.

I can kill her when my team burns some of her Energy. But in lane..... she's a bigger nightmare than Zoe EVER was. And I certainly never complained about Zoe, so that should tell you something.

SirsirAug 25, 20181 votes

We're talking about her lane experience. Play safe, farm at range, use shroud if you have to and sustain.

I knew looking at her new kit she was going to be unkillable in the right hands. At least she has to kinda work for her kills now tho.