Akali Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Akali most played build uses Mercury's Treads, Shadowflame, Hextech Gunblade, Rabadon's Deathcap, Mejai's Soulstealer, Stormsurge, Farsight Alteration. This Akali build has a 6.95% pick rate and a 55.92% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. 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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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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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/
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- 60
Range:- 675
- Assassin
Select a Akali Build
Shadowflame
Hextech Gunblade
Rabadon's Deathcap
- Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass- Hextech Gunblade
- Shadowflame
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Rabadon's Deathcap
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Hextech Gunblade
- Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Akali Build - Highest Win Rate Items
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.
These are Akali's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Shadowflame (52.0% WR, +1.8% WR diff, 64.4% pick rate) provides 110 AP. Zhonya's Hourglass (52.1% WR, +1.9% WR diff, 35.2% pick rate) provides 50 Armor, 105 AP. Hextech Gunblade (50.4% WR, +0.3% WR diff, 70.4% pick rate) provides 80 AP, 40 AD. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
3,200Akali build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Magic Damage. Lower in: Health.
Top situational items for Akali include Mejai's Soulstealer, Rabadon's Deathcap. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Akali are Mercury's Treads. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Akali is Farsight Alteration for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Akali build.
Magic Resistance:20
Movement Speed:45
Ability Power:445
Armor:50
Attack Damage:40
Health:100
When facing Akali's top counters like Swain, Galio, Veigar, 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 or health-stacking items for general survivability 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 Rabadon's Deathcap based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Akali performance.
This Akali burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 53.7% win rate across 975 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 445 total AP. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Akali with this build can punish teams that stack armor. Consider the enemy team composition when finalizing your situational items to maximize Akali's effectiveness. However, be aware that this build low health pool requiring careful positioning and no built-in sustain for extended fights. With a total gold cost of 15,700, this Akali build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Akali build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Akali. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular akali build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Akali Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Akali build?
The best Akali build in this patch includes Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Hextech Gunblade. This build has a 53.74% win rate and is picked 10.16% of the time.
What are Akali's core items?
Akali's core items are Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Hextech Gunblade. 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?
Mercury's Treads are the best boots for Akali. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Akali's playstyle. They are included in 10.2% of Akali builds.
What is the best trinket for Akali?
Farsight Alteration is the best trinket for Akali. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Farsight Alteration helps Akali maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Akali builds?
Yes, alternative Akali builds include options like Shadowflame, Hextech Gunblade, 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.