Mid

Akali Build 26.22

Akali plays an entirely different game the second her shroud hits the ground. Drop it, vanish in the middle of a fight, and rebuild her combo while enemies swing at empty air. Middle of the pack at 49.4% and climbing, she is a snowball assassin who either erases the carry or misses outright, with little in between. Her energy empties fast, so every dash and shuriken has to earn its cost.

#66 of 125 mid this patch · 9.5k games

Win rate49.4%+0.8Games9.5kPick rate8.3%Ban rate17.1%Last 8 patches+0.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 87%AD 6%True 7%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 49.4% WR

Spellslinger's Shoes SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopB50.5%AhriMidA51.2%AkaliMidB49.4%AkshanMidC49.0%AlistarSupportS52.4%AmbessaTopC47.8%AmumuJungleC49.4%AniviaMidB49.9%AnnieMidA51.4%ApheliosAD CarryB49.5%AsheAD CarryC48.9%Aurelion SolMidA51.8%AuroraMidA52.1%AzirMidD47.8%BardSupportC48.9%Bel'VethJungleS52.7%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportC48.7%BraumSupportA50.8%BriarJungleB49.7%CaitlynAD CarryC48.0%CamilleTopA51.0%CassiopeiaMidB49.9%Cho'GathJungleA51.4%CorkiAD CarryB50.7%DariusTopB50.5%DianaJungleB49.8%Dr. MundoTopB50.8%DravenAD CarryA51.4%EkkoMidA52.1%EliseJungleB50.5%EvelynnJungleA51.4%EzrealAD CarryD46.5%FiddlesticksJungleB50.4%FioraTopA51.7%FizzMidB50.1%GalioMidB49.6%GangplankTopA52.1%GarenTopB50.6%GnarTopC48.9%GragasTopB49.9%GravesJungleB49.6%GwenTopB50.0%HecarimJungleB50.6%HeimerdingerTopB50.6%HweiMidS52.6%IllaoiTopB49.5%IreliaTopB50.0%IvernJungleB50.6%JannaSupportB50.6%Jarvan IVJungleC49.2%JaxTopB50.2%JayceTopC47.9%JhinAD CarryB50.5%JinxAD CarryA51.5%K'SanteTopD47.7%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.5%KalistaAD CarryB50.0%KarmaSupportC48.1%KarthusJungleB49.7%KassadinMidA51.3%KatarinaMidS52.8%KayleTopA51.6%KaynJungleB50.3%KennenTopA52.0%Kha'ZixJungleC49.3%KindredJungleA51.4%KledTopB50.4%Kog'MawAD CarryA52.0%LeBlancMidA51.7%Lee SinJungleC48.7%LeonaSupportA51.5%LilliaJungleA52.0%LissandraMidB50.1%LockeMidB49.5%LucianAD CarryB49.4%LuluSupportB49.9%LuxSupportC49.2%MalphiteTopA51.1%MalzaharMidB50.1%MaokaiSupportA52.2%Master YiJungleB50.0%MelMidD47.4%MilioSupportB49.9%Miss FortuneAD CarryB50.2%MordekaiserTopA51.1%MorganaSupportA51.3%NaafiriJungleA50.8%NamiSupportB49.7%NasusTopB49.7%NautilusSupportB49.8%NeekoSupportC48.1%NidaleeJungleA51.8%NilahAD CarryS53.5%NocturneJungleB49.8%Nunu & WillumpJungleA51.6%OlafTopB49.6%OriannaMidD46.7%OrnnTopA51.0%PantheonTopB50.4%PoppySupportS53.0%PykeSupportB50.2%QiyanaJungleD47.5%QuinnTopC48.0%RakanSupportS52.7%RammusJungleS53.0%Rek'SaiJungleA51.0%RellSupportS52.5%Renata GlascSupportB50.8%RenektonTopB49.4%RengarJungleC48.8%RivenTopB50.0%RumbleTopC48.1%RyzeMidD47.0%SamiraAD CarryB49.5%SejuaniJungleA51.0%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.7%SettTopA51.3%ShacoJungleA51.0%ShenTopS53.3%ShyvanaJungleA51.7%SingedTopA51.2%SionTopA51.2%SivirAD CarryB50.6%SkarnerJungleA51.2%SmolderAD CarryA50.9%SonaSupportA51.7%SorakaSupportA51.0%SwainSupportA50.9%SylasMidC48.3%SyndraMidB50.1%Tahm KenchSupportB49.7%TaliyahJungleB50.8%TalonJungleA51.1%TaricSupportB50.8%TeemoTopA50.9%ThreshSupportB50.5%TristanaAD CarryB50.3%TrundleTopC48.2%TryndamereTopB49.9%Twisted FateMidB50.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.1%UdyrJungleB49.7%UrgotTopA50.9%VarusAD CarryC48.4%VayneAD CarryA51.4%VeigarMidC48.7%Vel'KozSupportA51.6%VexMidS53.1%ViJungleB49.7%ViegoJungleB49.5%ViktorMidB49.7%VladimirMidA51.0%VolibearTopB50.1%WarwickJungleA51.9%WukongJungleB50.8%XayahAD CarryS53.3%XerathMidA51.6%Xin ZhaoJungleA51.7%YasuoMidC48.7%YoneMidC49.1%YorickTopD47.6%YunaraAD CarryB49.4%YuumiSupportD47.7%ZaahenTopB50.1%ZacJungleB50.7%ZedMidB49.2%ZeriAD CarryA51.7%ZiggsAD CarryA51.2%ZileanSupportA50.9%ZoeMidA51.1%ZyraSupportA51.0%

