I think it's time to add Akali to the "hard to balance" bunch

The Raidbringer·May 15, 2015·2 votes·697 views

QOL buffs just won't cut it. She's painfully outclassed as an assassin, a LeBlanc with the same amount of AP as Akali will deal twice the damage while being safe from retaliation. And LeBlanc doesn't even have to be melee in the laning phase! That's why I think Riot are slowly giving up on her, but guess what - being a binary and toxic pseudo-assassin isn't a champion identity. Akali can be something more than "a champion that used to be good for solo queue but not anymore". Work her kit out. Give her more outplay potential, maybe a better disengage. As she is now all she can do is hope to get going and start brute forcing everyone open, or just dying an failing to contribute anything.

6 Comments

futuresight23May 15, 20152 votes

Thought she was already in the hard to balance category.

Voluug13May 15, 20151 votes

''outplay potential''

idk why, but everytime I read those 2 words I cringe.

The RaidbringerMay 15, 20151 votes

Let me paraphrase my suggestion then, so you don't have to cringe - "give Akali more than one approach to murdering her targets so she stops being so damn predictable"

The Legend KashMay 15, 20151 votes

They did that when her [W] was given vision. Her R used to be able to hop to allies and wards. but there is a definite reason the removed that a looong time ago.

MLDzXnRRRMay 15, 20151 votes

I thiught they already balanced Akali - look Diana. She is better, but harder to play, because of mana problems, if you spam. Akali is good for learning the game, but her kit is not really healthy with the ability to heal and burst at the same time.