Ashe vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Ashe
based on 15,794 Ashe vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ashe vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Ashe vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Ashe
Tips for Playing as Ashe against Akali
Hawkshot reveals units in brush. If a team fight is occuring in the jungle it can give you a significant advantage.
Volley arrows are blocked by the first enemy they hit, so keep your distance to avoid having them all absorbed by enemy frontliners.
Try to fire Enchanted Crystal Arrow in the same direction enemies are moving, so it is more likely to hit.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Ashe vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Ashe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Ashe versus Akali matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Ashe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ashe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Ashe often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ashe and Akali
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Who is Better, Ashe or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ashe usually loses when facing off against Akali, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Ashe makes a poor counter to Akali.
While Ashe does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Ashe also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ashe into Akali.
Furthermore, Ashe has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Ashe vs Akali matchups, Akali 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.
Ashe is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Ashe against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Ashe to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ashe on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Ashe versus Akali build include Bloodsong, Imperial Mandate, and Axiom Arc. When Ashe bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Akali than with most other common builds. In fact, Ashe boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Akali as Ashe, Ashe players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Ashe vs Akali face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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