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Akali Build Guide by Above All Sanity

Assassin Hello, Name's Akali, I'll Be Your Cleanup Crew

Assassin Hello, Name's Akali, I'll Be Your Cleanup Crew

Updated on November 6, 2012
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Above All Sanity (1) | November 6, 2012 11:10am
F3ar0ner wrote:

+1. It's a good read.


Oh thank you! :)
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F3ar0ner (22) | November 6, 2012 11:07am
Voted +1
+1. It's a good read.
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Above All Sanity (1) | November 6, 2012 8:50am
Incanzio wrote:

Sorry, the major problem with this guide is how lacking of detail it is, and even if it had a lot of detail, it's not BBcoded at all, and looks very difficult to read.


Sorry I'm not fancy and I don't really understand how it's hard to read. But ok. Thanks for your comment anyway.
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Incanzio (7) | November 5, 2012 8:36pm
Voted -1
Sorry, the major problem with this guide is how lacking of detail it is, and even if it had a lot of detail, it's not BBcoded at all, and looks very difficult to read.
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DaCookieMonsta (8) | November 5, 2012 7:05pm
Lol you are so welcome! Always happy to help :D
Akali is one of my favorite champs to play (I even have the bloodmoon akali skin)
Your welcome to helping you out, I hope your guide becomes a high rated guide in the future!


-DaCookieMonsta

Best of Luck
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Above All Sanity (1) | November 5, 2012 6:30pm

This is an ok build for alkali I guess. But there are quite a few points I should point out. First: The runes you are using a terribly bad for alkali. If you haven't noticed, Akali has a passive which activates when you hit 20 ability power and +10 additional AD. The perfect rune set-up (The one I use) makes sure you get both passives really early without items. (Except for Boots + 3 pots start)

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

Second: Your guide is really short at the moment. While you did say that you were going to add things to it, I feel thet you shouldn't have even realeased it until it was a lot closer to the final project or maybe even complete.

Third: For Your Mid Lane Summoners, always take Ignite + Flash. Heal + Ignite isn't that good, especially mid lane, because if a jungler comes and ganks you, you're screwed with no escapes. Flash also helps you secure kills, go thru walls, escape, juke etc.. Flash is an op summoner.

Fourth: You have both Lich Bane and Trinity? The passives don't stack and you also have NO BOOTS which is really bad. Consider Sorcerer Shoes and Merc Threads.

Fifth: Your Skill Order for your spells are all over the place and don't provide what alkali needs which is burst. Max Q first as this spell is your poke and highest dog dealer. Max E second as this is your second source of damage and this helps you last hit and farm. Max W last is it does it's job great sitting at level 1 which is to provide you with stealth and escape. Here is a skill-order you should be using.

1: Q
2: W
3: Q
4: E
5: Q
6: R
7: Q
8: E
9: Q
10: E
11: R
12: E
13: E
14: W
15: W
16: R
17: W
18: W

As Always, take your ultimate as soon as you can.

Sixth: Your masteries are ok, but your missing some key masteries which could really help you out. Get Summoners Wrath as if you read, after using ignite, your ap + ad goes up by 5 when it is on cool down. This gives a slight boost to your damage and adds to your passive. Take 3 points in Brute Force as the points you put in Mental Force don't really add that much to your damage. The ad can also help in last-hitting. Take out points you put into "Havoc" as it doesn't increase your damage that much at all. 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."

Seventh: Your build is nice, but like I said earlier, add boots (merc threads or sorcerer shoes) and take away trinity. Trinity is ok, but you do have a lot of wasted stats like attack speed and mana. While Lich Bane also gives mana, it gives better stats and it is still worth it. Also your build order isn't as good as it can be. Here is the build I use on Akali along with other high elo pro alkali players. Boots + 3 potions, then hextech revolver, sorc shoes, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's, Guardian for survivability, Lich Bane, then finish it off with Void Staff to penetrate people. (Only take Void Staff if 3 or more enemies have 100+ magic resist or something huge like that. If you really don't like void or don't want guardian replace one of them with rylai's. Hextech Revoler and Gunblade are CORE ITEMS on her so after boots + 3 potions, rush hextech revolver.

