Premium assassin build for broken screens: Akali does not merely want to kill fast, but make the enemy backline uncertain for the full fight. The premium build therefore pushes further the logic of angle, patience, and clean exit that turns a good flank into durable tempo instead of a simple kill trade.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,800 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +800gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +300g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +500gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total costShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Akali wins fights through instant imbalance. Her build must allow her to kill a priority target and reposition before retaliation.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Each soul harvested below 50% HP makes your E-R dives progressively more lethal as the game goes on.
multiples dashes (E, R) trigger penetration on each engage.
Kill chains in teamfights stack adaptive force — a fed Akali cleans up the backline.
Rewards your roam-and-pick style — every takedown builds the AP that funds your one-shots.
Survive the counter-burst when you dive with R — the first three enemy hits are blunted.
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
