Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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.
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Tryndamere against Akali matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. Tryndamere’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Tryndamere may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Tryndamere usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Akali. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Tryndamere usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Tryndamere makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Tryndamere does have a lower win rate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Tryndamere also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Tryndamere into Akali.
Furthermore, Tryndamere has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Tryndamere vs Akali matchups, Akali 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.
Tryndamere is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Tryndamere against Akali.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Tryndamere to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Tryndamere on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Tryndamere versus Akali build include Phantom Dancer, Statikk Shiv, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Tryndamere used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Akali than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Tryndamere had an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Akali with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Akali as Tryndamere, Tryndamere players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Tryndamere vs Akali counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akali as Tryndamere are presented for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.