Talk:Akali/@comment-3546228-20140311212818/@comment-5057599-20140316004511

I don't think so. She can't lane mid against most match-ups because she gets destroyed by everything with range pre-6, specially now after the Doran's shield nerfs. Ziggs, Leblanc, Gragas and Lulu are the most common laners right now and they all destroy Akali. Top lane doesn't really suit her either because the Tank meta is obnoxious as shit and it's very hard to snowball a top lane with an Assassin right now because it's mostly a farmfest. Most teams also need someone tanky for top lane, double AP comps or double Assassin comps fell out of favor very hard. Jungle Akali is decent but the fact that she's useless pre-6 gives free reign for junglers like Elise or Lee Sin to destroy your laners in the meantime.

She used to be a common pick last year because people actually used top laners who didn't rush a ton of HP and resistances (Jax, Irelia, Aatrox, Rengar, Jayce, Vladimir, etc.) and she could lane and potentially snowball off them for the most part. Heck, the current meta is mostly why Riven fell out of favor too, the nerfs didn't even hit her that hard. Anyway, as things stand the only way you can pick Akali is if you're one of the last picks and it takes a poor enemy team comp to pull it off. So no, she won't be spammed in solo queue anytime soon.