Akali
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 7.1%picked in 187 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 17.8%348 bans over 1,958 games, against 20.9% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftSpells
- 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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.4%
- SoloQ
- 2.8%
- SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
- Amateur
- 66%
- SoloQ
- 78%
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesElectrocute92% · 12,873
SpellsFlash + Ignite78% · 10,924
SkillsQnot collected 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?
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
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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.
- Gnar12 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 216 g
- Ornn11 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 383 g
- Aatrox10 games—SoloQ: 51.8% · 442 g
- Sion10 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 283 g
- K'Sante9 games—SoloQ: 51.3% · 265 g
- Renekton9 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 399 g
- Ambessa7 games—SoloQ: 54.0% · 374 g
- Rumble7 games—SoloQ: 48.2% · 114 g
- Mordekaiser6 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 321 g
- Shen6 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 327 g
- Camille5 games—SoloQ: 44.3% · 395 g
- Garen5 games—SoloQ: 45.6% · 421 g
- Jarvan IV17 games—SoloQ: 56.8% · 500 g
- Vi14 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 185 g
- Wukong13 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 539 g
- Sylas12 games—SoloQ: 46.5% · 469 g
- Nocturne11 games—SoloQ: 57.2% · 201 g
- Lee Sin7 games—SoloQ: 50.7% · 631 g
- Xin Zhao6 games—SoloQ: 60.9% · 138 g
- Sejuani5 games—SoloQ: 46.1% · 115 g
- Trundle5 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 56 g
- Orianna20 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 263 g
- Syndra19 games—SoloQ: 49.2% · 530 g
- Viktor14 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 766 g
- Ahri12 games—SoloQ: 45.5% · 573 g
- Galio10 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 511 g
- Lissandra9 games—SoloQ: 44.0% · 384 g
- Sylas8 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 552 g
- LeBlanc6 games—SoloQ: 45.7% · 381 g
- Locke6 games—SoloQ: 54.4% · 754 g
- Ryze5 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 155 g
- Yunara16 games—SoloQ: 49.7% · 989 g
- Jhin12 games—SoloQ: 50.9% · 1,278 g
- Jinx12 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 1,078 g
- Lucian12 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 545 g
- Ezreal11 games—SoloQ: 52.2% · 684 g
- Tristana10 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 717 g
- Caitlyn9 games—SoloQ: 49.8% · 773 g
- Kai'Sa9 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 952 g
- Viktor8 games—SoloQ: 53.3% · 330 g
- Aphelios7 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 441 g
- Kalista7 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 252 g
- Xayah7 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 331 g
- Sivir6 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 268 g
- Zeri6 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 410 g
- Lulu20 games—SoloQ: 48.9% · 779 g
- Milio20 games—SoloQ: 53.6% · 375 g
- Nautilus15 games—SoloQ: 51.6% · 708 g
- Karma12 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 477 g
- Rell9 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 320 g
- Bard8 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 356 g
- Braum8 games—SoloQ: 42.3% · 416 g
- Thresh8 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 936 g
- Alistar6 games—SoloQ: 45.6% · 500 g
- Leona6 games—SoloQ: 45.2% · 538 g
- Rakan6 games—SoloQ: 53.2% · 363 g
- Poppy5 games—SoloQ: 53.9% · 128 g
- Renata Glasc5 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 147 g
- Seraphine5 games—SoloQ: 49.1% · 411 g
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.8%12,038 picks of 431,269ban 20.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments3.4%124 picks of 3,686ban 19.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro6.2%136 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