SORRY IF THIS WAS A BIG BLOB OF TEXT. I NOTICED SOME KEY THINGS THAT YOU MISSED AND JUST WANTED TO HELP YOU OUT!! :D Hope I helped you big time.

-DaCookieMonsta (Fellow Akali Player/Akali Expert lol)


Oh my gosh I didn't notice any of this! Thanks so much! (: I'll be changing my build up A LOT. This is the very first build/guide I've made, so I didn't really know what all to put in it, but I'll be changing up, and adding some quotes from these comments! Thanks for your support and your feedback! And I love that I've found another Akali addict like myself! I always look for ways to better myself and I'm glad you're helping me out, thanks so much!
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Above All Sanity (1) | November 5, 2012 6:27pm

Hm, i thought about getting Rylais first on Akali too, but i think it depends on your lane opponent. If you have something with great harass like yorick, jayce etc. i would suggest building hextech first, and a giant's quickly after. If you got Rylais first, you would get zoned hard and losing even more CS than a pre-6 akali normally does, you also will need to get to base more often resulting in heavy disadvantages.
Against (passive) champs like shen, malphite, nasus, who are really hard to chase even with ultimate, a Rylais rush may work though.

Well, another thing i came across are your health regen seals in a solotop build. I recommend taking standard armor seals, especially when going top and against an AD champ like riven, talon, fiora. Maybe you should enlarge your rune chapter to give the viewer a better insight about your rune choices.

On the items, i don't really like trinity force on akali, tested it quite some times but lich bane did get me better results everytime, especially because trinity got some stats you really don't need, and does your base! AD*1,5 as bonus dmg, which is about 150 extra dmg full build. Lich Bane damages for 100% of you AP, which is ~400 full build, and applies the magic penetration you got too.
Lately, i also tested will of the ancients instead of hextech revolver, mainly because of the price difference, and it worked out quite well. Just saying ;D

And last point, the masteries, it's maybe personal preference but i can't stand seing havoc or honor guard or evasion on any build cause... they won't do anything. 1000*1,5 =15. So if you burst someone completely down midgame, you have dealth an extra 15 damage. Wow. No, seriously, especially with akali these 3 points are better spent in pure AD for your passives.

Well, hope i could help! #BlackReaper


Thanks so much for your feedback! Maybe i'll make a 3rd build for all these suggestions I've been getting. I understand where you're coming from, this is just the build I use, and it gives me my highest win ratings. I don't normally get far in my build so I never actually make it to Tri-Force because my team usually wins before then or they surrender, vice versa. But I'll look into some new runes and masteries! Thanks! (:
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DaCookieMonsta (8) | November 5, 2012 4:50pm
Added Note for Masteries Which I forgot to Add:

Take the 9 points you put into the "Utility Tree" and put them into the defense tree for more survivability. Put 2 points each into "Resistance" and "Hardiness" for the defense tree. 4 points into "Durability" and 1 point into Veteran's Scars.
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DaCookieMonsta (8) | November 5, 2012 4:46pm
Voted -1
This is an ok build for alkali I guess. But there are quite a few points I should point out. First: The runes you are using a terribly bad for alkali. If you haven't noticed, Akali has a passive which activates when you hit 20 ability power and +10 additional AD. The perfect rune set-up (The one I use) makes sure you get both passives really early without items. (Except for Boots + 3 pots start)

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

Second: Your guide is really short at the moment. While you did say that you were going to add things to it, I feel thet you shouldn't have even realeased it until it was a lot closer to the final project or maybe even complete.

Third: For Your Mid Lane Summoners, always take Ignite + Flash. Heal + Ignite isn't that good, especially mid lane, because if a jungler comes and ganks you, you're screwed with no escapes. Flash also helps you secure kills, go thru walls, escape, juke etc.. Flash is an op summoner.

Fourth: You have both Lich Bane and Trinity? The passives don't stack and you also have NO BOOTS which is really bad. Consider Sorcerer Shoes and Merc Threads.

