Senna vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Senna
based on 16,829 Senna vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Senna vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Senna vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Senna
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Senna vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Senna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Senna vs. Akali matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Akali. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Senna usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Senna and Akali
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Who is Better, Senna or Akali?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Senna makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Senna does have a higher winrate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Senna also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Senna into Akalias her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Senna has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Akali matchups, Senna is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Senna is a decent counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Senna against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Senna to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna usually picks up less CS compared to Akali. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Senna versus Akali build include Bloodsong, The Collector, and Hubris. When Senna used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Akali than with many other common builds. In fact, Senna had an average winrate of 50.7% battling Akali with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Akali as Senna, Senna players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Senna vs Akali fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Akali as Senna are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.