Akalivs Illaoi
Akali vs Illaoi is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.11. Illaoi wins with a 65.4% win rate (+30.8%) over Akali based on 26 games. Illaoi holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Akali vs Illaoi matchup.
Akali Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Akali performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who Wins the Akali vs Illaoi Matchup?
Akali vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
The Akali vs Illaoi matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 26 recent matches analyzed, Illaoi wins with a 65.4% win rate compared to Akali's 34.6%, giving Illaoi a 30.8 percentage point advantage. Illaoi dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Akali players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Illaoi leads by 971 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Illaoi has a strong advantage in this matchup. Akali players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Illaoi overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Akali vs Illaoi Laning Phase Breakdown
Illaoi is favored during the laning phase against Akali, winning 5 out of 5 key stat categories. Illaoi holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Akali Build Against Illaoi
Sorcerer's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Illaoi, providing the mobility and stats Akali needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Akali against Illaoi are Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass and Hextech Gunblade. This combination gives Akali an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Illaoi. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Akali vs Illaoi matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Akali20.0%
Illaoi80.0%Akali43.8%Illaoi56.3%Illaoi dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 80.0% win rate — a 60.0 percentage point lead over Akali. This lopsided early game means Illaoi can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Illaoi is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 56.3% win rate — 12.5 points above Akali. Extended games heavily favor Illaoi, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Illaoi holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Akali players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Akali Runes Against Illaoi
Domination
Resolve
The Domination and Resolve rune setup gives Akali the best tools to compete against Illaoi in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Akali matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.11. The table below shows Akali's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Akali build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.01% | 323 | 5.8 | 907 | 11,667 | 49.3% | 54.0% | |
| 50.79% | 317 | 5.7 | 880 | 11,719 | 53.9% | 48.7% | |
| 47.81% | 228 | 5.7 | 827 | 11,904 | 54.4% | 43.5% | |
| 52.70% | 222 | 5.9 | 945 | 11,549 | 55.5% | 50.0% | |
| 52.36% | 191 | 5.9 | 903 | 11,763 | 55.1% | 50.4% | |
| 44.26% | 183 | 5.8 | 828 | 11,463 | 40.3% | 46.9% | |
| 42.29% | 175 | 5.7 | 752 | 10,924 | 43.8% | 41.0% | |
| 41.67% | 156 | 5.8 | 910 | 11,495 | 50.7% | 33.7% | |
| 50.32% | 155 | 5.7 | 1,009 | 12,397 | 55.0% | 47.4% | |
| 44.74% | 152 | 5.6 | 767 | 11,522 | 46.7% | 43.5% | |
| 54.00% | 150 | 6.0 | 990 | 12,985 | 50.8% | 56.2% | |
| 49.64% | 137 | 5.7 | 826 | 10,729 | 50.0% | 49.3% | |
| 46.88% | 128 | 5.9 | 800 | 11,079 | 53.3% | 41.2% | |
| 46.40% | 125 | 5.7 | 765 | 10,835 | 46.1% | 46.7% | |
| 56.52% | 115 | 5.9 | 981 | 11,397 | 60.0% | 54.3% | |
| 51.35% | 111 | 5.5 | 848 | 11,631 | 56.8% | 47.8% | |
| 46.53% | 101 | 5.5 | 829 | 12,158 | 41.7% | 49.2% | |
| 40.40% | 99 | 6.0 | 930 | 11,219 | 35.7% | 46.5% | |
| 50.00% | 96 | 6.1 | 894 | 11,998 | 51.2% | 49.1% | |
| 44.94% | 89 | 6.3 | 868 | 11,761 | 50.0% | 40.8% | |
| 44.83% | 87 | 5.7 | 921 | 11,028 | 47.6% | 42.2% | |
| 44.19% | 86 | 6.2 | 832 | 11,149 | 52.4% | 36.4% | |
| 42.68% | 82 | 5.8 | 905 | 12,209 | 30.0% | 50.0% | |
| 53.09% | 81 | 5.8 | 815 | 11,953 | 56.4% | 50.0% | |
