Akali vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Akali
based on 17,800 Akali vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Akali vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Akali versus Yasuo counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo..
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Akali or Yasuo?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when taking on Yasuo, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter to Yasuo.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Yasuoas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali often racks up a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Akali versus Yasuo build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Yasuo with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Yasuo as Akali, Akali players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Bone Plating runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Akali vs Yasuo counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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