keep this short akali is getting gutted in 9.3 she will be a terrible champion. can we please just get an akali revert idk how hard that would be to incorporate with the vgu but shes going to be unplayable now.she seems impossible to balance a revert seems like the best option
Thorn30003 votesI just wanted to say one thing
Prestige akali has passed, it is time to motivate people to play other champs with skins (wink prestige vayne)...so akali is getting overnerfed so much nobody asked for...removing shroud against tower cool, dat 2 sec cd increase cool, everybody agreed that shroud was too strong...but that removing of heal on Q is just a clear overnerf on ritos side meant to push you to play champs which have currently skins coming out
AIQ1 votesThe current Akali can be fixed, once the power is removed from the oppressive/overloaded portions of her kit. It can return to the rest of her kit. She is a sustain damage assassin, that needs to us shroud to be effective. When the nerfs are attached clear windows of weakness are visable, she cannot auto sustain, and you have a place to stay safe from her. She will be much healthier.
so on991 votesthing is she isn't getting more power to the rest of her kit these are just buffs with no compensation in fact her shroud is getting a longer cooldown. that with the restealth taking longer, no more heals from q, and true stealth gone i don't see any world in which she i viable. hell even prof akali droped her recently cause she was turning bad quick and that's before these nerfs it will be bad we all know it lol.
AIQ1 votesI know she will be weak, but this is the correct way to balance all champions, especially a problem child. Start weak, assess, small buff, assess, small buff, assess. Rather than start with an over loaded kit and dial back things that are oppressive slowly. Of course the best way to balance is to hit the mark perfectly every time, but that's unrealistic.
For instance: Her healing is a big deal, but she does have hextech. Can she survive till hextech with out the buff so that we can put more damage into Q or a lower cost?
Her shroud can be spotted under tower, will this effect most Akali players as tower dives were always an option not a requirement? Since the re-stealth was increased to allow tower shots an AA to hit her. Do we just reduce the visiblity window and allow all abilities and AA to complete?
These are question they will be asking themselves, the answers will come, but not until she is played live. The PBE is terrible for balancing, live is the only way.
Magnificens1 votesIt only means that you don't get to win the game in champ select anymore. Anyway, if she's too weak after the next patch maybe she'll get a buff in 9.4
Prestige AkaIi1 votesShe'll be fine once they figure out that she needs sustain early to survive midlane, if they remove it she will only be played toplane. Idc if she heals off her Q or not, attach it to her passive like before, but they shouldn't just remove her heal altogether.
I don't want her reverted, even though I loved the old Akali, this Akali is definitely healthier, she was mainly just disliked due her obscure mechanic. Once they remove it and buff some numbers she'll be in a pretty balanced state.
Don't remove the heal, Riot. Move it to another ability or something but she needs some form of sustain.
Average Ahri1 votesThis is coming from a somewhat high elo plat1/d5. I just played a game and i was gutted by an orianna. Even with the hp per 5 increase with doran shield. Were at 11hp per 5 meaning 2.2 a sec. Constant punish and pressure from a d4 orianna. Made me furious. I was down 30cs at 7min... 36 vs 63. What the actual fuck???? I mean i get the match up is hard but no healing plus increase cooldown on w??? Are riot employees fucking stupid??? Like are they missing a link in the head? Sorry for my language but im frustrated as fuck right now. Im so fucking piss i had to let it out here. It wasnt fun at all. I manage to survive but my transition to late was complete garbage. Thanks riot. Thank you for understanding the game. Nerfing akali when her avg win rate is 43% plat+ from champion.gg
k1ngdrifty1 votesFrom an Akali main, I understand the frustration of players getting annoyed by her ability to tower dive without getting hit by tower shots. Knowing that her shroud would get nerfed, I tried to play more without her shroud, but now that her Q spell healing has been removed, she's just not viable anymore. You're getting poked to death by any sort of mages and can't heal back off minions. You can't even try surviving minion aggro after a trade. I don't mind the W nerf, but please bring back the healing on her Q, or at least just diminish the healing.
PuppyMaster1 votesyou need to be a real D-word to even imagine removing her heal from Q