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Akali changes are ridiculous

pwc2016·1/17/2020, 6:34:05 AM·2 votes·1,213 views

The Akali changes will completely gut the champion.

The W changes I'm actually fine with. I think getting hit by CC should have revealed her from the start, and I don't really care about the MS change too much.

But the R changes are too much. They took away the stun. Then they heavily nerfed the CD by 40 seconds. They nerfed the damage (yes it got buffed, soon after it got nerfed, and the buff still left the damage lower than before). And now this change, along with the R2 being as slow as Amumu Q?

R1 is just a gapcloser and nothing else. You use R1 to hit a good E, it serves no other purpose. And for those saying "bUt 4 GApcLoseRs", no, she has her E and R, which happens to be on a 160 second CD. R1 is literally a gapcloser on a 160 second CD. R2 is the only good part of the ability. Making the ability targeted kind of makes her R1 entirely useless. If you R1 onto an enemy, you could probably already easily E them, and there's almost no damage on R1, so R1 is kind of useless. And now R2 is pretty damn slow, so it's very easy to doge. A lot of people complain that you can't gank her because she'll just R away, but ganks aren't always meant to get kills. You will almost ALWAYS have ult up before Akali, and if you can't beat Akali with you ult up while she doesn't, that speaks more to you than the champion. As it sits. I think Akali may become the lowest winrate champion in the game should these changes go through.

As for the people that claim that "but Akali is OP in higher ranks", she's not. She doesn't hit above 50% until GM and Challenger, and she never gets above the 65th highest winrate, which is pretty middle of the pack. The winrate argument for her being broken just isn't true, and I wish more people would just admit they just don't enjoy playing against her than finding a reason to say she's broken.

I understand she's frustrating, but I think the shroud changes should address that. I think the R changes are too much for an ability already on a 160 CD, while Ekko gets a free AOE reset on a 30 second cooldown.

10 Comments

floo1/17/2020, 7:06:00 AM2 votes

It's almost like putting 50 different mechanics on a basic kit, that is already strong in itself, is just a teeny tiny bit overloaded.

You're undervaluing her R1. She's one of the very few, if not the only champ in the game that can catch up from mid tower to the opposite one with her dashes alone. It's kinda ridiculous how a champ like this has even been created. If they nerf the way it works to be less oppressive and adaptive, they can also lower the cd and up numbers elsewhere.

GreenKnight1/17/2020, 7:46:16 AM2 votes

Oh no, poor rework.

Shame that you won't be able to so easily cheese games with her pathetic design.

Hawt1/17/2020, 6:58:19 AM1 votes

I wonder what does Akali Prime have to say about these changes.

consensuaI clown1/17/2020, 7:30:26 AM1 votes

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The Akali changes will completely gut the champion.

The W changes I'm actually fine with. I think getting hit by CC should have revealed her from the start, and I don't really care about the MS change too much.

But the R changes are too much. They took away the stun. Then they heavily nerfed the CD by 40 seconds. They nerfed the damage (yes it got buffed, soon after it got nerfed, and the buff still left the damage lower than before). And now this change, along with the R2 being as slow as Amumu Q?

R1 is just a gapcloser and nothing else. You use R1 to hit a good E, it serves no other purpose. And for those saying "bUt 4 GApcLoseRs", no, she has her E and R, which happens to be on a 160 second CD. R1 is literally a gapcloser on a 160 second CD. R2 is the only good part of the ability. Making the ability targeted kind of makes her R1 entirely useless. If you R1 onto an enemy, you could probably already easily E them, and there's almost no damage on R1, so R1 is kind of useless. And now R2 is pretty damn slow, so it's very easy to doge. A lot of people complain that you can't gank her because she'll just R away, but ganks aren't always meant to get kills. You will almost ALWAYS have ult up before Akali, and if you can't beat Akali with you ult up while she doesn't, that speaks more to you than the champion. As it sits. I think Akali may become the lowest winrate champion in the game should these changes go through.

As for the people that claim that "but Akali is OP in higher ranks", she's not. She doesn't hit above 50% until GM and Challenger, and she never gets above the 65th highest winrate, which is pretty middle of the pack. The winrate argument for her being broken just isn't true, and I wish more people would just admit they just don't enjoy playing against her than finding a reason to say she's broken.

I understand she's frustrating, but I think the shroud changes should address that. I think the R changes are too much for an ability already on a 160 CD, while Ekko gets a free AOE reset on a 30 second cooldown.

They nerfed wrong things from the start, they just needed to change her ult to offensive dash, so you actually can catch her with your eyes in teamfights, but I feel that way Akali and Diana would be same champions.

Although I feel sorry for Akali mains, didn't deserved this, but I can't lie I am glad that she is gutted, because if I play top I play mostly immobile champions so she can toy with me so hard.

TheBatPrince1/17/2020, 9:06:03 AM1 votes

Wait a minuite,

Are you referring to the new Akali as of a few Days, with a Q that's like a Fork of Knives?

Otherwise though, be glad that Gohan's Voice Actress actually blesses our worthless garbage CPU's. At least something good came out of buying this damned thing.

Her Voice will fix any Electrical Current mis-Flows!

boricCentaur11/17/2020, 11:50:42 AM1 votes

Ummmmm guy winrates means fucking nothing so stop acting like it does. She is constantly picked in high elo and in pro play showing she is strong.

Akali is broken by far. These nerfs actually do nothing to her bty. Like actually they do nothing I'm 100% sure she will get nerfed after this because they don't do anything but hurt the people that already can't play her.