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akali....

Leu07··3 votes·598 views

So....I was playing aram and akali was the "random" pick...I haven played akali since voyboy used her in top lane and she was really popular.....and I must say poor champ...she is like in a really REALLY BAD STATE....

How do you play that champion? for real tell me......

Your Q is your only resource to get energy, it doesnt deal damage at all, you need to be in meele range, and come on youre akali, you get beat the f out of you...your W doesnt give you resistenses anymore, only a ms in the circle that decays, I mean whats the point on that?.....your E, is a spammy, little aoe, circle that does nothing, only get you out of energy in no time and guess what you dont have any way to get it back because your Q is on a 4 seconds CD, and your ult, put in you in a bad position plus the range is really stupid only 700...I think zed have more range on his Q

Season masteries and items hits her hard as hell....and still youre planning on doing another ryze rework? for real riot?

3 Comments

Boulderox2 votes

Akali, having tested her a little while back in 5.21-23 ish She is very good in a lane, not in aram... Her pre 6 is GOD AWFUL GOOD LORD. but 6 gives her everything to pop a squishy... You really need to play akali a specific way, which usually responds to q target, wait for q cd to 2 sec, Jump target proc mark with AA, E Q Dash AA ignite, boom, usually dead, drop stealth if they fight, chase if they run. item 3146 is a must and now the healing is different actually is better for her, and slow active is still prime on her.

Surprisingly she is actually better with the thunderlord meta, as her Q AA procs thunderlords due to the mark proc on the Q, which adds to her already strong upfront burst. And being an assassin that is up close and personal and has 0 means to get out of fights (Zed COUGH COUGH) other than stealth...

I find her a tad underpowered in the sense of early game, clean that up and she would be in a good spot, The old poppy problem if you will.

Heptapod1 votes

Riot hates her and doesn't care about her.

M0b1us1 votes

She used to be a good pick against certain team comps or uncoordinated teams. But then Riot absolutely demolished her when they removed the ability for her E to proc her Q. Their logic was that they felt it wasn't good she was countered by a 100g item (talking about pink wards back then). That same patch, they claimed it was healthy for a champ to be countered by two 2k+ items but he still needed some small attention, so they gave Zed a very minor nerf to his AS.

You used to play Akali by using your Q, then waiting until it was almost off CD then doing the following, ult, auto, Q, E, ult as needed. When Riot removed E from being able to proc Q, Akali's combo became much less fluid and incredibly clunky due to her poor auto attack animation.

Ever since that nerf, the only time I have ever seen an Akali do semi-decent was when her opponents were absolutely terrible. As of right now, Akali is easily one of the top 5 champs I DON'T want on my team. If her E was something more than just a really bad energy burner, then she might actually not be a trash pick.

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