Urgot vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Urgot
based on 4,521 Urgot vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Urgot vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Urgot vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Urgot
Tips for Playing as Urgot against Akali
Save Fear Beyond Death for opponents you know are already too weak to survive. It's especially good for picking off fleeing foes.
Pay attention to your individual leg's cooldowns, as they make for a signficiant portion of your damage
Land Corrosive Charge or Disdain to lock on to target's with Purge - a great way to trigger multiple legs in rapid succession.
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.
Urgot vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Urgot in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Urgot vs. Akali counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Urgot’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Urgot may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali..
Urgot normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Urgot and Akali
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Who is Better, Urgot or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Urgot usually wins when trying to fight Akali, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Urgot makes a great counter to Akali.
While Urgot does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Urgot also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Urgot into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Urgot also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Urgot vs Akali matchups, Urgot is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Urgot is a great counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Urgot against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Urgot in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Urgot most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Urgot versus Akali build consist of Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Black Cleaver. When Urgot used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Akali than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Urgot boasted an average winrate of 53.7% when countering Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Akali as Urgot, Urgot players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Urgot vs Akali clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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