Akali vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Akali
based on 3,917 Akali vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Fiddlesticks
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.
Akali vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some significant Akali versus Fiddlesticks counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fiddlesticks’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Fiddlesticks. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Fiddlesticks. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Akali or Fiddlesticks?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Fiddlesticks, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter to Fiddlesticks.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Fiddlesticks, when facing one another, Akali also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Fiddlesticksas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Fiddlesticks is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Fiddlesticks. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average racks up much more CS as Fiddlesticks. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akali versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Fiddlesticks than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Fiddlesticks with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Fiddlesticks as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Akali vs Fiddlesticks counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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