Good explanation, even more important than a good build :p +1

Thanks for your feedback.
The reason i say she is a 3v3 champ is because thats where she excells the best in.
In 5v5 she is focused, and loses the majority of her power in comparison to other champions in 5v5.
While you may get fed, and you may have many great games with akali, there will always be a better pick over akali in 3v3.
An example of this would be irelia.
Another example would be choosing ashe over tristana for 5v5.

Your right about the AP part, it is deffinetly more powerful. BUT having played many 3v3 games i find Hybrid is much more effective. Reason being, in 5v5 if you had an akali that killed you a few times you wont worry about it as much as the full blown carry.
However in 3v3 when an akali constantly is on your ***, and in your face you build banshees veil and shes no longer a problem.
I want you to know that i build AD for the AD, not for the spell vamp. Although the spell vamp is a nice boost its not what i aim for.

Focusing someone down in 3v3 is more difficult thatn in 5s, in 3s you get less team fights, its more picking people off. In team fights you can bubble, since its such a small amount of people even in team fights you can slowly pick someone out or just run away, following you means death in a 3.

i PERSONALLY never get hextech, but i feel it is the better way to go, and i dont get it only out of preference.

Vote up or down please (:

Hey man, I just want to say first off that I dig the build. I'll be sure to try it in my next 3v3 and tell you how it went. Anyways, there were a few things that seemed kind of off in this build. First off, you said that Akali is ONLY a 3v3 champ, and I disagree. I have been using Akali since around lvl 10, and I have about 500+ games played with her. She's an amazing champ, and with the proper build, she CAN be used as a 3v3 champ, but I feel like her squishiness hinders her usefulness in a 3v3... You don't know how many times I've gotten fed as **** (29/3 last game, I think.) only to fail *** because I wouldn't stay alive long enough in a team fight, since they would focus me. Also, this seems to be more of a hybrid build. I used to be totally for the hybrid build, but after doing a few practice games with both kinds of builds, I have decided that AP is the way to go. I mean, shes made to be a burst DPS, and damage > spell vamp. That extra boost you get from going full AP is way too valuable to waste.

Everything else in the guide is pretty sound, and I can attest to that. Look forward to hearing from you again, man.

-Stropko