LoL ClassicSee how Akali was built in the classic eraAkali Classic Build

When Is Akali Strongest?

The early game is the peak, before the enemy team comes online, and games at this rank average around 28 minutes. Akali is looking to hit that spike with enough items to one-rotation a carry, then use the leap resets to bounce between kills and keep vanishing before the enemy can collapse on her.

Game timeline · Akali drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:19

Ambush zone8:06–9:36 Power spike 27:03

14:04

12:08

20:57

27:03

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 58/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~5.1k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Spellslinger's Shoes · 14:04

Akali Item Build

Akali is an in-and-out assassin who spends energy to burst a single target and vanish before the answer lands. The build stacks ability power with a little sustain and cooldown so her shroud comes back fast and each rotation deletes a squishy, then resets when she gets the kill.

Standard loadout · Akali The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes84% · 50.6%

Chainlaced Crushers16% · 47.2%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.B

Banshee's Veil24949.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Stormsurge1.7k50.1%V

Void Staff61549.8%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens5.3k52.1%S

Stealth Ward3.3k46.2%F

Farsight Alteration93545.8%

Best Akali Runes

Electrocute is the standard, and her combo procs it almost instantly. A shuriken, the empowered auto, and a follow-up strike are three quick sources of damage, exactly the trigger that keystone rewards. Round the page out with a little cooldown and sustain to feed her energy bar. Land the opener and it front-loads the burst that defines her.

The pre-game page Electrocute · Domination + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

ElectrocuteHitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Sudden Impact90% · 49.7%

Grisly Mementos74% · 49.2%

Ultimate Hunter89% · 49.7%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Overgrowth69% · 49.7%

Second Wind60% · 48.8%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Rush Hextech Gunblade into Shadowflame and treat the spike as your cue to commit. You want an early lead here, so punish your winning matchups fast. Shadowflame comes online around 21 minutes, and once it lands her full combo starts deleting squishies instead of merely chunking them. Trade in half-measures until the item is there, then go all in.

Akali Skill Order

Akali's first five points put three ranks into Five Point Strike while Twilight Shroud and Shuriken Flip each sit at one from levels 2 and 3. Perfect Execution at 6 is what turns that poke into a kill.

Skill order · Akali R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Akali Abilities

Assassin's Mark rewards footwork more than raw aim: any spell that lands rings a target in energy, and stepping across that ring hands her next attack bonus range and damage. Shuriken Flip marks the first thing it hits, then recasts into a dash straight to it.

Abilities · Akalipatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Assassin's MarkPassiveP

Five Point StrikeMax 1stQ

Twilight ShroudMax lastW

Shuriken FlipMax 2ndE

Perfect ExecutionUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Five Point StrikeMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+25 per rank+65% AD+60% APlv 145lv 470lv 595lv 7120lv 9145Cost-10 per ranklv 1110lv 4100lv 590lv 780lv 970Constant at every rankCooldown1.5ssame at all ranks

Akali Base Stats

Base stats · AkaliPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD62+3.3AS0.625+3.2%MS345Range125HP600+119HP59+0.9Armor23+4.7MR37+2.05Energy200EN550

Akali Matchups

Akali wants to isolate one target, so lanes with reliable point-and-click crowd control or a bodyguard who peels for the carry give her fits. She feasts on immobile squishies who cannot escape her mark, but a tanky front line that soaks her combo blunts everything she does.

Lane matchups · Akali click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs assassins 01Respect their all-in threat; do not shove blindly without escape available.02Build armor or magic resist and save shroud to dodge their engage.03After you dodge their combo, all-in immediately with E and R. Win rate by game lengthAkali overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min53.2%20–28 min48.5%28–35 min49.2%Over 35 min49.1%

Ranged pokers are the real problem, so look out for Kassadin, Hwei, and Vex who chip her down before she has shroud and dashes to answer, and lane honestly into them. Once her escape tools are up she flips most of those duels on the reset. She feasts on Cassiopeia, Qiyana, and Diana, so shove in and roam toward a lane her pick potential can decide.

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