Akali with Zeri
How to Synergize Akali and Zeri
based on 2,335 Akali with Zeri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Zeri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Zeri
Tips for Playing as Akali with Zeri
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.
Akali Zeri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zeri as Akali in LoL
The Akali Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zeri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Zeri helps Akali perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Akali tries to synergize with Zeri, she sees a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Zeri provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Zeri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Zeri.
Additionally, when Akali plays with Zeri on the same team, she typically receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zeri does a poor job of protecting Akali during teamfights.
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Is Akali better when played alongside Zeri?
There is no top ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, Zeri is a relatively poor ally for Akali. By being on the same side as Akali, they lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 46.6%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Akali and Zeri that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Zeri has a lower difficulty than Akali. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Zeri teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working together, Akali players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Akali and Zeri together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of support. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Zeri ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to synergize with Zeri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Akali and Zeri synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Zeri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 46.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Zeri with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Akali players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Akali and Zeri pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.6% winrate overall.
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