Fifth: Your Skill Order for your spells are all over the place and don't provide what alkali needs which is burst. Max Q first as this spell is your poke and highest dog dealer. Max E second as this is your second source of damage and this helps you last hit and farm. Max W last is it does it's job great sitting at level 1 which is to provide you with stealth and escape. Here is a skill-order you should be using.

1: Q
2: W
3: Q
4: E
5: Q
6: R
7: Q
8: E
9: Q
10: E
11: R
12: E
13: E
14: W
15: W
16: R
17: W
18: W

As Always, take your ultimate as soon as you can.

Sixth: Your masteries are ok, but your missing some key masteries which could really help you out. Get Summoners Wrath as if you read, after using ignite, your ap + ad goes up by 5 when it is on cool down. This gives a slight boost to your damage and adds to your passive. Take 3 points in Brute Force as the points you put in Mental Force don't really add that much to your damage. The ad can also help in last-hitting. Take out points you put into "Havoc" as it doesn't increase your damage that much at all. 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."

Seventh: Your build is nice, but like I said earlier, add boots (merc threads or sorcerer shoes) and take away trinity. Trinity is ok, but you do have a lot of wasted stats like attack speed and mana. While Lich Bane also gives mana, it gives better stats and it is still worth it. Also your build order isn't as good as it can be. Here is the build I use on Akali along with other high elo pro alkali players. Boots + 3 potions, then hextech revolver, sorc shoes, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's, Guardian for survivability, Lich Bane, then finish it off with Void Staff to penetrate people. (Only take Void Staff if 3 or more enemies have 100+ magic resist or something huge like that. If you really don't like void or don't want guardian replace one of them with rylai's. Hextech Revoler and Gunblade are CORE ITEMS on her so after boots + 3 potions, rush hextech revolver.

SORRY IF THIS WAS A BIG BLOB OF TEXT. I NOTICED SOME KEY THINGS THAT YOU MISSED AND JUST WANTED TO HELP YOU OUT!! :D Hope I helped you big time.

-DaCookieMonsta (Fellow Akali Player/Akali Expert lol)
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BlackReaper | November 5, 2012 4:02pm
Hm, i thought about getting Rylais first on Akali too, but i think it depends on your lane opponent. If you have something with great harass like yorick, jayce etc. i would suggest building hextech first, and a giant's quickly after. If you got Rylais first, you would get zoned hard and losing even more CS than a pre-6 akali normally does, you also will need to get to base more often resulting in heavy disadvantages.
Against (passive) champs like shen, malphite, nasus, who are really hard to chase even with ultimate, a Rylais rush may work though.

Well, another thing i came across are your health regen seals in a solotop build. I recommend taking standard armor seals, especially when going top and against an AD champ like riven, talon, fiora. Maybe you should enlarge your rune chapter to give the viewer a better insight about your rune choices.

On the items, i don't really like trinity force on akali, tested it quite some times but lich bane did get me better results everytime, especially because trinity got some stats you really don't need, and does your base! AD*1,5 as bonus dmg, which is about 150 extra dmg full build. Lich Bane damages for 100% of you AP, which is ~400 full build, and applies the magic penetration you got too.
Lately, i also tested will of the ancients instead of hextech revolver, mainly because of the price difference, and it worked out quite well. Just saying ;D

And last point, the masteries, it's maybe personal preference but i can't stand seing havoc or honor guard or evasion on any build cause... they won't do anything. 1000*1,5 =15. So if you burst someone completely down midgame, you have dealth an extra 15 damage. Wow. No, seriously, especially with akali these 3 points are better spent in pure AD for your passives.

Well, hope i could help! #BlackReaper
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Above All Sanity (1) | November 5, 2012 2:27pm
True enough @thataznkid95. The reason I go for rylai's first is because I like the slow more, get's me more kills than when I went hextech. And I only get Trinity Force if the game goes that long, half the time i only get to the first 3 items so I have to make it count. But I understand where you're coming from. Thank you for your feedback and I appreciate your vote. :)
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thataznkid95 (8) | November 5, 2012 1:55pm
Voted -1
Litchbane and Trinity force doesnt stack. You dont have any real damage aside from litch bane, i suggest using deathcap over trinity force and building your hextech before rylai's for better sustain.
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