Gwen with Akali
How to Synergize Gwen and Akali
based on 3,379 Gwen with Akali pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Akali Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Akali
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Akali
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Gwen sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akali helps Gwen perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Gwen is paired with Akali, she observes a barely noticable drop in her total damage output. This difference could indicate that Akali does not support by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played together with Akali 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 alongside Akali.
Additionally, when Gwen plays with Akali on the same team, she usually takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Akali does a decent job of covering Gwen in teamfights.
Synergies between Gwen and Akali
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Gwen that will no matter what be her ideal ally. However, Akali is a relatively poor companion for Gwen. By being on the same side as Gwen, she lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 46.7%. This proves that there is a negative synergy between Gwen and Akali that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Akali has a greater difficulty than Gwen. That means you need to be careful when lining up Akali teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by aligning Gwen and Akali together, you probably will not be providing your team enough support. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to synergize with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Gwen and Akali synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker, and Stormsurge. When Gwen used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Akali than with many other common builds. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Akali with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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