Akali Counters Classic 26.22

Lee Sin starts with Tempest / Cripple inside Twilight Shroud. He reveals enemy units the shockwave hits. That hit opens his second cast. He follows by reducing Akali's movement and attack speed, which recover gradually. Inside the smoke Twilight Shroud hides Akali, and attacking or casting reveals her only briefly.

Akali sees Dragon's Rage turn a Shadow Dance arrival into forced distance. The kick knocks her back after she reaches Lee Sin, and a return with Shadow Dance depends on its stored charge state. Dragon's Rage enters its cooldown after the kick, while Shadow Dance's stored charges recharge periodically and through kills or assists.

Lee Sin's Energy bar decides whether he can afford Tempest / Cripple when Akali drops Twilight Shroud. Flurry returns Energy through the basic attacks that follow each ability. Sonic Wave / Resonating Strike draws from the same Energy pool before those refunds arrive.

A Shadow Dance entry costs Akali a stored charge and brings her into Demacian Justice's reach. That finishing spell gains damage from her missing health, so dashing while already wounded commits the charge inside Garen's finishing range.

Track Akali with Judgment after she arrives to consume Mark of the Assassin, because Judgment strikes enemies close to Garen while he moves, the marked payoff requires her melee attack, and Crescent Slash reaches only the same close area.

Twin Disciplines adds magic damage to Akali's basic attacks, and Mark of the Assassin deals magic damage before its melee trigger. Courage raises Garen's armor and magic resistance passively, and its active grants a shield that cuts both damage taken and crowd control effects.