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Akali

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

28.1%#12 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.4%picked in 2,286 of 27,213 games
Ban: 19.7%4,391 bans over 22,332 games, against 18.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Top52.0% between 48.5% and 55.6% over 538 gamesSoloQ 49.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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
0.9%
SoloQ
1.3%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
19.7%
SoloQ
18.5%
19.7% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 18.5% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
27.4 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27.4 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% · 20,162

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite81% · 20,991

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 50 games

Core (3 legendaries)39% · 3,413

39%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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV60.6% · expected 53.6% · 33 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.5

Lee Sin53.1% · expected 52.4% · 49 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -1.8

Sylas51.5% · expected 50.8% · 33 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -3.6

Midgap to expected

Ahri59.4% · expected 50.3% · 32 g+9.1 ptSoloQ +1.2

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal63.0% · expected 55.2% · 46 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -2.0

Caitlyn54.9% · expected 50.6% · 51 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -0.1

Jinx55.0% · expected 50.0% · 40 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -2.6

Jhin54.5% · expected 54.3% · 44 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus61.8% · expected 52.0% · 55 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Lulu59.5% · expected 54.6% · 42 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.7

Leona56.8% · expected 53.1% · 37 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -3.4

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV60.4% · expected 50.5% · 53 g+9.9 ptSoloQ +2.5

Vi63.9% · expected 52.7% · 36 g+11.2 ptSoloQ -2.7

Xin Zhao58.8% · expected 51.1% · 34 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Midgap to expected

Yone55.3% · expected 54.3% · 38 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +1.1

Ahri54.8% · expected 53.8% · 31 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -1.9

ADCgap to expected

Yunara63.8% · expected 54.4% · 47 g+9.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Jinx63.2% · expected 54.1% · 38 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +2.9

Jhin56.5% · expected 49.8% · 46 g+6.8 ptSoloQ -1.9

Caitlyn58.5% · expected 53.5% · 41 g+5.0 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ashe57.9% · expected 53.7% · 38 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Lulu51.3% · expected 49.4% · 39 g+1.8 ptSoloQ +1.7

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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