Hello! This is my personal build for Akali, The Fist of Shadow. This build can be either used for the top lane solo, or mid. My build consists of mostly ap items, obviously, but with some hybrid mixed in, for a little kick.
The reason I named this build what I did is because Akali is seriously a one woman clean up crew. If your team loses a team fight, and you couldn't be there, you could just easily jump in and just CLEAN UP. That's why I love Akali. Her high burst rate is just beautiful and makes her an easy champion to get fed with.

I've recently updated my Runes so I've updated this section as well! I took the advice of DaCookieMonsta and it worked out for the better!

My Runes now:
7 Greater Mark of Strength
2 Greater Mark of Destruction
9 Greater Seal of Vitality
9 Greater Glyph of Force
3 Greater Quintessence of Potency

I've just recently updated my masteries, as well! I wanna thank, DaCookieMonsta, for helping me with my masteries! I never realized so many things went into her masteries. I'm very thankful for your help. My masteries are now 21/8/1!

""This is just some key mastery tips which could really make or break a game. I get Summoners Wrath because after you use ignite your ad will go up by 5 when ignite is on cool down. This face will give a slight boost to your damage and adds to your passive. I also take 3 points in Brute Force. The ad can also help in last-hitting. I also put 4 points into "alacrity" and place a point into "Weapon Expertise" Adjust it so there is 2 points in "blast" then finish off with 4 points in "archmage" and 1 point "Executioner."" -Quoted from DaCookieMonsta's comment. With some tense changes lol.

Now to go a little more indepth!

Twin Disciplines

This is Akali's passive ability! When her ability power gets to 20, her basic attack will deal an extra 8% in magic damage. And this increases by 1% for every 6 ability power that she gains. When she gains bonus 10 attack damage, she will gain 8% spell vamp, and that will increase by 1% for every 6 attack damage that she gains. And this is why she is considered hybrid because you need both attack damage and ability power to set off both of her passives well enough to make her balanced.

Mark of the Assassin

This is your Q! When you use it, you throw one of your kamas at the opponent, and it leaves a purple marking on that champion. Sort of like a target. If you were to hit that enemy again, with either a basic attack or if you were to use your E, it would set off an extra burst of damage, and the purple marking would no longer be there. If you didn't set off the mark, then it'll eventually disappear after 6 seconds, and you'll have to Q them again if you want to get that burst damage again.

Twilight Shroud

This is your W! When you click W, a circle comes up, and you click anywhere within that circle, and a shroud of purple dust appears, when you're inside of that circle, you become invisible for a period of time from the enemy. You also gain bonus armor and magic resistance while in the circle. If you leave the circle you have about a second of invisibility until you're visible again. When the shroud disappears you'll be visible. And when people step on your shroud, they become slowed and even though they're standing on the shroud, they cannot see you. So this is the perfect skill for the assassin, either if you're trying to get away or get a sneak attack on the enemy.

Crescent Slash

This is your E! I love this ability because it makes farming so much easier! When you use this ability, Akali will spin around in a circle attacking everything within it's range. I love to use this ability near a champion that has the Q mark on it. I'll go over my combo in the next section. But this ability is wonderful for farming. When you get all the minions around you to a last hit, just E, and you'll get all the minion farm. Overall this ability is good for everything, attacking and farming.

Shadow Dance

This is your R. Or ultimate ability. With this ability, you can jump, within it's range, to a nearby enemy or enemy minion. The range is quite long, and this ability stacks in increments of 3. So you have a great chasing ability when you're completely stacked. When you run out of stacks, it's actually quite a short cool down, so you'll be back on the chase in no time at all.

Mid

The reason I put the wards where I do, is because that way I avoid ganks, from either side of the river. I love wards, to me, they're almost more important then items. So if you're one of those people thinking, "Should I buy a ward or finish an item?" Go for the ward, it could save your life. If you finish that item, what's your guarantee that you won't be ganked? You NEED to ward! So keep a ward on either side of the river, and you should be set!

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Top

**For top lane, this map indicates two different possibilities for warding, based upon how many wards you chose to buy!


If you buy two, it'll be in this color.
If you buy three, it'll be in this color.



Avoid ganks at top is a MUST. If you don't buy wards at top and you get ganked, and forced to go back and heal. Then you'll be losing out on farm, and most of the time, any chance of coming back from that. You need to keep atleast 2 to 3 wards up at all times. That way you can avoid unnecessary set backs that ganking causes. Plus having wards, keeps you in a better mindset and you'll be more confident to go past the river, so long as you have wards. It makes it much easier to be more aggressive when you have wards. So really, don't skip wards just to finish an item. Wards are SUPER important!