I recently started playing Akali. I enjoy the bruiser meta and just finally got around to playing her. I noticed that almost all her damage comes out of the Hextech gun blade/spell vamp working with her passive. So now that it is gone, where will that leave her? What will she build to be effective?
Kaisa is Hot2 votesHextexh Gunblade still has Spellvamp/Healing. And they left it for this exact reason. Don't forget her passive still gives 1% SPELLVAMP for every 6 points of bonus ad she has.
Simple Moon1 votesI thought they had planned to remove spell vamp from the game completely?
A little Peepo1 votes[{quoted}](name=Skeptic Hare,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=laIKE2xm,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2016-05-04T10:49:22.716+0000)
I thought they had planned to remove spell vamp from the game completely?
They are removing WoTA not spell vamp completely. Runes, masteries and hextech will still be there and accessible
Excalibait1 votesI suggest you go back and read carefully through all the thread that were made by Riot the past two weeks, explaining very specifically what they do.
For Spellvamp: It will ONLY be removed from items. 
got a new passive as substitution, 
got removed completely. 
however doesn't run Spellvamp but what Riot states as "Omnivamp" and will keep it on the item. For anything else, be it Runes, Masteries, Champion Abilities or anything else, these will stay in the game and will likely stay unchanged.
Kaisa is Hot1 votesAlso I don't think spellvamp will ever be completely gone till they get around to reworking her or changing her kit. Atm she relies on healing too much to be effective. Cause if not she just engages and gets blown up in 2 seconds. Although this new bruiser build is shining some light on her low cd's and high base damages.
Simple Moon1 votesThat's what I have been using on her because that is just the role I was born to play. Tanks win games and that's what I was worried about, if she couldn't dive the backline and not die in 3 seconds then I would be rather disappointed.
Revali1 votesAs far as I know, akali players might change and pick up spellvamp quints to get that missed sustain.
Doubt it, but it seems interesting.
Are1 votesHaven't played Akali yet, but here's what I think.
AP Akali - Early game/mid game becomes harder until Gunblade is completed. Gunblade rush becomes even more vital. Rush Bilgeblade for sustain, or Revolver for burst. Everything resumes to normal. Tank/AD akali stays the same.
I don't know what runes you take, but if your quints were AD/AP, you could swap them out for Spell Vamp runes if you can't cope with the change, though it won't be the same.