Akali matchups
Tier 348.7% win · #29 top
Tier 249.0% win · #14 top
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
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.

Yone takes Exhaust + Flash in 58.6% of games. You take Flash + Ignite (90.8%).
Build into Yone
Sample B · Emerald+ · 793 games · 6 NovItems
Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picksStart0:00



Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion
82.5% of games · 52.6% win
56.2%
First back
×2

Amplifying Tome, Hextech Alternator, Boots
Bought in most games1st item12 min

Hextech Gunblade
84.5% of games · 55.2% win
42.7%
2nd item20 min

Shadowflame
63.2% of games · 54.3% win
53.7%
55.6%
3rd item26 min

Zhonya's Hourglass
29.8% of games · 52.5% win
65.7%
53.1%
Boots13 min

Sorcerer's Shoes
86.6% of games · 53.9% win
39.5%
Late31–31 min


Rabadon's Deathcap or Zhonya's Hourglass
One of them, for what you're facing
Runes
Most played page, 724 games
Domination
Electrocutepicked in 91.3%
Sudden Impactpicked in 90.5%
Grisly Mementospicked in 82.1%
Ultimate Hunterpicked in 89.8%
Resolve
Overgrowthpicked in 58.5%
Second Windpicked in 41.9%
Shards
KeystoneWin rate
Skill order
Most played order, 517 gamesMax
- Q›E›W98.1% pick · 772 games53.4%
Yone: Q start, max Q›E›W473 games
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ignite90.8% pick
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Yone: 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 hasteYone's abilities
Your opponent · uses flow
P Way of the HunterPassive
Q Mortal Steel4s cooldown · No cost · 450 range4s4s4s4s
W Spirit Cleave14s cooldown · No cost · 700 range—14s14s14s
E Soul Unbound22 / 19 / 16 / 13 / 10s cooldown · No cost · 25000 range—22s22s16s
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
P Assassin's MarkPassive
Q Five Point Strike1.5s cooldown · 110 / 100 / 90 / 80 / 70 energy · 550 range1.5s1.5s1.5s1.5s
W Twilight Shroud20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16s cooldown · No cost · 350 range—20s20s20s
E Shuriken Flip16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10s cooldown · 30 energy · 825 range—16s16s13s
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 shortNumbers 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.

