Yasuo vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Yasuo
based on 17,800 Yasuo vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Akali
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here show several valuable Yasuo vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali..
Yasuo usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Akali
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Akalias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Akali matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Akali. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Akali build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Akali than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Akali as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yasuo vs Akali LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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