Kassadin vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Kassadin
based on 3,130 Kassadin vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Akali
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Kassadin versus Akali matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Kassadin often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Akali
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Akali?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Akali matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Kassadin versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Akali as Kassadin, Kassadin players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kassadin vs Akali face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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