Thoughts on the Akali W change?

Omiwom·Dec 3, 2014·1 votes·707 views

imo she builds pseudo tanky anyways with items like Rylai's, Zhonyas or Abbysal so it didn't do much to stop her from being this unkillable invisible bruiser that she is anyways. Don't forget the spell vamp she recieves that lets her heal up mid-fight. This didn't fix the constant dps-burst she has either, despite being an assassin with no mana , and quite low energy costs compared to other energy champions. I think the real problem with her is the constant kill potential she has post 6 on anyone to step inside her R range. It should be a skillshot or something.

3 Comments

DiostukosDec 3, 20141 votes

ya he's op

AreDec 3, 20141 votes

She's really squishy.

She needs spell vamp because she's the slowest assassin in the game (12 seconds for the full three rotations MINIMUM). She's also single target and doesn't have a reliable escape.

Her W is countered with a pink, and it's easy to kill her one she's CC'd because she blows up.

MonotachiDec 3, 20141 votes

It's overall a nerf. The uptime of the resistances was always on. The movement speed burst is only 1s and it decays. It simply increases Akali's risk.

In teamfights, having bonus resistances is vital to any squishy melee DPS champions, considering how hard they have it in 5v5's.

Healing stats like Lifesteal and Spellvamp work well with resistances because resistances reduce the amount of damage you have received, therefore the damage received will not fully negate the amount you heal back from AA's and skills. So Akali's healing got a hit as well. She no longer has free resistances. Therefore again, increases Akali's risk.

It just means you cannot make a mistake in a teamfight. Get caught, you just die flat out. Lesson: Don't get caught in the first place.

These changes are supposed to be low scope. So any large scale changes to Akali was never intended regardless of her power level.