Cassiopeia vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Cassiopeia
based on 1,973 Cassiopeia vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Cassiopeia vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Cassiopeia vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Cassiopeia
Tips for Playing as Cassiopeia against Akali
Lead your enemy when targeting with Noxious Blast to ensure the hit.
Use Twin Fang on poisoned stationary targets like monsters and units stunned by her Petrifying Gaze for maximum damage.
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.
Cassiopeia vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Cassiopeia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several vital Cassiopeia vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Cassiopeia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Cassiopeia often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Cassiopeia and Akali
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Who is Better, Cassiopeia or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Cassiopeia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Akali, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Cassiopeia makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Cassiopeia does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Cassiopeia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Cassiopeia into Akalias her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Cassiopeia also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Cassiopeia vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Cassiopeia is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Cassiopeia against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Cassiopeia to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Cassiopeia most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Cassiopeia versus Akali build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Cassiopeia used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Cassiopeia boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Akali as Cassiopeia, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Cassiopeia vs Akali fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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