UNDENIABLE PROOF THAT AKALI IS BROKEN AND NEEDS A MAJOR REWORK/NERF ASAP.

I have been playing lol since s4 and have made it to plat and could honestly go higher if I didn't play for fun. Anyway, I think I have attained a very clear grasp of the game at this point to be able to determine what is truly balanced and what isn't. Out of my entire experience playing lol only the current akali and pre-reworked s6 ww are in my definition completely and utterly broken.

So why is akali this broken? Simple, it's her shroud. That w is by all means completely busted. While in that shroud she cannot be targeted at all and is completely stealthy for 5-7 seconds, even to turrets. This can almost be compared to being invulnerable (I know she isn't, but she is invulnerable to more than half of the damage dealt to her essentially because she cannot be targeted ).

There are a few other champions in the game that have VERY similar abilities from purely a mathematical point of view, however those abilities are all ultimates and not on an 11 second cd maxed out. First, lets look at Kayle's ultimate. When cast on herself she is completely invulnerable to all damage for 2-3 seconds. If Kayle's ultimate were to be doubled in timelength, mathematically to balance out the increase in time you need to make kayle partially vulnerable to some damage. Sound familiar? Yep, that's essentially what akali's shroud does.

How about alistar? His ultimate reduces all incoming physical and magic damage by (55%-75%) for the next 7 seconds. Sound familiar? How about Bard's, Taric's, Dr. Mundo's, Kayn's, kindred's, rek'sai, and finally Tryndamere's ultimate? ALL of these ultimates fall in the same exact category as akali's shroud. They are an ability that highly reduces damage over a period of time. So the question is, why does a champion have an ability that is essentially an ultimate ability when compared to other similar abilities in the game as their w which is only on a 11sec cd maxed out and BEFORE and CD reduction?

I'm not even going to mention the other benefits the shroud gives because frankly what I discussed above is enough. She needs to be nerfed. She's already essentially perma banned so why not just change her? She's also not fun to play against at all. It's not fun only being able to hit a champ when she want's you to, it's just frustrating and has nothing to do with countering due to her w cd and duration.

i honestly do not understand how riot is leaving her like this, she's so obviously broken. Yet again, I've never seen more champs that are ban worthy at one time in a single meta/season.