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.
Try harassing Tryndamere early so he can't kill minions and heal with Bloodlust.
Most of Tryndamere's damage is physical. If he's getting too strong, consider buying a Thornmail.
Remember, Tryndamere can only slow you if you are facing away from him.
The stats shown here underscore several important Akali against Tryndamere matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tryndamere’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tryndamere. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tryndamere. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Tryndamere, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter to Tryndamere.
While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Tryndamere, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Tryndamereas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tryndamere. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Tryndamere matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter for Tryndamere. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against Tryndamere.
To truly master Akali in order to counter Tryndamere during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Tryndamere. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akali versus Tryndamere build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Tryndamere than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Tryndamere with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Tryndamere as Akali, Akali players should use 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 that we analyzed for Akali vs Tryndamere battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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