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How to Synergize Akali and Jhin

based on 25,511 Akali with Jhin pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.38
Pick Rate
11.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Akali has been on the same team as Jhin in 25511 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, usable builds to help Akali play with Jhin. It is very common for Akali to play with Jhin on the same team. This pairing has taken place in about 11.1% of rounds with Akali.

Akali Jhin Synergy Summary

Akali does a average job of playing alongside Jhin. On average, she wins an acceptable 50.0% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Akali when playing with Jhin by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Akali vs Jhin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sorcerer's ShoesHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneHextech RocketbeltZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentCryptbloomBanshee's Veil

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Jhin

Tips for Playing as Akali with Jhin

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.

Advice to Understand How Jhin Will Play

Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.

Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.

You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.

Akali Jhin Synergy Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Jhin Image
9.1
< Kills >
9
6.1
< Deaths >
6
5.4
< Assists >
5.1
2.07
< Killing Sprees >
2.03
157
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,355
< Physical Damage >
1,335
22,073
< Magic Damage >
21,516
778
< True Damage >
759
24,206
< Damage Dealt >
23,611
27,388
< Damage Taken >
26,832
11,902
< Gold Earned >
11,741
1.51
< Towers >
1.46
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,468
< Total Healing >
3,315
14,631
< Experience >
14,415
18
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
74
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Play with Jhin as Akali in LoL

The Akali Jhin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jhin, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jhin. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Jhin helps Akali perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Akali is paired with Jhin, she observes a little increase in her full damage output. This change could signal that Jhin provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Jhin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Jhin. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Jhin.

Additionally, when Akali plays with Jhin on the same team, she usually takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Jhin does a poor job of covering Akali in teamfights.

Synergies between Akali and Jhin

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Jhin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Akali
Jhin

Is Akali better when played alongside Jhin?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Akali that will always be her top ally. However, overall, Jhin is a very typical companion for Akali. By locking into the same side as Akali, he improves their win rate by 0.9% to 50.0%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Akali and Jhin that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Jhin has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means Akali players don't need to be very careful when finding Jhin teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.

Working together, Akali players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by grouping Akali and Jhin together, you may not be granting your team a lot of engage potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Jhin teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali Jhin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Akali and Jhin, we analyzed 25,511 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Akali with Jhin comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Akali in order to work well with Jhin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to get in your Akali and Jhin synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Jhin than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Jhin with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Akali players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Akali and Jhin pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Jhin with Akali are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.