Ahri vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Ahri
based on 7,193 Ahri vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ahri vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Ahri vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Ahri
Tips for Playing as Ahri against Akali
Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.
Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.
Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.
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.
Ahri vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Ahri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Ahri against Akali matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Ahri typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ahri and Akali
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Who is Better, Ahri or Akali?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Ahri usually loses when taking on Akali, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Ahri makes a bad counter to Akali.
While Ahri does have a lower win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Ahri also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Ahri into Akali.
Moreover, Ahri also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ahri is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ahri against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ahri to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ahri typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ahri versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ahri bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Akali as Ahri, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Ahri vs Akali LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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