New akali kit is just bad
Yeah, I know, everyone disagrees with me. That doesn't mean I'm wrong.
Why am I trying to attack and run away so I can melee attack again?!? Were you high when you made this!? It doesn't work! This passive is dumb! How did this get passed the planning stage?!?!? Didn't anyone at the meeting say "wait, why do I run away to melee again?" Even if I re-engage after procking the passive I get 1 hit in that doesn't really do enough damage to be a threat unless they are low health already. I then either need to q and start over again, use my shroud and try to run away or get a couple more shots in, or maybe land my R. None of which has killing power. E is good for getting over terrain and dodging. The re-engage with e just isn't reliable and is too hard to land to be a threat. Maybe if it wasn't blocked by minions it might be useful. Her attacks take so long to set up that they are practically useless. The delay on R is ridiculous. By the time the second proc comes up my enemy is usually out of range or is being evasive enough to where the skill shot is tough to land, or I'm just dead because they don't have to spend a ton of time waiting for a damned cd! It doesn't seem to do anything for damage! the damage is so low it's laughable! The first dash, doesn't really do anything because even if you close the gap there isn't anything in the kit to do damage with for follow up! I don't understand wtf this champ is anymore. She sure isn't an assassin! She's the new skarner.
So I R in q, run away to proc passive, then hopefully they are still in range to re-engage with second R, and auto with passive? My gosh that is awful awful kit. The ONLY way this would work is if you are 1 on 1 and they are dumb enough to stand in your shroud. But since almost every one will run the chances of you actually doing enough damage to get a kill is pretty low. I can q, e, run away, e to re engage, hit with passive, then what? Cause that isn't killing anyone. From there I will probably be forced to w to wait for my cd and try to chase them down some more. Or I can use my first jump of my ult, which I don't need since I've already engaged with my e, then..wait for my second r and hopefully hit them and kill them? I mean, this kit is useless the combos just aren't practical. And R has a stupid long cd. You don't have to believe me. Akali has a 45% win rate and like an 8% play rate. This re-work is an utter failure!
Visually she looks great, but this kit is garbage. I just don't understand how Riot makes one game, but can screw it up so hard. I waited for this rework for over a year! Its one of the reasons I came back after 8 months off. Why would you release something so bad? What is wrong with your company!?!?!!? You have one damned game!
This idea of hit and run is completely useless in a meta where damage is dealt within a couple seconds by every other champion!
I was so excited for the rework on my favorite champ, and it is so so disappointing. I don't understand how something this bad would get out of play-testing! What is the deal with RIOT? Even your marketing is bad. Why would you release a new skin on a champ with an abysmal play rate and one of the lowest winrates in the game? Her win rate has been bad since the end of season 7, and even early season 7 wasn't great. No one wants to buy a skin for a champ they don't want to play.
And on a side note, why put Ahri into the KDA? you already have pop-star ahri. Kind of redundant dont you think?
