Jhin vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Jhin
based on 25,401 Jhin vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Akali
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Jhin in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several significant Jhin vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. For instance, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Jhin usually has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jhin and Akali
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Who is Better, Jhin or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Jhin makes a good counter for Akali.
While Jhin does have a higher win rate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jhin into Akali.
Additionally, Jhin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Jhin vs Akali matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Jhin versus Akali build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jhin bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Akali with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Akali as Jhin, you should take the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Jhin vs Akali LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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