Darius with Akali
How to Synergize Darius and Akali
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Darius Akali Synergy Summary
Best Darius vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Akali
Tips for Playing as Darius with Akali
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Understand How Akali Will Play
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.
Darius Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Darius in LoL
The Darius Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Akali helps Darius perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius plays on the same team as Akali, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Akali provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played alongside Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Akali.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Akali on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of protecting Darius during teamfights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Akali?
There is no ideal ally for Darius that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Akali is a very typical companion for Darius. By locking into the same side as Darius, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 48.5%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Darius and Akali that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Akali has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Akali teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Darius players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Darius and Akali together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Darius in order to synergize with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to focus on in your Darius and Akali synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Death's Dance. When Darius incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Akali than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing alongside Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Darius and Akali pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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