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(14.15) Eriosun's Complete Master Akali Mid-Top Guide - Season 14 [UPDATED]

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Runes: LANE SUSTAIN FLEET + CDR ULT

1 2 3

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Presence of Mind

Legend: Haste

Last Stand

Domination

Taste of Blood

Ultimate Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health
+65 Base Health

Spells:

1 2 3 4 5

STANDARD - CONSISTENT

Flash

Teleport

Items

STARTERS

VS EASY MATCH-UPS

VS HEAVY POKE CHAMPS

VS MEELE / NOT HEAVY POKE

DONT FORGET YOUR SHOES!

VS SQUISHY CHAMPS+FULL-BURST BUILDS

VS AD-CHAMPS / AUTO-BASED

VS AP-CHAMPS / LOT OF CCs

S14 VIABLE BUILDS

CONSISTENT - FLEXIBLE

vs SQUISHY + HP & SNOWBALL

GOOD BRUISER BUILD

VS TANKS/BRUISERS + HIGH SUSTAIN

VS SQUISHY CHAMPS + FASTER BURST SPIKE

DONT FORGET!

VS AD-ASSASINS

VS HARD AP MATCHUPS

VS STACKING OF MAGIC RESIST

WHEN IS HARD TO FLANK TEAMFIGHTS DUE TO TARGET CCs

VS LOT OF HEALING/SUSTAIN

Ability Order BASIC Q --> E --> W

Akali Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Katarina

Extreme

|RECCOMEND CONQ+BONEPLATING|Easy matchup after level 6. The only issue is before level 6, Akali's laning power has been heavily nerfed, she's no more a lane bully and Katarina with CONQ or ELEC can easily out-damage Akali's full kit. Just make sure to farm properly and abuse your level 6 spike!

Amumu

Ideal

GOOD FRONTLINE AND TEAMFIGHT SETUP

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Amumu

Ideal

GOOD FRONTLINE AND TEAMFIGHT SETUP

Champion Build Guide

Heeeey, welcome to my AKALI MID-TOP GUIDE. Im an Italian Master main and also an enjoyer.
I started playing in middle Season9 and peaked Diamond I in early Season10.
I know it sounds weird but, hold on, it wasnt my first experience on MOBA games.
I played DOTA 2 for years! So when switching to League of Legends I was still in my environment.
As I said , I come from Dota2, and in Dota details and game knowledge is a MUST.
That's why I decided to make a guide, I really like to speculate on the game details and share with you guys my experiences and knowledge.
I really hope this guide will help you out and answer some of the questions that playing in the midlane/toplane raised in your minds.

So, with all that being said, hope you will enjoy the guide, I will do my best to keep it updated and make sure noone will be missing out on new builds and playstyles.

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PROS

🟢 Extremely fun to play
🟢 Good gank survivability
🟢 Insane mobility
🟢 High mechanical skill-roof
🟢 Rewarding when played correctly
🟢 Insanely strong side-laner

CONS

🔴 Weak early game
🔴 Countered by invis reveal
🔴 Sensible to Burst-Damage
🔴 Sensible to Crowd Controls
🔴 Easily punishable mistakes
🔴 Hard to get high CS/m

𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙍𝙊𝙍
resembles a very standard but solid key-stone for , it gives us consistent damage in laning-phase and also a bit of sustain in mid-lategame. It works properly both with and so can be viable with burst-based builds and also sustain-based builds! Also later in the game will be able to stack it fully in teamfight while hitting multiple targets with her spells. Overall I consider the best key-stone to utilize in all scenarios!

𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙍𝙊𝘾𝙐𝙏𝙀
is another insanly good key-stone on . I reccomend utilizing it while laning into meele match-ups that we can trade early in the laning-phase. Its also great for the insane damage out-put and the possibility to tower-dive in most of the match-ups thanks to the burst bonus damage we will get from this key-stone. I reccomend going for only when planning on building full-burst/flat-magic penetration.

𝙁𝙇𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙁𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙒𝙊𝙍𝙆
is a very consistent and usefull keystone when it comes to laning-phase. Beside the great amout of sustain it provides, able to sustain over very hard-poke matchups, expecially when combined with , is also very usefull for the bonus movement speed. The bonus MS is insanely good to gap-close on the enemy midlaner and land a couple of , enabling us to properly lane, while also avoiding getting out-laned into ranged/poke matchups. A must use in my opinon!

𝑳𝑰𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑬
resembles a very standard but solid Core Item for , givng exactyl what we need for the champion. Good base AP, movement speed for mobility on flanks, burst damage with the spellblade passive and also CDR wich is very usefull on .

𝙍𝙄𝙁𝙏𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀𝙍
is another insanely good Item on . It synergizes very well with and works best while facing tanky champions or needing sustain trough-out the game in teamfights or 1v1s. Our main focus will still be going for the priority targets but in this case we will be able to also play front to back in teamfights. Going first on the frontline and then on the backline thanks to the sustain-based build.

