Naafiri vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Naafiri
based on 3,129 Naafiri vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Akali
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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.
Naafiri vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Naafiri versus Akali counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Naafiri normally has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. On average, they takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Akali?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when facing off against Akali, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes a good counter to Akali.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower learning curve that makes them a less difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Akali.
Furthermore, Naafiri also 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Akali matchups, Naafiri 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 late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Naafiri versus Akali build include Serylda's Grudge, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Akali than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri boasted an average win rate of 51.9% battling Akali with these items in their kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Akali as Naafiri, Naafiri players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Naafiri vs Akali face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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