Akali needs big mechanic changes rather than number buffs and nerfs.

If Riot wants to fix her rather then revert her, then you need to make huge changes to her kit, not just cool down goes down or some shit. Yes, I'd like a temporary buff for now, but seriously she needs changes to everything in her kit, beside her E. Ult and W takes too much power budget. W got nerfed so hard she was bad than somehow they removed the heal at the same patch (9.3) too and now she is gutted.

If they need her to be viable and fun to play than she needs to buffed so much, she'd get a high ban rate.

Passive is so cancerous to play as and against, no one will love it. It's a passive for a bruiser not an assassin, either nerf its radius and nerf its ms too or just god dang remove it with something else.

Or revert her and mini-rework her like Ezreal, most Akali mains will be happy and will still love their champ.

Tl;Dr: Riot needs to mini-rework Akali, because no matter what she needs mechanic changes. Most Akali mains want a revert, at least they could do an Ezreal style rework to old Akali, and it will be successful