Akali
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 9.3%picked in 1,682 of 18,058 games
- Ban
- 20.8%3,554 bans over 17,111 games, against 17.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itElectrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.DuelistSplit-push
- With / againstBetter than expected against Leona in amateur play: +10.6 pts over 83 games, range above zero.+10.6 pt83 games
- In draftTaken at any point of the series.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.3%
- SoloQ
- 3.6%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 20.7%
- SoloQ
- 17.5%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.5 min
- SoloQ
- 26.2 min
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
Hextech Gunblade
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop12%28% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Duelist
- Split-push
Like other mid laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Carries its own kills
- Little CC
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 68 in lane, 69 in mid game and 52 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 64% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners564 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners955 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 52 of 100 among mid laners1,184 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 60 of 100 among mid laners+119 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners+243 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners3.9 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners561 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners28% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 15 of 100 among mid lanersrank 15 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners0.1 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
Better than expected against Leona in amateur play: +10.6 pts over 83 games, range above zero.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
With
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- K'Sante55 games58.2%gap +7.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 1,109 g
- Renekton55 games52.7%gap +4.2 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 695 g
- Ambessa52 games53.8%gap +4.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 798 g
- Yone52 games48.1%gap -0.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 1,593 g
- Malphite51 games52.9%gap +5.6 ptsSoloQ: 47.0% · 675 g
- Mordekaiser48 games41.7%gap -6.9 ptsSoloQ: 53.8% · 273 g
- Aatrox47 games44.7%gap -3.1 ptsSoloQ: 50.3% · 743 g
- Nasus47 games44.7%gap -3.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 500 g
- Sion46 games56.5%gap +7.0 ptsSoloQ: 50.2% · 440 g
- Ornn41 games31.7%gap -16.0 ptsSoloQ: 40.3% · 186 g
- Dr. Mundo40 games47.5%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 52.2% · 383 g
- Gnar40 games55.0%gap +4.9 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 513 g
- Camille34 games47.1%gap -0.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 532 g
- Olaf31 games54.8%gap +7.4 ptsSoloQ: 52.7% · 455 g
- Gwen27 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 210 g
- Jax26 games—SoloQ: 52.9% · 786 g
- Irelia22 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 917 g
- Jayce22 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 1,345 g
- Fiora12 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 643 g
- Gangplank11 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 901 g
- Pantheon7 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 674 g
- Jayce6 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 1,345 g
- Malphite6 games—SoloQ: 47.0% · 675 g
- Pantheon6 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 674 g
- Lee Sin130 games53.1%gap +2.6 ptsSoloQ: 47.5% · 2,616 g
- Wukong97 games40.2%gap -5.1 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 522 g
- Sylas92 games47.8%gap -0.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 1,485 g
- Jarvan IV86 games47.7%gap -2.9 ptsSoloQ: 52.7% · 893 g
- Vi75 games46.7%gap -1.7 ptsSoloQ: 50.1% · 755 g
- Nocturne45 games64.4%gap +12.7 ptsSoloQ: 54.8% · 312 g
- Xin Zhao43 games48.8%gap -0.8 ptsSoloQ: 51.3% · 421 g
- Lillia41 games43.9%gap -3.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 536 g
- Sejuani40 games62.5%gap +12.9 ptsSoloQ: 54.2% · 142 g
- Qiyana37 games43.2%gap -7.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 1,330 g
