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Possible healthy Akali buff?

69399089_DEL·8/5/2015, 12:51:46 PM·2 votes·594 views

Although Akali isn't the weakest right now, it does seem like she is living in the shadow (heh) of what she used to be. Right now, my problem with the fist of shadow is that her E cant trigger her Q mark. I understand this was changed because she should not be able to use it in lane, since it gave a lot less breathing room for her opponents pre-6. I don't mind that change as it was needed for the laning phase, but I often find it being very difficult to proc the mark later on in the game such as during teamfights without her E, because Akali's auto attacks (the only way to proc the q mark) are pretty clunky and I often cancel the animation on accident. So basically, she becomes unreliable.

So what I thought is, why not let her E proc her Q mark as a passive component to her ultimate? So basically, once you level up your ultimate once as Akali, you get the ability to proc Q with E. This makes it so she can't use it to harass enemies pre-6 keeping her weak laning phase, but then also giving her the option later on for a much more reliable q proc, especially during teamfights when I may not even be able to see my target to click on them and proc the mark. I think this change or a change along these lines would increase Akalis strength in a oppressive way. Thoughts?

4 Comments

WyldeFyres8/5/2015, 12:58:18 PM2 votes

I think the issue with that is that if she makes it to 6 and hasn't lost lane horribly, she does fine. But pre-6 she's pretty garbage unless you're specifically countering someone like Yasuo. Maybe that's enough to help her come back if she loses lane pre-6 though?

I really like Akali as she was one of the first champions I ever played, and I want her to be more than a counterpick, but it's kind of hard to balance a champion with two really strong point and click abilities without making her either underpowered or overpowered.

Prospector Pete8/5/2015, 12:55:40 PM1 votes

Or maybe if they wanted it to be even later they could add it to rank 5 of her Q.

MLDzXnRRR8/5/2015, 1:02:27 PM1 votes

She needs rework, not buffs.

Serage8/12/2015, 10:33:46 AM1 votes

I dont like the idea that the R procs the Q. Too easy to play. RIOT should add something tricky on Akali, not easy to use things.

The jump change with the range change (75-150) units was a nice idea.

I always thought a chance that gives her more tricky plays, like: Let her jump with R to the middle of her shroud. It would be more like a kill and get out of the fight thing. It doesnt increase the 1on1 ability or chance much about the laning phase, but you could do more tricks in teamfights and reward positioning and smart plays.