Evelynn vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Evelynn
based on 6,207 Evelynn vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Evelynn vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Evelynn vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Evelynn
Tips for Playing as Evelynn against Akali
If at low health, you can take advantage of Demon Shade's healing and Camouflage to return to the fight and surprise opponents.
While stealthed, pay attention to when you are (near) being detected by enemy champions. This is identified by the glowing yellow and red eyes over nearby enemy champions.
Allure's arm time might seem long, but the Charm and magic resist shred put Evelynn at an exteme advantage so are worth the wait.
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.
Evelynn vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Evelynn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some strategic Evelynn vs. Akali counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Evelynn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Evelynn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Evelynn usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Evelynn or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Evelynn usually loses when playing against Akali, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Evelynn makes a poor counter to Akali.
While Evelynn does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Evelynn also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Evelynn into Akalias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Evelynn also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Evelynn vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Evelynn is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Evelynn against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Evelynn to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Evelynn usually picks up a lot less CS as Akali. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Evelynn versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Banshee's Veil. When Evelynn combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Evelynn boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Akali as Evelynn, Evelynn players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Evelynn vs Akali counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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