Akali vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Akali
based on 22,846 Akali vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Akali vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Akali vs. Caitlyn counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn..
Akali normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Akali or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Caitlyn, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Caitlyn, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Caitlynas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a similar 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 Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akali against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Akali versus Caitlyn build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Caitlyn as Akali, Akali players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Caitlyn counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
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