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the Rogue Assassin

Akali

DifficultyHigh
Role
Assassin
Lane
MidTop

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Popular Akali builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 50.12%Picks 827

Heavy magic penetration to cut through Magic Resistance

  • Spellslinger's Shoes
  • Stormsurge
  • Void Staff
  • Zhonya's Hourglass
  • Infinity Orb
  • Banshee's Veil

When the enemy team is building Magic Resistance against you

Void Staff brings +40% Magic Penetration, taking the build totals to +48 flat and +48% — more penetration than build 2's +33 and +38%. Stormsurge applies Squall once you deal 25% of an enemy champion's max HP within 2.5 seconds, and the mark strikes two seconds later for 125 plus 10% AP magic damage (25s cooldown). That same proc grants 25% bonus Movement Speed for 2.5s, which covers the dive in and the way back out.

Build 2Win rate 50.62%Picks 787

Raw Ability Power with a team heal on kills

  • Infinity Orb
  • Cryptbloom
  • Rabadon's Deathcap
  • Zhonya's Hourglass
  • Banshee's Veil
  • Spellslinger's Shoes

When fights come grouped and allies stay close enough to catch the heal

Rabadon's Deathcap adds +130 Ability Power and then raises AP by 30%, a multiplier that sits on top of the build's +565 Ability Power total. Cryptbloom carries +30% Magic Penetration plus +20 Ability Haste, a stat build 1 lacks entirely. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, its nova heals allies for 100 plus 20% AP (60s cooldown), and since that heal reads your AP, Rabadon's Deathcap feeds it as well.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

1
2
3
1
Ult
1
1
3
Ult
3
3
2
Ult
2
2

Level Skill 1 first as your main damage source, then Skill 3 to increase your burst damage.

Akali Skills

Assassin's Mark
Passive

Assassin's Mark

Dealing active ability damage to a champion reveals a ring for 4 seconds.

Crossing the ring empowers Akali's next attack to deal 37 bonus magic damage (37 (Lv) + 60% bonus AD + 65%AP).

Gains 30% Movement Speed while moving toward the ring.
Upon crossing the ring, she gains 30% Movement Speed while moving toward enemy champions for 2 second(s).
Five Point Strike
Skill 1

Five Point Strike

1.5s
Throws five kunais, dealing 77 magic damage (35 + 65%AD + 60%AP). Enemies struck at maximum range are slowed by 50% for 0.5 seconds.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cost105907560
Base Damage3570105140
Twilight Shroud
Skill 2

Twilight Shroud

18s
Creates a smoke cloud that expands over 5.5 seconds and grants 100 maximum energy. Akali is invisible and gains 35% Movement Speed inside the shroud.

Attacking breaks the invisibility for 0.67 seconds.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown18171615
Duration5.566.57
MS35%40%45%50%
Shuriken Flip
Skill 3

Shuriken Flip

15s
First cast: Flips backward as she throws a shuriken, dealing 46 magic damage (30 + 25%AD + 30%AP) and marking the first enemy hit for 3 seconds.
If no enemy is hit, the shuriken hits and marks Twilight Shroud's smoke cloud instead.

Recast: Dashes to the marked target, dealing 102 magic damage (70 + 50%AD + 80%AP).
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown1513119
Base Damage306090120
Second Damage70120170220
Perfect Execution
Ult

Perfect Execution

85s
First Cast: Dashes through an enemy champion, dealing 80 magic damage (80 + 50% bonus AD + 30%AP). Can be cast again after 2.5 seconds.

Second Cast: Dashes in target direction, dealing 70 to 210 magic damage (70 + 30%AP to 210 + 90%AP) based upon enemies' missing HP.

Deals max damage to enemies below 35% HP.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3
Cooldown856545
Base Damage80200320
Second Damage70140210

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings
Damage3/3
Survivability1/3
Utility1/3
Difficulty3/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

1
Health630LV15 2590
Attack Damage64LV15 127.7
Armor34LV15 111
Magic Resist38LV15 66
Movement Speed355

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Akali Strengths

  • High burst that deletes targets quickly
  • Strong survivability through Skill 2 (Twilight Shroud)

Akali Weaknesses

  • ×Difficult laning phase before Level 5
  • ×Needs high mechanical skill to reach her potential

Early Game

Until Level 5 you need to endure, especially against ranged matchups. Use Skill 2 (Twilight Shroud) to farm safely and preserve HP. Once you unlock Ult at Level 5, look for an all-in to take the kill.

Mid Game

From the mid game on, you are very strong in skirmishes and side-lane 1v1s. Use your mobility to roam to other lanes, stack kills, and build your snowball. The goal is to close out the game before the enemy carries scale.

Late Game

Before teamfights start, push out a side lane and take a flank position behind the enemy. Entering from the front gets you chain-CC'd and killed instantly. For Akali, the timing of your entry decides the fight.

Teamfights

Wait until your tanks and initiators have absorbed the enemy's key CC. The moment those abilities are down, dive the backline with Ult. Drop focus with the Skill 2 shroud and take out the enemy ADC or mage to turn the fight.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Reckless trades before Level 5

Before Level 5, Akali has no Ult and is not built for forced trades. A common beginner loss is poking too hard, losing HP, and dying to the enemy jungler. Until Level 5, use Skill 2 (Twilight Shroud) as cover and focus on CS and HP. Counterattack once you have Ult.

Akali Combos

Basic Harass

Hit with the tip of Skill 1 for a slow, step outside the ring, then land an empowered auto.

1
AA

All-in

Dash in with the first Ult cast and mark with Skill 3. Recast Skill 3 to leap, shroud with Skill 2 while firing Skill 1, then execute with the second Ult cast.

Ult
3
3
1
2
Ult

Champions Akali struggles against (reader votes)

↑ loses the matchup / ↓ not really

Galio
Vex

Akali Patch History

Akali
AkaliPatch 7.2d
Adjust
Loadout Update Build 2: Stormsurge, Infinity Orb, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Void Staff, Zhonya’s Hourglass, Spellslinger’s Shoes No ability or stat changes. Only the second of her in-game preset loadouts was swapped out.
Akali
AkaliPatch 7.0f
Buff
Twilight Shroud Invisibility fade time: 0.8s → 0.67s Shuriken Flip [New] First cast: can now mark the Twilight Shroud smoke Akali disappears faster once she steps into the smoke, with the fade time dropping from 0.8s to 0.67s, which shrinks the window where she is still visible and still standing there. Vanishing in front of someone who just dove her and repositioning becomes a far more reliable trick. On top of that, the first cast of Shuriken Flip can mark the Twilight Shroud smoke, giving her a way to reset her distance — or close it again — without leaving cover. Both changes serve escaping and re-engaging equally, widening what Akali can do in a fight.

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