New Akali Rework Needs An Immediate Nerf

okamiyasha95··8 votes·7,181 views

I'm tired of this endless cycle of Riot creating new champs and reworking champs that are overpowered on release. Why can't they make the reworked champs and new champs underbalanced and just apply the proper buffs later on? Like, it's already bad enough that the 10 ban system doesn't cover the pool of champions that are a must ban. You ban the reworked champs, you leave an extra slot open for another broken or annoying champ to deal with that you hope you don't have to run into otherwise, you're screwed. You don't ban the reworked champ, the enemy picks them and despite them not knowing the champ, they get fed and there's nothing you can do to stop them from getting fed.

Who on the Riot's Developing team thought it was sane or reasonable to give Akali an ability that doesn't let the turret target her? I mean, why? Why did they say "Let's make it to where her shroud can block out true sight?" It was bad enough that after the pink ward removal and the control ward integration, you couldn't get sight on her. Turrets were the only thing that allowed you to target her or TF's ult when she shrouded. Now , she can just dive you, sit there, and get away scot free or she can dive you, mess up a combo, shorud, and still get away scot free. if she dives you, unless you have a champ that deals a ton of AOE dmg, you can't punish her for being overaggressive.

Despite her getting a buff on her overall damage output, I appreciate her shroud no longer having a gap closer or a get away free card and I appreciate that her healing has been cut down, but blocking true sight? On top of her having some CC? Before, it was tough to deal with her as a bruiser. Just make it even more difficult for the bruiser class than you already have huh?

16 Comments

SoldierZero7 votes

Shroud 100% needs a Nerf in length or remove the tower ignoring, that in itself with such a long invisibility time is rediculous on an assassin too

Shameow1 votes

Its cool down is super long, wait until she uses her shroud then it's an ez takedown

5050BS1 votes

Professor Akali (masters one trick) beat NA number 1 Kat in 1v1 best 2/3

Catski1 votes

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Its cool down is super long, wait until she uses her shroud then it's an ez takedown

the cool down isnt even that long...

SoldierZero6 votes

Why not make yasuo windwall block turrets too while ur at it...

Shameow1 votes

Lmfaoo

okamiyasha951 votes

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Why not make yasuo windwall block turrets too while ur at it...

And block Lux's ult.

5050BS1 votes

It did when he first come out on the PBE

FoxonFire271 votes

U mad? yasou is fkn broken already

Gabresol1 votes

Can't we, for once, wait until people understand how to play her and play against her? I have seen people complain that they cannot 1v1 Aatrox with Irelia on lvl1 posting a video of them running into every Q crit...

From what I have seen, Akali can one-shot a target and then hide in her shroud to get her cds and repeat that. With the dash on her e she is also very mobile and can be impossible to catch.

However. Looking at numbers, her scaling actually sucks. her highest scaling is 14% bonus AD scalinf, but gunblade will most likely the only AD item you will see on her. The rest is just very low scalings with the hihest AP sclaing being 70% on her passive and the excute on her ult (which I would agree on is uncalled for). The reason she is a problem is gunblade. She basicly turns into Nasus (when it comes to sustain in fights) with it and that is why killing her is so diffecult.

I believe the main problem Akali will end up having even after the majority finally understood her, will be her low cds. Her shroud effectivly goes on a 4 sec cd and her e goes to around 6 with cdr.

But even then she is still more healthy than the old akali, who moment when she will back off into her shroud. Sher would just keep dashing keep killing keep healing without stoping util everything is dead.

okamiyasha952 votes

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Can't we, for once, wait until people understand how to play her and play against her? I have seen people complain that they cannot 1v1 Aatrox with Irelia on lvl1 posting a video of them running into every Q crit...

From what I have seen, Akali can one-shot a target and then hide in her shroud to get her cds and repeat that. With the dash on her e she is also very mobile and can be impossible to catch.

However. Looking at numbers, her scaling actually sucks. her highest scaling is 14% bonus AD scalinf, but gunblade will most likely the only AD item you will see on her. The rest is just very low scalings with the hihest AP sclaing being 70% on her passive and the excute on her ult (which I would agree on is uncalled for). The reason she is a problem is gunblade. She basicly turns into Nasus (when it comes to sustain in fights) with it and that is why killing her is so diffecult.

I believe the main problem Akali will end up having even after the majority finally understood her, will be her low cds. Her shroud effectivly goes on a 4 sec cd and her e goes to around 6 with cdr.

But even then she is still more healthy than the old akali, who moment when she will back off into her shroud. Sher would just keep dashing keep killing keep healing without stoping util everything is dead.

The problem with talking about numbers is that it only helps a portion of the problem, but it doesn't fix the majority of the problem. When you focus on numbers, you only deal with the theoretical side of things. The major focus around balancing champs should be actual gameplay. Like, "How does this champ feel when you play them or play against them?" It doesn't matter if Blitz's ult cd is 20 seconds or 50 seconds. What matters is how his ult cd and ult fit with his actual gameplay. He has the lowest cooldown for an ult the last time I checked, but overall, his gameplay is pretty balanced. Same thing with Lux. Therefore, they are fine. I would rather lane against the old Akali any day.

The new Akali doesn't have as much healing, but she does more damage and she has more tools of escape and outplay at her disposal. If the champion is new, then this is only the beginning. Players will learn how to dodge her e but at the same time, players will also be getting better with her learning what builds are the most broken and how to effectively win their lanes with all kinds of matchups.

Something being new does not excuse it from needing to be changed. If the President of the United States were to just get elected and do some dumb stuff, people would be shouting for impeachment. They wouldn't be saying, "Oh it's their first year. No reason to complain about them now. They've got a lot of time to get better." When you buy a car and the brakes don't feel right, you don't say "Oh. I just bought the car. Maybe if I wait a bit, the brakes will get better."

LoveAngelaTruong1 votes

yes her scaling suck sure it does 400 ult dammage lv 1

Gryhm1 votes

I think the only thing that really needs changing is the un-targetable stealth. That's the most broken. I can live with her escapes and her damage but when she can dive turrets as soon as she reaches 6 and get away pretty much clean is a bit much. You can't play around her CD's if she's the one engaging.

Turrets are becoming more and more useless lately and this just puts another nail in the coffin.

RagnarsRock1 votes

Nerf Akali Cooldowns!!!!!!!!

Katarina Abuser 1 votes

Akali she op op but she feels so much more fun to play with so much mobility and bursts of damadge plus, she cant even 1v5 no matter how fed she is, ecspecially when its a slightly close game.

SasugaAkali1 votes

You an ADC main too bruh? Well you guys got the nerf you wanted but I cant believe you guys want to nerf her so badly. About AOE damage every midlaner fucking got it btw. And like 80% of this whole damn community that mains a midlaner they surely main either damn Zed, Yasuo, Fizz, Kassadin, Ahri, Azir or everything like that. Its not hard to counter her if you have 2 braincells left in your head.

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