Akali Build Guide by F3ar0ner

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Akali - The Shadow Assassin

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Quote \| PM \| +Rep by CorruptedWaffle » October 29, 2012 5:10pm \| Report After giving it some thoughts and months after playing Akali, I've tried the path of getting hextech and then go for rylai before gunblade route and I found out that going for hextech gunblade BEFORE geetting rylai is more effective because you would deal way more damage and plus it has a very good slow in addition to that.	CorruptedWaffle Posts: 3 Joined: 2012-09-25

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by F3ar0ner » October 29, 2012 5:22pm \| Report CorruptedWaffle wrote: After giving it some thoughts and months after playing Akali, I've tried the path of getting hextech and then go for rylai before gunblade route and I found out that going for hextech gunblade BEFORE geetting rylai is more effective because you would deal way more damage and plus it has a very good slow in addition to that. Well, I know a lot of people that get Hextech Gunblade first, they always wonder why I go for Rylai's Crystal Scepter before Hextech Gunblade. Truth is, Rylai's Crystal Scepter is a very important item for Akali. But, I think it could be beneficial either way.	F3ar0ner Unremarkable (16) Posts: 212 Joined: 2012-07-31

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by FalseoGod » October 29, 2012 9:47pm \| Report F3ar0ner wrote: Well, I know a lot of people that get Hextech Gunblade first, they always wonder why I go for Rylai's Crystal Scepter before Hextech Gunblade. Truth is, Rylai's Crystal Scepter is a very important item for Akali. But, I think it could be beneficial either way. It's a damage thing, but I think that going for the full Gunblade when you're winning will help you snowball faster. I get that Rylai allows you to stick onto targets tho. As for the guide: Recent math has shown me that Havoc actually deals more damage than Mental Force . Unless those 3 AP are necessary for having double disciplines, you may consider changing this small detail; In the Cons section, she does have CC (her W slow), and you meant "vulnerable to crowd control", not "invulnerable"; Greater seal of vitality is decent, but flat resistances always beat pure HP unless you're up versus true damage. Flat armor will probably benefit you more even versus an ap, since it protects you from minion damage and auto-attack harass; Haunting Guise has recently gained popularity on ap champions that usually don't need mana and snowball hard from the start. Though I'm not saying "get it on akali", it's worth a shot before your Hextech Gunblade if you're owning early (1-2 kills). I know the item doesn't build into anything, but you can sell it much later, and the gold it brought you early from kills will pay its cost for sure; Visuals look nice most of the guide, I'd just recommend a bit more space between stuff, at times the guide can look "cramped"; Overall a good guide, just needs some brushing up, perhaps a bit more consideration on where to place each section (related themes like proper use of her W and skill explanation are sooooo apart) and you're good to go ^^	FalseoGod <Referee> Prominent (155) Posts: 2946 Joined: 2012-03-21 IGN: Falseogod on EUW View My Blog

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by bao223 » October 30, 2012 2:53am \| Report VOTED +1 cool	bao223 Unremarkable (1) Posts: 0 Joined: 2012-10-16 IGN: blueperson

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by Customtm » October 30, 2012 7:39am \| Report VOTED +1 Hm, I want to say that you should change... hm... well screw it, can't find anything xD Very good job on this guide, I enjoyed it. My Nidalee guide right here including video Also check out my Sona guide right here	Customtm Unremarkable (18) Posts: 120 Joined: 2012-04-18 IGN: Customtm on EUW

