Vayne vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Vayne
based on 12,324 Vayne vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Akali
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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.
Vayne vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Vayne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some valuable Vayne against Akali counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali..
Vayne normally has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vayne and Akali
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Who is Better, Vayne or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Vayne makes a good counter for Akali.
While Vayne does have a higher win rate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Akalias her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vayne 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Akali matchups, Vayne is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vayne is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vayne against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vayne in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Vayne versus Akali build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Vayne incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vayne had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Akali with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Akali as Vayne, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Vayne vs Akali counter picks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akali as Vayne are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.