Akali 38% winrate OmegaLul

SunDragonz·2/7/2019, 5:56:27 PM·7 votes·2,134 views

U.GG LoL Akali Build & Runes Guide Top Jungle Mid Bot Support S9

Barely above 40 percent in Plat+. Riot gutted this champion so that no one can take her Midland without her being poked out. She gets outscaled by most of the toplaners and only serves as a subpar lanebully every 20 some odd seconds. This champ was never broken and honestly I don't even think she was all that contested in pro-play either if im being honest

Welp this champion is going to be in the gutter for a month so unless there is a hotfix, which there should be, good luck climbing on Akali

18 Comments

iiGazeii2/7/2019, 6:01:44 PM5 votes

Yeah. They did. They gutted her on purpose, and they admitted that she will be weak for a patch or two.

She was a problematic champion, and their solution for problematic champions is to remove the things that make them a problem, then incrementally buff the things that are fun about them until they reach a good place. The same thing happened with Zoe, and she turned out fine. They'd rather have her be weak for a while than try to guess what she needs, overshoot the mark, and need to go back again without actually relieving the problem,

They took away the "crutches" in her kit (free lane sustain without needing to fight and the ability to towerdive with impunity), so that they can see what she needs to be viable without them.

xDelightifyx2/7/2019, 5:57:37 PM4 votes

Yeah, if they take the op stuff you actually need skill to be good with her. No offense.

Khabith2/7/2019, 5:58:07 PM3 votes

She was low winrate before the nerfs too... Plus I've actually seen a lot of good akali's popping off lately, you just need a decent match up

sphinxthelion72/7/2019, 7:09:11 PM2 votes

Agreed. They should not have destroyed this champion.