Akali's shroud needs more counterplay than just knowing where she is

Nøctμrne·8/4/2018, 5:16:20 PM·12 votes·2,911 views

I'm mainly talking about early game, as ganks are near impossible to pull off against an akali unless they actually don't know how to play.

She has an extremely low chance of being ganked with the shroud, and at the same time can pull off insanely stupid ganks on people playing presumably safe.

I ganked an akali 3 times In minute and 30 seconds because they kept making massive mistakes and overextending in lane. Every single time I ganked she used her shroud and almost walked away with the use of her E.

30 seconds later she appeared bot lane (I knew where she was going but I was too far away and was late) and she tower dived on our squishy support with near full hp.

Akali has some clear weaknesses but also strengths. I think if some early game power and usage was taken from her stealth to allow ganking an akali to be possible while adding some power somewhere else to accommodate would be a good fix. (Of course, late game stats should all be the same (rank 5)).

Or you know, get rid of true stealth and allow pink wards to make her targetable.

At this point If I'm Jungling against an akali I only see two lanes that I can possibly gank.

12 Comments

Weiner the Pooh8/4/2018, 7:03:27 PM4 votes

Well that's what happens when a character is designed to be good in every match up in every situation.

Tegash8/4/2018, 7:27:25 PM3 votes

Who were you playing? Yi? Xin? Then of course you couldn't fight against it.

You need aoe against her. Mao'Kai, Shyvana, Zac. Hell, even Lee would work. He just got buffs.

mack91128/4/2018, 7:42:15 PM3 votes

I gank her a reksai and have no problem it's all about how you approach it

Noor Sakata8/4/2018, 7:34:38 PM1 votes

Honestly as someone who is abusing her right now , she is pretty strong , but she is hella squishy , she is squishy more than normal for an assassin , probably that's why her w is broken ? honesty she looks pretty balanced to me , doesn't need buffs nor nerfs , but yeah her W is surely a very very very strong ability