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by F3ar0ner » October 30, 2012 7:59am \| Report bao223 wrote: cool Customtm wrote: Hm, I want to say that you should change... hm... well screw it, can't find anything xD Very good job on this guide, I enjoyed it. Thank you! FalseoGod wrote: It's a damage thing, but I think that going for the full Gunblade when you're winning will help you snowball faster. I get that Rylai allows you to stick onto targets tho. As for the guide: Recent math has shown me that Havoc actually deals more damage than Mental Force . Unless those 3 AP are necessary for having double disciplines, you may consider changing this small detail; In the Cons section, she does have CC (her W slow), and you meant "vulnerable to crowd control", not "invulnerable"; Greater seal of vitality is decent, but flat resistances always beat pure HP unless you're up versus true damage. Flat armor will probably benefit you more even versus an ap, since it protects you from minion damage and auto-attack harass; Haunting Guise has recently gained popularity on ap champions that usually don't need mana and snowball hard from the start. Though I'm not saying "get it on akali", it's worth a shot before your Hextech Gunblade if you're owning early (1-2 kills). I know the item doesn't build into anything, but you can sell it much later, and the gold it brought you early from kills will pay its cost for sure; Visuals look nice most of the guide, I'd just recommend a bit more space between stuff, at times the guide can look "cramped"; Overall a good guide, just needs some brushing up, perhaps a bit more consideration on where to place each section (related themes like proper use of her W and skill explanation are sooooo apart) and you're good to go ^^ Thanks for the feedback. Havoc can be a great Mastery choice on Akali, but if you want to activate her Twin Disciplines from Level 1, you have to go with Mental Force . If you don't mind through, you can go with Havoc and her Twin Disciplines will activate in Level 2 from Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power. I meant vulverable, thanks for noticing. Also, I meant she doesn't have any strong CC apart from the slow, but I will change it because it can be confusing. I always go with Greater Seal of Vitality because it can benefit you later, but Greater Seal of Armor isn't a bad choice either. I updated the guide with Haunting Guise in the Situational Items. I'll see what I can do with the space. Thanks again for your time!	F3ar0ner Unremarkable (16) Posts: 212 Joined: 2012-07-31

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by pepsiM4A1 » October 30, 2012 1:26pm \| Report VOTED +1 You have a good guide here but it can be continued and be much better. Since I am an Akali player myself, I can say you have a good build until you reach Void Staff. Akali is a carry and she will get focused since he has so high burst damage. If you have no Guardian Angel, you will constantly die in teamfights not only because you are a carry, but you can deal damage from a melee range and that makes you vulnerable. Twilight Shroud won't always help you escape since if the enemy has a Lee Sin, or late in the game where the support or tank will have Oracle's Elixir, this is the end for you... You can do a chapter about escaping with twilight shroud and wardin on jungle mobs spawn and then Shadow Dashing to them. You have a good beggining as I said, but you can do it much better! Thanks to The_Nameless_Bard, Arcana3, TinyStar and jhoijhoi for these awesome signatures. Fiora, Drawing Pretty Pictures	pepsiM4A1 Notable (22) Posts: 213 Joined: 2012-05-13 IGN: sUkUrIbEY on EUNE

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by F3ar0ner » October 30, 2012 2:04pm \| Report pepsiM4A1 wrote: You have a good guide here but it can be continued and be much better. Since I am an Akali player myself, I can say you have a good build until you reach Void Staff. Akali is a carry and she will get focused since he has so high burst damage. If you have no Guardian Angel, you will constantly die in teamfights not only because you are a carry, but you can deal damage from a melee range and that makes you vulnerable. Twilight Shroud won't always help you escape since if the enemy has a Lee Sin, or late in the game where the support or tank will have Oracle's Elixir, this is the end for you... You can do a chapter about escaping with twilight shroud and wardin on jungle mobs spawn and then Shadow Dashing to them. You have a good beggining as I said, but you can do it much better! Thanks for the review and the upvote. I have put Guardian Angel in the Alternative Items section. Since i had to choose between Void Staff and Guardian Angel, I put Void Staff in the Cheat Sheet because it's the item I use most of the time. It always depends on the game, the last item could be Guardian Angel or Void Staff. As for the chapter about escaping: Maybe you didn't saw it? Or you say I should add the tip about shadow dancing with the help of wards in the jungle?	F3ar0ner Unremarkable (16) Posts: 212 Joined: 2012-07-31

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by F3ar0ner » October 30, 2012 2:15pm \| Report Btw, the guide has 3 votes but it only displays the 2?	F3ar0ner Unremarkable (16) Posts: 212 Joined: 2012-07-31

Quote \| PM \| +Rep by CorruptedWaffle » October 30, 2012 2:31pm \| Report Quoted: You have a good guide here but it can be continued and be much better. Since I am an Akali player myself, I can say you have a good build until you reach Void Staff. Akali is a carry and she will get focused since he has so high burst damage. If you have no Guardian Angel, you will constantly die in teamfights not only because you are a carry, but you can deal damage from a melee range and that makes you vulnerable. Twilight Shroud won't always help you escape since if the enemy has a Lee Sin, or late in the game where the support or tank will have Oracle's Elixir, this is the end for you... You can do a chapter about escaping with twilight shroud and wardin on jungle mobs spawn and then Shadow Dashing to them. You have a good beggining as I said, but you can do it much better! Shadow dash is for shen XD	CorruptedWaffle Posts: 3 Joined: 2012-09-25

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