𝙕𝙃𝙊𝙉𝙔𝘼'𝙎 𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙂𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙎
We all know how strong is and of course its a must build item in most of the games as since her kit revolves around flanking and picking enemies, we will always be in a "danger zone" expecially in teamfights! Having to make a pick in a fight and survive it is really important! Turst me guys, build it every game, it will pay off!

𝙎𝙃𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙈𝙀
let's start off with an insane item recently added to the game in season 12! is insanely strong on and syngergizes well overall with her kit since she needs both Flat-magic penetration, raw AP and HPs. will basically provide everything an Akali wants in her stats. Thanks to the item passive we will get up to 20 Flat-magic penetration based on the enemy's health and wheter or not has been shielded in the last seconds! Overall a great Item and can be build right after or even before as first item!

𝙇𝙄𝘾𝙃𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙀
is insanely strong to burst squishy targets and is also very good to perform flanks into teamfights thanks to the bonus movement speed it provides. The burst damage has to be properly applied trought empowered AUTO after the Q.

𝙍𝘼𝘽𝘼𝘿𝙊𝙉'𝙎 𝘿𝙀𝘼𝙏𝙃𝘾𝘼𝙋
is the option when we are talking about 3rd or 4th Items to build. It gives an insane spike to the over-all kit, thanks to the item's passive we will be able to increase our current ability power by 35%! This is why its important to build it after a few core items, the more AP we have the better the item gets! I reccomend it as 3rd or 4th item in the burst-incentred builds like setups!

𝘽𝘼𝙉𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙀'𝙎 𝙑𝙀𝙄𝙇
has now an insane amount of RAW AP on it and it's perfect in the games where the enemy team has a lot of tools to stop your flanks. Make sure to build this if the enemy has ranged control mages disturbing your 1v9 action in fights!

𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙍𝙔'𝙎 𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏
is now playable again on AP-Assassins without mana, it's very strong combined with and , allowing you to keep and stack faster both keystone and passive items. Providing both DOT, HP and HP% Damage this item is insanely strong and versatile in a lot of situations.

𝙑𝙊𝙄𝘿𝙎𝙏𝘼𝙁𝙁/𝘾𝙍𝙔𝙋𝙏𝘽𝙇𝙊𝙊𝙈
is a must when the enemy team starts building magic resist in order to flatten your damage-output. Since is really common in these patch to build on Adcs or On-hit champions, considering the option will be a must in most of the games. Thanks to the item's passive 40% of the magic resist of the enemy that we are hitting will be ignored and this is why is better to build Percentage-magic penetration against high numbers of stacked magic resist than low numbers. For low numbers is better to go for Flat-magic penetration wich will give us the best value, since Flat-magic penetration will ignore an amout of magic resist relative to the amout of your flat-penetration! Example: Enemy has 40 magic resist, if you have 40 Flat-penetration you will basically deal true damage, if you have 40% Percentage-magic penetration you will ignore only 16 magic resist points. Instead on an enemy with 200 magic resist, if you have 40 Flat-magic penetration you will deal damage ignoring only 40 out of the 200 magic resist points, with 40% Percentage-magic penetration out of 200 magic resist points you will ignore 80! Long story short:Flat-magic penetration is better against champions with max 100 magic resist. Percentage-magic penetration is better against 120+ magic resist.

𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙒𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙎
after the early-game nerfs has become a pretty weak champion in the early stages of the laning-phase. To compensate the lack of kill-pressure we have to focus on CSING. Make sure to not get shoved too much under your tower since Akali's kit is not that great for last-hitting under turret shots.

𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙀𝙉𝙀𝙂𝙍𝙂𝙔
early-game lack of energy has become more oppressing than before. they removed the energy refound on our and also our require A LOT OF ENERGY early-levels. This is why we need to make sure to manage properly our energy usage and one way to do it is by using our after using as much energy as possible.

𝘽𝙐𝙄𝙇𝘿 𝙎𝙀𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉
One of 's best feature is that she can FLEX-BUILD on every matchup. Is very important to choose the proper build in order to play the cleanest of the laning-phases and have the best impact possible later in the game!

𝙌 & 𝘼𝙐𝙏𝙊 𝙐𝙎𝘼𝙂𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙉 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝘽𝙊𝙎
Remember in the combos can be casted and followed up by . For example in the R(CANCEL)+E-VERTICAL COMBO when you cast the second you can cast your before the second animation ends. [HOT-FIXED , IN 11.20 AKALI CAN NO LONGER CAST WHILE BEING IN ANIMATION]. This can be done with your as well. Remember to mix and between the combos in order to pull of the maximum damage output!

𝙎𝙃𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙆𝙀𝙉 + 𝙎𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝘿 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙁𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙏
To optimize as much as possible first backs speed or any back speed, make sure to know what you wanna buy in the shop while you are recalling. As soon as you bought what you need , behind you to dash towards the midlane and use your . This will let you get faster in the lane , doing it on 3 or 4 backs will give you 20-30 seconds of surplus timing.

𝙌 𝙀𝘿𝙂𝙀 𝙎𝙇𝙊𝙒
If you hit your at the very edge of its hitbox you will also slow the enemy champion. This will become important in laning-phase trades. Hitting your at his very edge will enable you to safely use 's bonus damage and trade properly thanks to the slow and the bonus movement speed!

