Lee Sin vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Lee Sin
based on 6,873 Lee Sin vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Akali
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Lee Sin versus Akali counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Lee Sin normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Akali
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Akali?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lee Sin usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Lee Sin makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Lee Sin does have a higher winrate than Akali, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Lee Sin into Akali.
Furthermore, Lee Sin has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Akali matchups, Lee Sin is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lee Sin is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your gameplay 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 Lee Sin against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Akali build consist of Black Cleaver, Maw of Malmortius, and Eclipse. When Lee Sin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Akali as Lee Sin, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Akali fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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