- Naafiri32 games56.3%gap +8.8 ptsSoloQ: 52.7% · 592 g
- Graves30 games60.0%gap +11.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.9% · 932 g
- Viego29 games—SoloQ: 51.9% · 854 g
- Nidalee28 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 1,331 g
- Jayce24 games—SoloQ: 56.7% · 501 g
- Kha'Zix19 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 742 g
- Elise16 games—SoloQ: 44.3% · 587 g
- Hecarim14 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 785 g
- Master Yi9 games—SoloQ: 45.8% · 578 g
- Naafiri9 games—SoloQ: 52.7% · 592 g
- Viktor139 games55.4%gap +6.3 ptsSoloQ: 54.5% · 1,680 g
- Yone84 games46.4%gap -0.2 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 1,714 g
- Ahri60 games43.3%gap -3.0 ptsSoloQ: 42.9% · 611 g
- Locke60 games48.3%gap -3.6 ptsSoloQ: 51.7% · 1,852 g
- Sylas59 games54.2%gap +3.3 ptsSoloQ: 54.9% · 1,532 g
- Galio56 games51.8%gap +2.2 ptsSoloQ: 46.3% · 1,142 g
- Orianna55 games54.5%gap +1.9 ptsSoloQ: 45.2% · 621 g
- Syndra54 games50.0%gap +0.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 979 g
- Lissandra51 games49.0%gap -1.8 ptsSoloQ: 39.8% · 741 g
- LeBlanc38 games44.7%gap -4.5 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 586 g
- Vex37 games54.1%gap +7.0 ptsSoloQ: 45.9% · 381 g
- Twisted Fate36 games47.2%gap -0.1 ptsSoloQ: 43.5% · 1,348 g
- Ryze35 games40.0%gap -11.5 ptsSoloQ: 48.4% · 407 g
- Galio32 games53.1%gap -1.4 ptsSoloQ: 46.3% · 1,142 g
- Aurora31 games45.2%gap -5.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.0% · 421 g
- Zed29 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 748 g
- Yasuo27 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 1,001 g
- Talon13 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 539 g
- Yunara123 games53.7%gap +7.0 ptsSoloQ: 48.7% · 2,156 g
- Kai'Sa111 games35.1%gap -13.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 2,764 g
- Jhin100 games52.0%gap -1.3 ptsSoloQ: 48.4% · 2,934 g
- Ezreal93 games62.4%gap +8.8 ptsSoloQ: 53.1% · 1,685 g
- Lucian85 games45.9%gap -3.7 ptsSoloQ: 52.6% · 1,132 g
- Caitlyn80 games45.0%gap -2.3 ptsSoloQ: 52.2% · 1,349 g
- Jinx76 games38.2%gap -6.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.7% · 1,508 g
- Xayah56 games46.4%gap -0.7 ptsSoloQ: 46.3% · 921 g
- Aphelios52 games59.6%gap +5.6 ptsSoloQ: 48.9% · 1,652 g
- Ashe48 games47.9%gap +1.7 ptsSoloQ: 52.6% · 468 g
- Tristana47 games44.7%gap -5.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.2% · 1,402 g
- Zeri45 games42.2%gap -3.5 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 909 g
- Miss Fortune41 games53.7%gap +4.7 ptsSoloQ: 46.8% · 528 g
- Sivir41 games58.5%gap +10.3 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 351 g
- Varus25 games—SoloQ: 45.8% · 312 g
- Corki23 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 447 g
- Kalista17 games—SoloQ: 46.8% · 745 g
- Nautilus112 games47.3%gap -3.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,687 g
- Lulu102 games55.9%gap +4.3 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 1,895 g
- Thresh89 games47.2%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 44.6% · 2,008 g
- Leona83 games59.0%gap +10.6 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 929 g
- Milio77 games48.1%gap -2.3 ptsSoloQ: 55.8% · 504 g
- Braum74 games47.3%gap +0.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 797 g
- Blitzcrank58 games44.8%gap -3.0 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 1,288 g
- Rakan58 games46.6%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 731 g
- Alistar51 games41.2%gap -6.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 1,193 g
- Yuumi51 games43.1%gap -3.9 ptsSoloQ: 52.9% · 699 g
- Seraphine49 games44.9%gap -2.0 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 502 g
- Karma43 games62.8%gap +11.0 ptsSoloQ: 50.4% · 1,004 g
- Neeko37 games43.2%gap -4.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 306 g
- Bard36 games50.0%gap +1.5 ptsSoloQ: 54.9% · 1,092 g
- Rell34 games52.9%gap +8.0 ptsSoloQ: 46.0% · 891 g
- Pyke27 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 789 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+3.6%21,665 picks of 609,385ban 17.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments3.3%706 picks of 21,472ban 20.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro6.2%136 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
28.6% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 7.1%G1290 games of 4,080
- 6.8%G2276 games of 4,082
- 6.2%G3+108 games of 1,756

