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Runes: DOMINATION (ONE SHOT)
1
2
3
4
Domination
Precision
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+15-140 HP (lvls 1-18)
Spells:
SUMMONER SPELLS
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order ABILITY ORDER
Assassin's Mark (PASSIVE)
Akali Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Rumble
Lots of AOE and has a shield in his kit which can counter your damage, even with ignite.
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Champion Build Guide
WHO AM I?
I'm a midlane main that thoroughly enjoys playing Akali. Akali was the first champion I picked up on League and since then I've been playing her all the time since she's a strong pick in the right hands but is also very fun to play and has a lot of outplay potential :)
PROS AND CONS
-High Mobility
-High Damage
-High outplay potential
-Extremely fun to play
CONS
-Very squishy
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Twilight Shroud can be countered by true sight
-CC massively inhibits any successful plays at all
-High Damage
-High outplay potential
-Extremely fun to play
CONS
-Very squishy
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-CC massively inhibits any successful plays at all
ABILITIES
Akali’s passive
Assassin's Mark is an empowered auto attack. Damaging a champion with any of Akali’s abilities will proc your passive- this creates a ring which if you walk out of, Akali uses her empowered Kama to auto attack enemies at a longer range and higher damage than her regular auto attacks. Hitting an enemy with the passive restores 10 energy to Akali.
The passive lasts 5 seconds which pairs well with when you use her Q
Five Point Strike at max range on enemies as they are slowed for a very small amount of time- but just long enough for you to use the passive ability on them.
Akali’s Q
Five Point Strike is AOE damage. It isn’t very long range but it slows enemies if they are hit by the tip of it. This is the ability that you will max first as it becomes your main source of damage. The cooldown on this ability is very low and when paired with the presence of mind rune
Presence of Mind, it can be used multiple times on enemies for even more damage and kill potential within a very short space of time.
Akali’s W
Twilight Shroud is a smoke shroud which conceals her (it grants you invisibility while you are inside it) and grants a short burst of increased MS.
Using Akali’s shroud restores 80 energy which will enable her to use her abilities faster.
Use the shroud to better position yourself in teamfights and also to more easily dodge enemy skillshots.
Even though you are invisible in the shroud, you can be revealed by true sight, such as:
Karma’s W
Focused Resolve
Leblanc’s E
Ethereal Chains
Morgana’s R
Soul Shackles
Kai’sa W
Void Seeker
Twisted Fate’s R
Destiny
Enemy wards
Stealth Ward
Oracle Lens
Akali’s E
Shuriken Flip is a two part ability and can be used for combat and for making quick escapes.
Akali throws out a shuriken and flips backwards. If the shuriken hits a champion or enemy minion, the ability can be recast and will cause Akali to dash back to the marked opponent or enemy minion. Both parts of her E
Shuriken Flip do the same amount of damage.
Akali can use this ability to flip backwards through terrain and distance herself from enemy champions chasing her or she can use it as a gap close to catch up to enemy champions fleeing.
You can use your E
Shuriken Flip in conjunction with your W
Twilight Shroud to allow for quick escapes- simply throw your shuriken into your shroud, which will mark it, and recast the ability; this will cause Akali to dash back into her shroud.
Akali’s R is
Perfect Execution an execution; this ultimate ability can either be used as an execution tool or as a means of escape.
The first part of her R
Perfect Execution can only be used on an enemy champion (since it is a targeted ability), the second part of her R can be used against anything (other enemy champions, monsters or minions), in any direction or to escape through terrain or close in on fleeing enemies. There is a 2 second waiting time between the first part of her R
Perfect Executionand the second part, this can be useful for deciding what to use it against.

The passive lasts 5 seconds which pairs well with when you use her Q

Akali’s Q


Akali’s W

Using Akali’s shroud restores 80 energy which will enable her to use her abilities faster.
Use the shroud to better position yourself in teamfights and also to more easily dodge enemy skillshots.
Even though you are invisible in the shroud, you can be revealed by true sight, such as:
Karma’s W

Leblanc’s E

Morgana’s R

Kai’sa W

Twisted Fate’s R

Enemy wards


Akali’s E

Akali throws out a shuriken and flips backwards. If the shuriken hits a champion or enemy minion, the ability can be recast and will cause Akali to dash back to the marked opponent or enemy minion. Both parts of her E

Akali can use this ability to flip backwards through terrain and distance herself from enemy champions chasing her or she can use it as a gap close to catch up to enemy champions fleeing.
You can use your E


