Akali vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Akali
based on 8,862 Akali vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Akali vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some significant Akali vs. Blitzcrank matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Blitzcrank. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Blitzcrank. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Akali or Blitzcrank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when playing against Blitzcrank, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a poor counter for Blitzcrank.
While Akali does have a lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Akali into Blitzcrankas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Akali is a terribly counter to Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually picks up much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Akali versus Blitzcrank build include Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Blitzcrank than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 46.7% when playing against Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Blitzcrank as Akali, Akali players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Akali vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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