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Akali Build

Support Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 573 gamesUpdated

38.1%win rate0.0%pick16.8%ban

Who counters Akali

How to build Akali

Sorcerer's Shoes→Hextech Gunblade→Zhonya's Hourglass→Shadowflame

Sorcerer's Shoes → Hextech Gunblade → Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame

31.2% win rate 16% of games 32 games
RunesDominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosUltimate HunterSorceryNimbus CloakScorch41% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite91%
Skills
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Five Point Strike
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Twilight Shroud
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Shuriken Flip
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Perfect Execution
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
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Best ADCs for Akali

Who Akali has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

No ADC lifts Akali far enough above their usual record to stand out this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

38.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 38.8% over 1,000 gamesPatch 26.21: 38.1% over 573 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
16.8%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 3 last patch
36.6%under 22 min
39.9%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. 6 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Diamond — Akali Support is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Win 35–40m
MASTER+
Akali champion portraitS Akali+Aphelios champion portraitB ApheliosvsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Kalista champion portraitB Kalista
6 / 9 / 8

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeMercury's Treads|Liandry's Torment→Zhonya's Hourglass→Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

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Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Akali champion portraitS Akali+Tristana champion portraitB TristanavsThresh champion portraitS Thresh+Varus champion portraitB Varus
2 / 6 / 14

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeSorcerer's Shoes|Stormsurge→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QWEQQRQEQERE
Win 15–20m
MASTER+
Akali champion portraitS Akali+Varus champion portraitB VarusvsMorgana champion portraitS Morgana+Aphelios champion portraitB Aphelios
5 / 1 / 3

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeSorcerer's Shoes|Stormsurge

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QWEQQRQEQ

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 35.4% win rate · 41% of games · 178 games
DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosUltimate Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakScorch
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 37.5% win rate · 32% of games · 136 games
DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosUltimate Hunter
ResolveOvergrowthSecond Wind
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite91%38.8%538 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash4%47.6%21 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes76%Boots7%Mercury's Treads7%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 39.7% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike67%Bloodsong13%Celestial Opposition13%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 39.9% win rate

Akali build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Akali Support is at 571 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Akali →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 571 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
75% · 39.7% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
7% · 46.3% win rate
BootsBoots
6% · 31.2% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Hextech Gunblade›Shadowflame+Sorcerer's Shoes12% of games · 33.3% win rate · 66 games
  2. Hextech Gunblade+Sorcerer's Shoes7% of games · 37.5% win rate · 40 games
  3. Hextech Gunblade›Stormsurge+Sorcerer's Shoes6% of games · 48.6% win rate · 35 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Akali against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Akali's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst ADCs are ranked the same way, against Akali's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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