Talk:Akali/@comment-5211662-20160705123209/@comment-28465461-20160712044529

Yeah, honestly she is kind of in a bad spot at the moment unless the other teammates are really bad. You're also forgetting that W is just pure utility and R have only 3 stacks. Certain items make AP akali completely useless. Reason why AD on akali is better I kind of stated, E is waveclear as I have said before, W is a great too for granting sight, getting movement speed buff which you can use R to escape if needed, its also a good gap closer so two utility abilities and a wave clear ability available to her regardless of what you build.

Recently, I was playing Tristanna and she only focused me and she did little damage (I had like around 140-ish (if I remember) MR and 2.4k HP and close to 300 AD) while I blasted her instantly. I was using merc treads, spirit visage and mercurial simitar, forgot the other items that game.

The fact that Riot failed to make her into an assassin, on her release, they made her like some failed mage that is not even tagged as a mage and that people that are smart enough would litterally trash her everytime. I even went cocky before and played AD bruiser anivia (for the lols), still trashed her and win the game (you know something is horribly wrong). Which is why I suggest to remove the AP on akali. There is far too much counterplay for her right now which is really bad for her (CC, Burst, Range early game, magic shields if she's AP, lane bullies, true vision nullifying her W, AOEs that fit with her W range, grevious wounds, shields).