Talk:Akali/@comment-25034461-20180804133805/@comment-26808509-20180804180711

Because she isn't supposed to build AP solely, simply as that. Akali is supposed to be a hybrid Assassin, she allways was. But in the past her AP scalings were that good, that you simply could ignore all her AD scalings.

With the rework they shifted her scalings a little bit. Her AP scalings went down a lot and her AD scalings up, but the simple fact that you end up with more AP than AD, it pretty much evens out. From a pure cost efficent perspective you gain 1.6 AP for one bonus AD.

Means for 200 bonus AD you gain 320 AP. On Akalis Passive the AD scales with 90% bonus AD, so you would gain 180 damage from those 200 bonus AD. AP scales with 70%, so you would gain 224 damage from those 320 AP. Q scales a bit better with AD than with AP because it's total AD instead of bonus AD and E of course only scales with AD. And her ult scales better with AP if you use it on anyone who isn't full life.

TL;DR: Passive and ult scale better with AP, Q and E better with AD. She isn't meant to be an AP only champ, she is a Hybrid Assassin. And if you do build hybrid items, you get a lot of these scalings, no matter how low they seem. It's the combination that builds up her damage.

And if that's still not enough for you, you can just build items that extend her scaling. For example Lich Bane and Gunblade. Lich Bane alone increases her AP scaling in one Q - Passive AA rotation from 120% AP to 170%. With Gunblade it's even 200%. And that doesn't factor in the AD scalings or Runes.