Akali vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Akali
based on 13,462 Akali vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Brand
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Akali vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Akali vs. Brand matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Brand. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Brand. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Brand
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Who is Better, Akali or Brand?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when trying to fight Brand, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a poor counter for Brand.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Brandas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Brand. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali to counter Brand during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates more CS relative to Brand. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Akali versus Brand build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Brand than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.4% battling Brand with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Brand as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Akali vs Brand counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Brand as Akali are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.