Aatrox vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Aatrox
based on 11,028 Aatrox vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Akali
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Aatrox vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Aatrox vs. Akali counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Aatrox normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Akali
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Aatrox usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes a good counter for Akali.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aatrox into Akali.
Furthermore, Aatrox has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Akali matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Akali build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sterak's Gage, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Akali than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Akali as Aatrox, Aatrox players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Aatrox vs Akali clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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