Rell vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Rell
based on 2,896 Rell vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rell vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Rell vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Rell
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.
Rell vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Rell in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some critical Rell versus Akali counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between these two champions. Rell’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rell may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akali. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Rell often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rell and Akali
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Who is Better, Rell or Akali?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rell usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Rell makes a good counter for Akali.
While Rell does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Rell also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Rell into Akali.
Additionally, Rell has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rell vs Akali matchups, Rell is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Rell is a decent counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rell against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rell in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rell often gets a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Rell versus Akali build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Rell incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Akali than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rell boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Akali as Rell, Rell players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Rell vs Akali matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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