Talk:Akali/@comment-26462860-20150603223041/@comment-5955640-20150609052637

More than playing Zed? Zed literally slinks out from the shadows to kill indiscriminately with ruthless efficiency. It's quite ninja. More than any of the NInjas. With the exception of Kennen everything about Zed's lore bleeds into his design and identity as a character.

Meanwhile Akali . You feel like a ninja because Akali dresses like a Ninja (by Naruto Standards) and she does her little smokebomb and has a weapon of eastern descent and then pounces on targets with Ninja speed crushing them in a brief fell swoop.

But out of all the ninjas she has the weakest cohesive identity through her play style.

Zed is the killer that slinks through the shadows. Surrounding you with himself and killing you when you are low with very little chance of survival.

Shen is the eye of twlight that watches the stars and arrives where he's needed protecting the weak by putting the harm on himself.

Kennen channels his energy to move quickily and stun opponents with his lighting strikes.

Akali kills you directly and really fast. With her kamas.

Which is fine. Killing someone really fast is Ninja enough. But it's not enough to play with and that theme in terms of design makes her overbearing in lane. Look at those cooldowns! Reset on a 700 range dash. A 600 range harass spell with no real cooldown on a manaless champ. An Aoe with essentially no cooldown. If she isn't nerfed she does exactly what she says on the tin. Kill you directly with no chance of escape if it's been decided that you will die.

I wouldn't want to buff that. It's complaint number one when regarding assassins so I'd rather have her be like she is right now. Or make it to where she's stronger in a different more complex way.