Talk:Akali/@comment-27218982-20170215234809/@comment-32688105-20170726103807

Akali's Q has a 6 second cooldown, funny thing is, the mark remains for 6seconds so Q, wait, auto attack, another Q, auto attack is an insane burst combo.

Counters to akali, I don't find yasuo a counter at all since you just keep his shield down with your Q and from the second he wants to fight you just go invis, throw a Q and use the combo above and the guy can't do shit. The problem with a Ziggs or a Xerath is that they should always stay 700 units away from the caster minions, if they don't, I can catch them. Yeah but just throw your stun or satchel charge.. which have respectively 13 - 26second cooldowns, a wide window to start attacking, just bait it out and back off. This lane is entirly dependant on your ability to dodge their skills. I dont believe there are direct counters to akali except for garen, PANTHEON, annie, malzahar, rumble, syndra (cuz she jsut has to ult), volibear, irelia. I advise most people to play akali at toplane since most toplaners are melee, so it's very easy for akali to poke and get ahead early game. When playing vs a counter, just play safe, you are almost 100% sure to be able to kill them at lvl 6. Depending on who you play against, build against it.

Playing VS Akali, her early game sustain is just so weak so try to harras her early game the most (this while avoiding her second proc from her Q at ALL times.) this is very easy with champs like, pantheon, rumble and annie. Remember, if she goes invis, she makes a small dash + movement speed that can get her closer to you. If she is invis, run the fuk away especially after a Q, auto, E, combo. Her shroud has 18 second cooldown and lasts 8 seconds, so early game u have 10 second window where you can attack her. I advise you to build grievous wound since she has a lot of sustain the higher lvl she gets and people ALWAYS forget that. When you are at or below 40% health, go back or play safe since she can just burst you down. A lot of people make the mistake to let me do 1 Q proc on them at lvl 1-2 and with that, the lane is already over. Try to keep your full combo available only when they are at 50-60% health, 1Q AUTO combo = 15-20%(early game guys, talking about early game so until lvl 6-8) why, because they won't expect the damage of the full combo. (full combo is what I wrote above + E + ULT)