Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
The Akali Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Hecarim. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Akali perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akali tries to synergize with Hecarim, she gets a little drop in her complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Hecarim doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played with Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Hecarim.
Moreover, when Akali plays with Hecarim on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Akali during team fights.
There is no one best ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. Yet, Hecarim is a relatively poor teammate for Akali. By locking into the same side as Akali, he lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 47.6%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Akali and Hecarim that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Hecarim teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, Akali players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Akali and Hecarim together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a great deal of support. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Akali to synergize with Hecarim during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Akali and Hecarim synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Hecarim than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 47.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Hecarim with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
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