| 46.25% | 80 | 5.4 | 825 | 11,467 | 36.4% | 53.2% | |
| 50.63% | 79 | 6.0 | 810 | 11,922 | 53.6% | 49.0% | |
| 58.44% | 77 | 5.8 | 834 | 12,122 | 54.5% | 61.4% | |
| 52.00% | 75 | 5.9 | 879 | 11,857 | 62.1% | 45.6% | |
| 42.47% | 73 | 5.8 | 809 | 10,856 | 38.5% | 47.1% | |
| 46.38% | 69 | 5.8 | 845 | 11,564 | 46.7% | 46.1% | |
| 50.75% | 67 | 5.6 | 933 | 11,642 | 55.6% | 47.5% | |
| 49.25% | 67 | 6.0 | 846 | 11,273 | 50.0% | 48.7% | |
| 47.69% | 65 | 5.6 | 825 | 11,731 | 50.0% | 46.1% | |
| 40.00% | 65 | 6.4 | 848 | 11,370 | 43.3% | 37.1% | |
| 44.44% | 63 | 6.0 | 866 | 11,583 | 34.6% | 51.4% | |
| 51.61% | 62 | 5.2 | 779 | 10,793 | 51.7% | 51.5% | |
| 45.90% | 61 | 6.0 | 891 | 12,495 | 44.0% | 47.2% | |
| 52.46% | 61 | 5.9 | 853 | 11,632 | 44.4% | 58.8% | |
| 43.33% | 60 | 5.5 | 856 | 11,861 | 45.0% | 42.5% | |
| 44.07% | 59 | 6.2 | 1,020 | 10,970 | 34.5% | 53.3% | |
| 39.62% | 53 | 5.7 | 964 | 11,398 | 37.5% | 41.4% | |
| 45.83% | 48 | 6.0 | 922 | 11,176 | 50.0% | 42.3% | |
| 40.43% | 47 | 5.9 | 843 | 10,720 | 45.0% | 37.0% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 5.8 | 912 | 10,742 | 56.0% | 52.4% | |
| 39.13% | 46 | 5.9 | 821 | 12,063 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 48.89% | 45 | 6.1 | 905 | 11,311 | 56.5% | 40.9% | |
| 37.78% | 45 | 5.9 | 916 | 11,718 | 50.0% | 31.0% | |
| 54.55% | 44 | 6.0 | 901 | 12,535 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 51.16% | 43 | 5.5 | 819 | 11,555 | 45.0% | 56.5% | |
| 54.76% | 42 | 6.0 | 873 | 12,543 | 63.2% | 47.8% | |
| 50.00% | 42 | 6.2 | 965 | 12,793 | 58.8% | 44.0% | |
| 52.38% | 42 | 5.7 | 949 | 11,545 | 52.6% | 52.2% | |
| 48.78% | 41 | 6.0 | 1,067 | 11,858 | 37.5% | 56.0% | |
| 60.98% | 41 | 5.2 | 836 | 12,127 | 70.6% | 54.2% | |
| 52.50% | 40 | 6.2 | 1,023 | 11,352 | 61.9% | 42.1% | |
| 40.00% | 40 | 5.5 | 915 | 12,131 | 55.6% | 27.3% | |
| 60.53% | 38 | 6.1 | 819 | 12,026 | 60.0% | 60.9% | |
| 43.24% | 37 | 6.1 | 953 | 10,976 | 50.0% | 36.8% | |
| 40.54% | 37 | 6.2 | 1,022 | 9,926 | 44.4% | 36.8% | |
| 61.11% | 36 | 6.3 | 879 | 12,433 | 58.8% | 63.2% | |
| 51.43% | 35 | 5.6 | 874 | 11,561 | 50.0% | 52.4% | |
| 40.00% | 35 | 6.0 | 952 | 11,265 | 29.4% | 50.0% | |
| 52.94% | 34 | 6.2 | 889 | 12,827 | 75.0% | 40.9% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 6.5 | 884 | 12,370 | 50.0% | 52.4% | |
| 43.75% | 32 | 6.2 | 762 | 10,913 | 35.3% | 53.3% | |
| 59.38% | 32 | 6.2 | 842 | 11,143 | 68.4% | 46.1% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 5.9 | 904 | 12,216 | 55.6% | 52.4% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 6.1 | 783 | 12,342 | 40.0% | 52.6% | |
| 41.38% | 29 | 5.7 | 770 | 10,563 | 38.5% | 43.8% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 6.1 | 905 | 12,381 | 50.0% | 42.1% | |
| 40.74% | 27 | 5.7 | 904 | 11,177 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.2 | 975 | 12,550 | 45.5% | 31.3% | |
| 44.44% | 27 | 5.7 | 857 | 10,940 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 34.62% | 26 | 5.5 | 871 | 11,660 | 20.0% | 43.8% | |
| 44.00% | 25 | 6.1 | 860 | 12,337 | 50.0% | 41.2% | |
| 73.91% | 23 | 5.7 | 865 | 12,601 | 72.7% | 75.0% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 5.7 | 820 | 12,069 | 40.0% | 46.1% | |
| 77.27% | 22 | 6.6 | 768 | 12,443 | 100.0% | 72.2% | |
| 57.14% | 21 | 6.6 | 870 | 10,284 | 63.6% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 21 | 5.5 | 882 | 12,012 | 50.0% | 23.1% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 5.4 | 863 | 10,440 | 36.4% | 77.8% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 6.2 | 885 | 12,028 | 77.8% | 40.0% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 5.8 | 965 | 13,369 | 66.7% | 21.4% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 6.1 | 1,045 | 11,820 | 50.0% | 44.4% | |
| 58.82% | 17 | 5.7 | 936 | 12,656 | 60.0% | 58.3% | |
| 35.29% | 17 | 6.5 | 913 | 13,536 | 12.5% | 55.6% | |
