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How to Win Seraphine vs Akali Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Akali

How to Beat Akali as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Akali as Seraphine

based on 10,517 Seraphine vs Akali matchups
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2.61
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Akali as Seraphine came out of an analysis of 10517 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This particular pairing is somewhat uncommon. Seraphine fights Akali in only 6.0% of her rounds.

Seraphine vs Akali Matchup Summary

Seraphine does a ok job of countering Akali. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.6% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Seraphine against Akali games, Seraphine’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Akali.

Best Seraphine vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessWorld Atlas

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionZaz'Zak's RealmspikeMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreSeraph's EmbraceStaff of Flowing WaterCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
>
Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
>
Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Akali as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Akali Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Akali Image
3.2
< Kills >
9
5.9
< Deaths >
5.9
12.2
< Assists >
4.9
0.7
< Killing Sprees >
2.02
98
< Minions Killed >
157
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,409
< Physical Damage >
1,337
12,331
< Magic Damage >
21,321
498
< True Damage >
738
14,239
< Damage Dealt >
23,397
17,127
< Damage Taken >
26,731
9,901
< Gold Earned >
11,793
2.18
< Towers >
1.53
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,692
< Total Healing >
3,378
11,809
< Experience >
14,512
41
< Vision Score >
18
19
< Wards Placed >
8
247
< Time Dealing CC >
75

How to Counter Akali with Seraphine in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Seraphine versus Akali counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Akali. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Seraphine usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Akali. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Akali

Who is Better, Seraphine or Akali?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes an ok counter to Akali.

While Seraphine does have a higher winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Seraphine also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Seraphine into Akali.

Furthermore, Seraphine has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Akali matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Seraphine is a decent counter for Akali. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Seraphine against Akali.

Other Champion Matchups Against Seraphine

Seraphine Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle46% winrateBraumBraum46.1% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.8% winrate

Seraphine Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateK'SanteK'Sante55.5% winrateHweiHwei54.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LeonaLeona+ 55% 1555 GamesSennaSenna+ 55.7% 16060 GamesBardBard+ 56.6% 2216 GamesBraumBraum+ 58% 486 Games

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Akali Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akali as Seraphine, we analyzed 10,517 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Akali as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Seraphine Build Akali Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Seraphine 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 listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine often picks up less CS relative to Akali. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Seraphine versus Akali build include Redemption, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Moonstone Renewer. When Seraphine used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Akali than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Akali with this build.

To have the best chance of beating Akali as Seraphine, Seraphine players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Seraphine vs Akali battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.

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