Akali vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Akali
based on 3,086 Akali vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Akali vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Akali vs. Jayce counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Jayce. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Jayce
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Who is Better, Akali or Jayce?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when playing against Jayce, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a poor counter for Jayce.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Jayceas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Jayce. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Akali against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Jayce during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akali versus Jayce build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Jayce than with most other common builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Jayce with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Jayce as Akali, Akali players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Akali vs Jayce counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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