| 86.67% | 15 | 5.5 | 892 | 12,449 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.0 | 922 | 13,141 | 33.3% | 57.1% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.6 | 980 | 10,969 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 12 | 5.6 | 921 | 13,316 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 41.67% | 12 | 5.2 | 748 | 10,694 | 37.5% | 50.0% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 5.2 | 824 | 10,468 | 80.0% | 33.3% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.2 | 963 | 13,217 | 33.3% | 60.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 6.0 | 778 | 12,269 | 50.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.2 | 763 | 9,231 | 71.4% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 5.2 | 918 | 11,768 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 6.0 | 943 | 12,414 | 66.7% | 28.6% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 5.1 | 869 | 12,134 | 20.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 6.3 | 793 | 11,803 | 20.0% | 80.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.7 | 966 | 9,371 | 62.5% | 0.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 5.4 | 736 | 7,638 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 4.9 | 937 | 12,535 | 0.0% | 62.5% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.7 | 961 | 14,155 | 0.0% | 62.5% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.2 | 665 | 10,629 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.9 | 739 | 11,460 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.0 | 786 | 11,051 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 6.3 | 960 | 12,167 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.0 | 893 | 13,409 | 100.0% | 25.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.5 | 1,143 | 15,508 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 6.3 | 961 | 11,910 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 7.7 | 976 | 11,297 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 808 | 9,801 | 75.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 3.5 | 867 | 10,162 | 33.3% | 0.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.4 | 872 | 8,165 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 5.7 | 833 | 12,115 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 100.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 985 | 13,165 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
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Akali vs Illaoi - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Akali do against Illaoi in League of Legends?
Illaoi wins the Akali vs Illaoi matchup with a 65.4% win rate compared to Akali's 34.6%, a 30.8 percentage point difference. This data is based on 26 recent ranked games in patch 26.11.
How does Akali do against Illaoi in the early game?
In the early game, Illaoi has the advantage against Akali with a 80.0% win rate versus 20.0%. Illaoi players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Akali do against Illaoi in the late game?
In the late game, Illaoi takes over the Akali vs Illaoi matchup with a 56.3% win rate compared to 43.8%. Illaoi scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Akali vs Illaoi matchup?
Illaoi wins the matchup against Akali with a 65.4% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.11. The 30.8 percentage point advantage means Illaoi is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 26 games analyzed.
What is the best Akali build against Illaoi?
The best Akali build against Illaoi includes Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass, Hextech Gunblade with Sorcerer's Shoes. This build achieves a 66.7% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Akali runes against Illaoi?
The best Akali runes against Illaoi use the Domination primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Akali vs Illaoi matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Akali counter Illaoi?
No, Akali struggles against Illaoi with only a 34.6% win rate. Illaoi has the advantage in this matchup. Akali players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Illaoi's lead.
How do I play Akali against Illaoi?
When playing Akali against Illaoi, play cautiously and avoid Illaoi's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Illaoi has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.