Hi @ ZeroTwoI,

Thanks for the comment and I am glad you liked the guide.
I will work on updating the shroud very soon. I am looking to visually update all my guides anyway pretty soon.

I am glad you liked my idea about grasp, it is a very solid choice if you are laning against abusive early game champions.

Greetings,

~Kaji

Thanks bro, I am glad you liked it! :)

To answer your questions:

1. As Akali once you get your Gunblade carrying a game becomes very natural.
At times it can be hard to carry though. If you receive a lot of ganks from the enemy jungler and you fall behind or if all your other lanes are doing poorly.
The good thing about Akali is that she is great at creating her own leads. You don't need your jungler because of you own ability to outplay and outdamage your opponent.
The last patch was prettt helpful as well. Akali's early game damage was nerfed a little but her scaling in to the late game became better.

2. I haven't encountered too many hard match-ups so far. There are difficult match-ups for sure, but none are really unwinable! What you need to do if you are in a hard match-up is play safe until you have at least a hextech revolver and are able to deal some serious damage or ask for ganks.
Another option in hard match-ups is simple: roam to get your kills in other lanes!

3. Play at least a few normal games on her to embrace her unique play-style. If you are new to the champion buy doran's shield first for the increased lane sustain and it might be useful to buy a bilgewatter cutlass first because the lifesteal will be more forgiving on you if you make a mistake or take a bad trade.
Before going in to ranked: learn how her shroud works in every aspect (you can find that in the guide). It helps to try it in training mode for like 5 minutes to get the basics!
But the biggest tip is: don't be afraid to make the plays!

I hope this covers most of your questions. Feel free to ask if you have more!

Have fun discovering one of my all time favorite champs!

Hey man, thanks for the comment.
I can see where you are going with the Long Sword start. Personally I prefer to buy a Hextech Revolver first as it will help you with the burst. But that's more of a personal preference. Your idea is also perfectly viable!

Thank you!
Really appreciate the comment.
Happy to hear that you were able to improve your game-play on Akali because of my guide.
That's why we write guides! ^^
Hopefully I will be able to play some Akali myself later today, expect to see some updates to the guide afterwards! :D

Personaly I take Dark Seal almost every game.
It will give you more than enough sustain combined with your q Five Point Strike.
I guess that it is more a preference.
But my recommendation is 100% Dark Seal!
The only situation I would prefer Doran's Shield is when you go top and are in a very tough match-up!

Thanks for the comment my friend!
I am glad you liked it so much!
The more I get to play new bae, the more extensive the guide will become!