Akali vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Akali
based on 3,166 Akali vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Akali vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Akali versus Sivir counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sivir. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Sivir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Sivir
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Who is Better, Akali or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter to Sivir.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Sivir, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Siviras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Akali has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Sivir matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Akali is a decent counter for Sivir. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali to counter Sivir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Sivir. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Akali versus Sivir build consist of Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Sivir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 50.3% battling Sivir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Sivir as Akali, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Akali vs Sivir counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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