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Akali

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

30.1%#10 of 173 champions

Pick: 9.3%picked in 1,682 of 18,051 games
Ban: 20.8%3,554 bans over 17,105 games, against 17.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top51.9% between 48.0% and 55.8% over 447 gamesSoloQ 48.3%: no clear gap

Median length29.5 minsoloQ 26.4 min

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 Top.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 91% of top laners.DuelistDamageSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.2%
SoloQ
1.4%
1.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
20.7%
SoloQ
17.5%
20.7% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 17.5% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.5 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 29.5 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute78% · 7,669

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite79% · 7,772

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 41 games

Core (3 legendaries)51% · 1,376

51%of soloQ games

Hextech Gunblade
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 91% of top laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop9%35% · top laners: 28%
Team damagetop22%23% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Duelist
Damage
Split-push

Like other top laners

Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 76 in lane, 79 in mid game and 70 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

656+57 vs 599

948+80 vs 868

1,129+49 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Akalitop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 57% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 76 of 100 among top laners656 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 79 of 100 among top laners948 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 70 of 100 among top laners1,129 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 52 of 100 among top laners+120 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 57 of 100 among top laners+169 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 27 of 100 among top laners575 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 18 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 91 of 100 among top laners35% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 7 of 100 among top lanersrank 7 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 4 of 100 among top laners0.1 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 79 of 100 among top laners23% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

Topgap to expected

Yone52.8% · expected 51.4% · 36 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin56.5% · expected 53.2% · 46 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal60.0% · expected 56.3% · 40 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -0.8

Kai'Sa55.6% · expected 51.6% · 36 g+4.0 ptSoloQ +2.5

Caitlyn51.2% · expected 50.0% · 43 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus64.6% · expected 53.5% · 48 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +0.8

Leona56.3% · expected 51.1% · 32 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -2.3

Lulu59.4% · expected 54.3% · 32 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -2.0

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV55.0% · expected 50.4% · 40 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.3

Midgap to expected

Yone58.8% · expected 54.4% · 34 g+4.4 ptSoloQ +3.3

ADCgap to expected

Yunara71.4% · expected 54.4% · 35 g+17.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Jinx67.6% · expected 56.1% · 34 g+11.5 ptSoloQ +2.7

Caitlyn60.0% · expected 53.8% · 35 g+6.2 ptSoloQ -0.2

Jhin50.0% · expected 47.7% · 38 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -1.7

Kai'Sa54.5% · expected 52.2% · 33 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Supportgap to expected

Lulu53.3% · expected 49.5% · 30 g+3.9 ptSoloQ 0.0

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.

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