Talk:Akali/@comment-8506165-20150121152920/@comment-5756858-20150131041922

Former Akali main here - hope you don't mind if I rattle a bit.

Definitely needs a rework - she's hella outdated. Best Example: Her ult. Ever noticed how most old gapclosers are incredibly quick, and almost look like a blink? Combine that with 3 charges, low cooldown, and 800 range - and you've got the best gapcloser in the game in terms of glue-y-ness, with barely any reaction time; really, Yasuo's E is often cited as completely broken, but it's nothing compared to the likes of Akali or Nid.

All that makes running from her virtually impossible, which leaves you exactly 2 options: Never ever get into her range - which is pretty boring, and one of the major problems of strong point & click spells - or kill her before she kills you. Which would be fine, probably... except its dang hard to do so because she's got repeatable burst, damage mitigation in the form of stealth, and a lot of sustain out of nowhere, which makes her an exceptionally good duelist as well. Unless fed, most things simply can't kill her quick enough, but neither can they disengage - hence you have a champion that is *very* oppressive to play against, leading to the "I either outstat Aka or I die" issue.

On the other hand, she's got a skill like E, which deals barely any damage, self-roots her, has nothing in common with the rest of her kit and is generally unimpressive as well as a skill that gets hardcountered by 300 g; which makes half her kit pretty crappy. Which is pretty silly if you think about it, because that means Akali's killing you with only half a kit most of the time. It's not exactly a thrilling experience playing herself either, because there's only so much stuff you can do about regardless of who or how your enemys are.

To be sure, People have been complaining since S 1 & 2 about Akali; she was broken back then as well, but so were many other champions. Release Vayne, Atmogs Bruiser, FOTM Mega tanks, silly lifesteal, stuff like that. Back then there was a good number of things that could actually fight back reasonably well; but now, Riot's design philosophies - as well as technical capabilities - have changed quite a lot, and so she really doesn't fit in well anymore - she's basically a relict now. Hence why they can - and should - finally change her.