Akali Popular Build
The patch 25.23 Akali most played build uses Boots of Swiftness, Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, Mejai's Soulstealer, Void Staff, Oracle Lens. This Akali build has a 6.83% pick rate and a 56.04% win rate in LoL patch 25.23. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Akali build choices below.
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.
Five Point Strike
Akali throws out five kunai, dealing damage based on her bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing.
Cost:- 110/
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- 70
Cooldown:- 2
Range:- 550
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.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 20/
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- 16
Range:- 350
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.
Cost:- 30
Cooldown:- 16/
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- 10
Range:- 825
Perfect Execution
Akali leaps in a direction, damaging enemies she strikes. Re-cast: Akali dashes in a direction, executing all enemies she strikes.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 120/
- 90/
- 60
Range:- 675
- Assassin
Akali's most popular build path includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass as core items. Choose from multiple build variations below based on your playstyle and game situation. Each build is analyzed from thousands of ranked games to provide you with data-driven item recommendations.
Select a Akali Build
Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap
- Stormsurge
- Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
- Stormsurge
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Shadowflame
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Akali Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Popular Akali Build Guide - Complete Item Build Path
This Akali build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
Best Akali Core Items - Build These First
These are Akali's essential items that you should build in nearly every game. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
Stormsurge
2,800Click for detailed item information and stats
Ability Power:90
Movement Speed:6%50.44%Win Rate66.88%Pick RateShadowflame
3,200Click for detailed item information and stats
Ability Power:11050.74%Win Rate68.51%Pick RateZhonya's Hourglass
3,250Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Armor:50 Ability Power:10552.12%Win Rate34.87%Pick Rate
High Win Rate Situational Items for Akali
These are the recommended top performing situational items to complete your Akali build. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
Best Boots for Akali
Choose your boots based on the enemy team composition and your playstyle needs.
Recommended Trinket for Akali
Your recommended trinket choice for vision control and map awareness.
Complete Akali Build Item Stats
Combined statistics from all items in this Akali build.
- Movement Speed:55
- Ability Power:395
- Movement Speed:6%
- Armor:50
Health:400
Akali Counter Build Advice
When facing Akali's top counters like Zed, Vex, Yasuo, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Mejai's Soulstealer or Hextech Rocketbelt based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Akali performance.
Akali - Champions with Similar Builds
These champions share similar playstyles with Akali. The build shown is Akali's current popular akali build configuration, which may also be effective on these champions.
Champion | Full Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | View Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56.0% | 6.8% | View Build → | ||
| 55.0% | 4.4% | View Build → | ||
| 58.0% | 4.6% | View Build → |
Akali Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Akali build?
The best Akali build in this patch includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass. This build has a 52.65% win rate and is picked 12.54% of the time.
What are Akali's core items?
Akali's core items are Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Akali's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Akali?
Boots of Swiftness are the best boots for Akali. Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows They are included in 12.5% of Akali builds.
What is the best trinket for Akali?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Akali. Disables nearby invisible wards and traps for a duration Using Oracle Lens helps Akali maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Akali builds?
Yes, alternative Akali builds include options like Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Akali?
MetaBot sources its build data for Akali directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Akali builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Akali. From there, we aggregate the Akali builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.
