Caitlyn vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Caitlyn
based on 22,846 Caitlyn vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Akali
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some vital Caitlyn vs. Akali counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Caitlyn normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Akali
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate than Akali, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Akali.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Akali matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Caitlyn versus Akali build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Akali than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when playing against Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Akali as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Caitlyn vs Akali clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akali as Caitlyn are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.