Akali deserve some buff

L0rdV4der·Dec 30, 2016·3 votes·461 views

Akali has been nerfed so many times:

The R range was nerfed from 700 to 600
The E cannot proc anymore
The hextech Gunblade, which is her main item, is nerfed
And now her ult R damage is nerfed by ABOUT 50% and the cool down is nerfed as well
Her spellvamp passive is taken in exchange for 8 SECONDS cooldown (4s at lvl 9) life steal.

And her buff now? Only a bit in Q and E. Her W can blink a bit distance. And that's it. The role of assasin suppose to kill enemy fast and jump to the next target fast enough (or run away). Her status now is squishy (which is fine due to assasin's nature) BUT LOW burst damage.

Thank's

8 Comments

Asayake 5150glowDec 30, 20161 votes

She got her passive changed for more damage.

All assassins got their burst nerfed.

L0rdV4derDec 30, 20161 votes

Have you played Akali before? I can see your main is Riven.

Asayake 5150glowDec 30, 20161 votes

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Have you played Akali before? I can see your main is Riven.

Do I need to? I've read the patch notes - maybe you should too.

RafiinaJan 3, 20171 votes

All assassins got their burst nerfed, but Akali was hit harder than the rest since she currently struggles to kill her primary targets and doesn't have the escape mechanisms that other assassins have (Zed's return R, Leblanc return distortion, rengar spell immunity, kha'zix multiple stealth, etc). The blink on her W is small, confines her to a small location, and awkwardly enough has a cast time in addition to putting her other spells on cooldown.

I don't think she needs a damage buff, but her current kit is a failure in terms of the what the assassin update intended to accomplish. That being said, Riot stated that her kit would, in fact, require a much larger set of changes to fit her in properly. As things stand now, though, she dies easily and struggles to kill her targets a bit too much.