Akali matchups

Akali, the Rogue Assassin. Every lane written by our coach for your level, from Riot's own kit — and Riot's exact cooldowns.

Your champion alone opens all of their lanes.

Akali's kit · Riot's cooldowns

Passive · Assassin's Mark

Q · Five Point Strike

1.5 s

W · Twilight Shroud

20 → 16 s

E · Shuriken Flip

16 → 10 s

R · Perfect Execution

120 → 60 s

Trade with Q (Five Point Strike), step out of the passive ring to land the empowered AA, then leave before energy runs dry or the enemy answers.

Ring Poke

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›AA

Short trade when the wave is even. Hit Q, step out of the ring for the empowered AA, then back off.

E Engage Burst

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›AA

All-in when E (Shuriken Flip) lands. Recast to dash in, Q the slow, then step out of the ring and AA.

Smoke Escape

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Escape or reset. Drop W (Twilight Shroud), hit the smoke with E to mark it, then recast to dash through.

The trapSpamming Q until your energy is gone, then sitting in range with no abilities and nothing to answer the enemy's trade back.