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Akali vs Zed

MysticElephant·9/4/2019, 3:57:49 PM·3 votes·992 views

Why would you ever play Zed when you can play Akali? Zed passive: Cooldown gated bonus magic damage on low health enemy Akali: No cooldown free sheen MS buff

Zed q: Skillshot Akali q: No cooldown spammable slowing healing waveclear that activates passive

Zed w: mimics his abilities and gives him a single teleport Akali w: ~10 seconds of stealth that can be fought in freely, also a free escape when used with E

Zed E: melee range aoe that slows Akali e: Dash back (goes over walls), UNLIMITED LEE SIN Q that activates her passive

Zed R: targeted untargetability teleport that deals damage based on damage dealt during the mark, also creates a shadow Akali R: Long dash forwards, stuns, long dash forwards again, EXECUTION DAMAGE

Zed: Good at killing 1 person and damaging the rest Akali: Pentakill because aoe q, stealth, 4 FUCKING DASHES, A 5 PERSON STUN AND A 5 PERSON EXECUTE

"Akali is squishier" they are both squishy assassins, difference being Akali has 4 FUCKING DASHES to dodge skillshots, zed has a possbility of 2 teleports, while Akali also has a spammable heal and broken synergy with gunblade.

9 Comments

Schenix9/4/2019, 4:10:38 PM4 votes

Zed forces an Armguard-Zhonyas on most mages to diminish their impact early and can easily roam if the mage isn't getting good jungler support (or the Zed in a very bad matchup). He's good 1v1, so he has presence. Later on, his ult is on far less a cooldown and can provide more constant pressure as well as split push effectively with a BotRK, because of that 1v1 danger at most times being consistent and targeted.

Akali is certainly a better champion though if you strictly look at kits; Zed takes too much effort to pull off more than an average Akali, but Zed performs feats on the map for pressure to win the game more rather than win in kills.

Jesi Oni9/4/2019, 4:17:07 PM4 votes

Zed is a braindead press-R-to-win where Akali requires few cells to play.

Source: I cant win as Akali 😭

WalkingInACircle9/4/2019, 4:17:33 PM4 votes

Ranged poke, 3 blinks, higher damage, more targetted abilities

Prestige AkaIi9/4/2019, 4:13:50 PM2 votes

If you feel like she's better just play her, or if you like Zed more, just play him. I don't see the point of this post. No point in being jealous of another champs kit when there's nothing stopping you from playing them too.

Zed genius9/4/2019, 5:37:32 PM2 votes

Because zed is more fun. Literally the only reason