Akali’s R is

The first part of her R


COMBOS
There are so many different combos you can try with
Akali but here are a few of my favorites:
Combo#1:Q
Five Point Strike → Passive
Assassin's Mark → Q
Five Point Strike
Combo#2:E
Shuriken Flip → E
Shuriken Flip recast → W
Twilight Shroud → Q
Five Point Strike → Passive
Assassin's Mark →
Ignite
Combo#3:Q
Five Point Strike → W
Twilight Shroud → Passive
Assassin's Mark →
Hextech Gunblade → E
Shuriken Flip → E recast
Shuriken Flip → Passive
Assassin's Mark
Combo#4:R
Perfect Execution → E
Shuriken Flip →
Ignite → Passive
Assassin's Mark → Q
Five Point Strike → E recast
Shuriken Flip → Passive
Assassin's Mark → R recast
Perfect Execution → Passive
Assassin's Mark
Combo#5:Q
Five Point Strike →
Hextech Gunblade → E
Shuriken Flip → E recast
Shuriken Flip → W
Twilight Shroud → R
Perfect Execution →
Ignite → R recast
Perfect Execution

Combo#1:Q



Combo#2:E






Combo#3:Q







Combo#4:R









Combo#5:Q








ITEMS





The item can also be used on a low health target fleeing a teamfight or gank, in order to secure the kill.















morellonimicon Morellonomicon: You only need to fully build this item if the enemy team have a lot of healing, for example; Mordekaiser's






SUMMONER SPELLS








RUNES: Keystones








RUNES: Side Runes










































LANING
In general; laning with
Akali is very situational. If you can secure an early lead- you will be able to purchse your most essential item:
Hextech Gunblade much faster which will mean your sustain will increase and, thus, your stay in lane will be increased as well. Purchasing this item is of the utmost importance!
Early Laning Phase: At this point you want to farm safely against poke heavy champions and wait for level 3 before taking a trade. Do not prioritize an unnecessary trade, or one that you don't think is worth, over a minion wave. You need the gold for your first item purchase (
Hextech Gunblade)- aim for getting it by 9-11 minutes into the game. Remember to play safe if you are not feeling too confident as it is better to be safe than to mess up early with
Akali.
Mid-Game Laning Phase: You should have your
Hextech Gunblade at this point. Making plays and picking up kills is what you want to be doing here mostly, push your lane and then roam either top or bot lane to try and pick up kills and pressurize the enemy team. You want to do this since you will need the stacks for your runes such as;
Ravenous Hunter or
Relentless Hunter.
Late Game: This is the worst part of the game for
Akali as she does not scale so she becomes a lot weaker here. Your role as an assassin is to take out the enemy ADC (Attack Damage Carry) and other squishy champions. Remember NOT to focus on the enemy tank! Stick to your role of eliminating squishies where possible and your'e on the right track. Make sure you are joining in on all teamfights as you do have a lot of damage and your team can easily win the teamfight with you there to contribute your burst damage. You want to make sure that all lanes are being pushed and that you take out their carries wherever you can and always go for the win!.


Early Laning Phase: At this point you want to farm safely against poke heavy champions and wait for level 3 before taking a trade. Do not prioritize an unnecessary trade, or one that you don't think is worth, over a minion wave. You need the gold for your first item purchase (


Mid-Game Laning Phase: You should have your



Late Game: This is the worst part of the game for

AGAINST MAGES
When it comes to laning against mages, you will need to wait until level 3 at least before going in for a trade. Most mages will be able to poke you out of lane easily at this stage and for that reason I think level 3 is the optimum time to take a trade since you will have your W
Twilight Shroud to use as cover while you harass with you Q
Five Point Strike and hide in to make hitting your E
Shuriken Flip much easier. Against particularly poke heavy champions, use your Q
Five Point Strike and E
Shuriken Flip to farm minions with instead of taking unnecessary damage early on by going in to auto attack them. Look to ping your jungler for a assistance with a gank to get an early lead.





AGAINST MELEE
Laning against a melee champion is much easier early game since they cant poke you out as easily as a mage which means you can play aggressive early on to get that early lead with a first blood- this is very easy to do once you hit level 2 since you will have enough damage to kill other squishy champions such as
Katarina. The gold from first blood is extremely good for
Akali since it means you can purchase
Hextech Gunblade faster. Go in for early trades once you hit level 2 and try and push the enemy out of lane to cripple their minion farm score. You can easily make solo plays against melee so it isn't always necessary to ping your jungler for assistance here.



AKALI MID DOMINATION
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