Vladimir vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Vladimir
based on 6,467 Vladimir vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Akali
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some influential Vladimir against Akali matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Vladimir normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Akali
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when taking on Akali, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Vladimir makes a good counter for Akali.
While Vladimir does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir has almost no 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Akali matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter for Akali. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Vladimir versus Akali build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Akali than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Akali as Vladimir, Vladimir players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Vladimir vs Akali LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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