Do you know why I play Jungle Akali?

So that I can get that sweet, sweet sustain from my passive. Seriously, if I didn't get that 5 HP while jungling every 8 seconds, jungling would just be IMPOSSIBLE. Definitely better than the % spell vamp based on AP/AD. That's why I build tank on Akali, so that the base states give me more HP when I am full tank; because if you build full AP you won't be healing as much as the non % HP. My build:

You don't need smite because the passive heals you too much already, skip that and go full movement speed- even if your team is dieing under tower, you should just be split pushing dan getting towers and other objectives.