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Akali matchups

You playAkali

Tier 348.7% win · #29 top

Akali favoured51.9%Akali wins 51.9% of games into Yone, well above the 48.7% Akali wins overall.
AgainstYone

Tier 249.0% win · #14 top

51.9%49.7%

2,123 gamesSample A 53.6%Sample B 53.6%Sample C 50.1%Gold at 15 +657Full matchup pageSample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Akali: Gold 48.9% · Plat 49.0% · Emerald 48.6% · Diamond 48.5%Yone: Gold 49.6% · Plat 49.8% · Emerald 48.8% · Diamond 51.0%

Lane plan

Bring Fleet Footwork to increase your sustain while being careful when Yone uses (E). Try to gain lane control whenever your [R] comes off cooldown.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play aggressive
  • Hextech Gunblade

    You complete Hextech Gunblade at ~12 min; Yone completes Blade of The Ruined King at ~15 min. 3 minutes where you're ahead.

  • Level 3: Yone's Soul Unbound (E) is 22s, your Twilight Shroud (W) is 20s, so you're back first. Level 6: both ultimates 120s.

  • Flash

    Yone takes Exhaust + Flash in 58.6% of games. You take Flash + Ignite (90.8%).

Build into Yone

Sample B · Emerald+ · 793 games · 6 Nov

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks
  1. Start0:00

    Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

    82.5% of games · 52.6% win
    • Doran's ShieldHealth Potion56.2%
  2. First back

    Amplifying Tome×2Hextech AlternatorBoots

    Amplifying Tome, Hextech Alternator, Boots

    Bought in most games
  3. 1st item12 min

    Hextech Gunblade

    Hextech Gunblade

    84.5% of games · 55.2% win
    • Stormsurge42.7%
  4. 2nd item20 min

    Shadowflame

    Shadowflame

    63.2% of games · 54.3% win
    • Stormsurge53.7%
    • Zhonya's Hourglass55.6%
  5. 3rd item26 min

    Zhonya's Hourglass

    Zhonya's Hourglass

    29.8% of games · 52.5% win
    • Rabadon's Deathcap65.7%
    • Shadowflame53.1%
  6. Boots13 min

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    86.6% of games · 53.9% win
    • Plated Steelcaps39.5%
  7. Late31–31 min

    Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

    Rabadon's Deathcap or Zhonya's Hourglass

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 724 games

DominationDomination

  1. ElectrocuteElectrocutepicked in 91.3%
  2. Sudden ImpactSudden Impactpicked in 90.5%
  3. Grisly MementosGrisly Mementospicked in 82.1%
  4. Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunterpicked in 89.8%

ResolveResolve

  1. OvergrowthOvergrowthpicked in 58.5%
  2. Second WindSecond Windpicked in 41.9%

Shards

Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth ScalingAdaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

Skill order

Most played order, 517 games
Q14579
W21415
E38101213
R611

Max

  1. QEW98.1% pick · 772 games53.4%

Yone: Q start, max QEW473 games

Summoner spells

FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite90.8% pick

ExhaustFlashYone: Exhaust + Flash, 58.6%483 games

Play against Yone

Cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 on each side's most played skill order, before ability haste

Yone's abilities

Your opponent · uses flow
  1. P Way of the HunterPassive
  2. Q Mortal Steel4s cooldown · No cost · 450 range4s4s4s4s
  3. W Spirit Cleave14s cooldown · No cost · 700 range—14s14s14s
  4. E Soul Unbound22 / 19 / 16 / 13 / 10s cooldown · No cost · 25000 range—22s22s16s
  5. R Fate Sealed120 / 100 / 80s cooldown · No cost · 1000 range——120s100s

Soul Unbound (E) is the long one early: 22s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

Akali's abilities

You · uses energy
  1. P Assassin's MarkPassive
  2. Q Five Point Strike1.5s cooldown · 110 / 100 / 90 / 80 / 70 energy · 550 range1.5s1.5s1.5s1.5s
  3. W Twilight Shroud20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16s cooldown · No cost · 350 range—20s20s20s
  4. E Shuriken Flip16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 energy · 825 range—16s16s13s
  5. R Perfect Execution120 / 90 / 60s cooldown · No cost · 675 range——120s90s

Twilight Shroud (W) is the long one early: 20s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

All 36 top matchups

Akali's win rate into each one · green beats Akali's average, rose falls short
40.0%42.0%44.0%46.0%48.0%50.0%52.0%54.0%56.0%58.0%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.