Akali vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Akali
based on 11,028 Akali vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Aatrox
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Akali vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Akali versus Aatrox matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Akali usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Akali or Aatrox?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Aatrox, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter for Aatrox.
While Akali does have a lower winrate compared to Aatrox, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Aatroxas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Akali versus Aatrox build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Aatrox than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Aatrox with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Aatrox as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akali vs Aatrox counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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