Akali

The Rogue Assassin

Assassin · Energy · Melee

About

Akali, the Rogue Assassin, is a assassin champion who uses Energy as a resource and attacks at melee range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 7 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Akali starts with average HP (600), below average armor (23) and average move speed (345). Attack range is 125 units.

Akali has 21 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack5

Defense3

Magic8

Difficulty7

Abilities

Passive · Assassin's Mark
Dealing spell damage to a champion creates a ring of energy around them. Exiting that ring empowers Akali's next Attack with bonus range and damage.
Q · Five Point Strike
Akali throws out five kunai, dealing damage based on her bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing.
Cooldown: 1.5s · Cost: 110/100/90/80/70
W · Twilight Shroud
Akali drops a cover of smoke and briefly gains Move Speed. While inside the shroud, Akali becomes invisible and unable to be selected by enemy spells and attacks. Attacking or using abilities will briefly reveal her.
Cooldown: 20/19/18/17/16s
E · Shuriken Flip
Flip backward and fire a shuriken forward, dealing magic damage. The first enemy or smoke cloud hit is marked. Re-cast to dash to the marked target, dealing additional damage.
Cooldown: 16/14.5/13/11.5/10s · Cost: 30
R (Ultimate) · Perfect Execution
Akali leaps in a direction, damaging enemies she strikes. Re-cast: Akali dashes in a direction, executing all enemies she strikes.
Cooldown: 120/90/60s

Tips for playing Akali

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.

Tips for playing against Akali

Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.

Base stats

HP: 600 (+119 per level)
Mana: 200
Armor: 23 (+4.7 per level)
Magic resist: 37 (+2.05 per level)
Attack damage: 62
Attack speed: 0.625 (+3.2 per level)
Move speed: 345
Range: 125

Lore

Abandoning the Kinkou Order and her title of the Fist of Shadow, Akali now strikes alone, ready to be the deadly weapon her people need. Though she holds onto all she learned from her master Shen, she has pledged to defend Ionia from its enemies, one kill at a time. Akali may strike in silence, but her message will be heard loud and clear: fear the assassin with no master.