𝙇𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙇 𝟭 > 𝟯
The early levels in 's laning-phase are crucial. Make sure to avoid losing too much health from Level 1 to level 3, we need to stay healthy for level 3. This is where we can actually have a good kill-window or major trades with our Shuriken Flip, so it's important we have the HP for that. A lot of approachers make the mistake to lose half health level 1 just to last-hit a minion, and that's rarely worth it. Being healthy in lane also gives us the opportunity to follow our jungler in early river schermishes.

𝘾𝙎 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙒𝘼𝙑𝙀 𝙈𝘼𝙉𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏
Akali's weak laning-phase doenst give you much kill-pressure or roaming potential before level 6. This is why having a good CS/m in the early stages of the game allows you to properly scale.

𝙇𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙇 𝟲 𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙆𝙀
At level 6 can pretty much 100-0 in most of the match-ups. Make sure to manage the wave properly , you will need enough space in the lane in order to have kill-pressure level 6 and pull-off solokills that will be the base for snowball properly trough out the game.

𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝙎𝙀𝘼𝙇 & 𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙎𝙀
Its important to not forget in the first backs. is one of the most gold efficient items in the game, giving you 65 raw ap at 10 stacks for only 350gold! A good first back example can be + + + .

𝙎𝙃𝙐𝙍𝙄𝙆𝙀𝙉 𝙁𝙇𝙄𝙋 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀
Its important to utilize our properly in the laning-phase.
is basically the only way we can solo-kill in-lane pre-6 thanks to his insane damage even early level at rank 1. So , dont waste your randomly , try to utilize it only when its almost a 100% hit on the trade! Its foundamental to have 's damage in the trade if we are looking for an ALL-IN.

𝙁𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂
's strongest feature is her flanking potential, She can flank a teamfight from basically any angle! Make sure to wait for enemies to use their CCs/ESCAPES and prepare yourself for a bloodbath! Due to her good flanking potential, its also important to run as summoner spell when you can. Since is pretty strong in side-lane thanks to her insane 1v1 potential and mobility, if you are ahead noone will be able to contest your side 1v1 and if the enemy team decides to send 2 or 3 players on your side you can easily escape with 's mobility and use to flank if any teamfight occurs while you are sidelaning.

𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙏 𝙏𝙊 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆
's mobility allows her to FRONT TO BACK teamfights. (Es:You can use your first on a frontliner and then proceed to focus the backline)

𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙊 𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙏
As we already said we have an Insane mobility kit with Akali and we can also Flank starting from the backline. As always wait for CCs/Escapes to be used.

𝙎𝙃𝙍𝙊𝙐𝘿 𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙊𝙍𝙏𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀
's is basically one of the few ways she has to wait her 2nd to come up and keep dealing damage properly without getting bursted down. Make sure to use your properly , avoid using it before going in or when the TEAMFIGHT POSITIONING IS NOT SET YET. Make sure to have your avaiable when you know the teamfight position and you're already going all-in.

𝙍(𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙇)+𝙀-𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙇
This combo is one of the most commonly used in the mid-lane due to the lack of space in the lane, since midlane is so short we cant afford to dash OVER THE ENEMY otherwise we will end-up most of the times under enemy tower. This is where this trick comes in clutch, but needs a bit of timing and practice in order to be pulled of constistenly. You have to on the enemy in a STRAIGHT LINE and before reaching to the side over the enemy Hit-box throw your right in front of you. Your champion will not make it to the other side of the hitbot and basically go back to the starting position but with a landed on the enemy and our 2nd ready to go.

𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿𝙎 𝙍
This is addtionable to the trick showcased up there, you can take your second and get as close as possible to the enemy target before using your second towards your tower. hitbox can hit even behind Akali's hitbox, its a bit tricky and you need to learn the spacing properly but is one of the safest way to use your !

𝙍(𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍)+𝙀+𝙒
This is basically the opposite of the other combo I explained before, this combo is most used in teamfights than in the laning-phase and consists in going OVER the enemy with our and then using our to get away as far as possible from the teamfight, we will then proceed to use our if we are getting focused. This trick allows you to have a fully-landed on a target in teamfight and set yourself in the back-side of the teamfight. Its an easy way to flank and join a fight

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝘽𝙀𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀
𝙒𝙀'𝙑𝙀 𝘼𝙍𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀, 𝙄 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇, 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙎, 𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀 𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙇𝙀𝙏 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙆𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝘽𝙐𝙄𝙇𝘿, 𝙈𝙀𝙏𝘼 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙎𝙏𝙔𝙇𝙀, 𝙐𝙋𝘿𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀'𝙎 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝙀𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙉𝙀𝙒. 𝙄 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙀𝙉𝙅𝙊𝙔𝙀𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙏 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝘽𝙀 𝙐𝙎𝙀𝙁𝙐𝙇𝙇 𝙄𝙉 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙎. 𝙂𝙊𝙊𝘿 𝙇𝙐𝘾𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 Akali 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀𝙎 𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂/𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙀𝙉