Previous Lore
A prodigy in the fighting arts, Akali is a member of the martial order known as the Kinkou. She succeeds her mother as the Fist of Shadow, entrusted with the sacred duty to end those who would bring imbalance to her homeland. While some find her methods extreme, Akali is judicious in maintaining harmony across Ionia.
Fist of Shadow
There exists an ancient order originating in the Ionian Isles dedicated to the preservation of balance. Order, chaos, light, darkness - all things must exist in perfect harmony for such is the way of the universe. This order is known as the Kinkou and it employs a triumvirate of shadow warriors to uphold its causes in the world. Akali is one of these shadow warriors, entrusted with the sacred duty of Pruning the Tree - eliminating those who threaten the equilibrium of Valoran.
A prodigal martial artist, Akali began training with her mother as soon as she could make a fist. Her mother's discipline was relentless and unforgiving, but predicated on the fundamental principle: "We do that which must be done." When the Kinkou inducted her into the order at the age of fourteen, she could slice a dangling chain with a chop of her hand. There was no question - she would succeed her mother as the Fist of Shadow. She has had to do much in this role which others might find morally questionable, but to her it is in service of her mother's inviolable doctrine. She now works with her fellows and to enforce the balance of Valoran.
There exists an ancient order originating in the Ionian Isles dedicated to the preservation of balance. Order, chaos, light, darkness - all things must exist in perfect harmony for such is the way of the universe. This order is known as the Kinkou and it employs a triumvirate of shadow warriors to uphold its causes in the world.
A prodigious martial artist, Akali began training with her mother as soon as she could make a fist. Her mother's discipline was relentless and unforgiving, but predicated on a fundamental principle: "We do that which must be done." When the Kinkou inducted her into the order at the age of fourteen, she could slice a dangling chain with a chop of her hand. There was no question - she would succeed her mother as the Fist of Shadow. She has had to do much in this role which others might find morally questionable, but to her, it is in service of her mother's inviolable doctrine. She now works with her fellows is one of these shadow warriors, entrusted with the sacred duty of Pruning the Tree - eliminating those who threaten the equilibrium of Valoran. and to enforce the balance of Valoran. This hallowed pursuit has unsurprisingly led the triumvirate to the Fields of Justice.Previous Abilities
- Mark of the Assassin will apply spell effects to both the initial missile and the damage dealt when the debuff is detonated.
- Spell shield will block the missile damage but not the damage dealt when the debuff is detonated.
Previous Quotes
Champion Select
- Pick
- Ban
Attacking
Movement
Taunt
Joke
Laugh
Previous Splash Art
Patch History
- Second base minimum base damage increased to 75 / 145 / 215 from 65 / 140 / 215.
- Second cast maximum base damage increased to 225 / 435 / 645 from 195 / 420 / 645.
- Removed: No longer stuns for 0.5 seconds on first cast.
- Second cast minimum base damage reduced to 65 / 140 / 215 from 85 / 150 / 215.
- Second cast maximum base damage reduced to 195 / 420 / 645 from 255 / 450 / 645.
- Cooldown increased to 160 / 130 / 100 seconds from 120 / 110 / 100.
- V9.14 - July 22nd Hotfix
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where she wasn't immediately stealthed after casting.
- V9.14 - July 18th Hotfix
- Stats
- Base health increased to 575 from 550.
- Base health regeneration increased to 8 from 6.
- V9.14 - July 17th Hotfix
- Bug Fix: Travel speed when casting Perfect Execution is no longer slower than intended.
- Stats
- Base magic resistance increased to 37 from 32.1.
- Health growth increased to 95 from 85.
- AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 50% AP.
- Removed: No longer causes all sources of true sight (except for turret targeting) to grant obscured vision instead. Now only gains invisibility in the shroud.
- Cooldown changed to 20 seconds at all ranks from 25 / 22 / 19 / 16 / 13.
- Energy restore increased to 80 at all ranks from 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80.
- Removed: Duration is no longer extended by 2 seconds if Akali breaks and re-enters stealth.
- Shuriken base damage reduced to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 from 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210.
- Shuriken AD ratio changed to 35% total AD from 70% bonus AD.
- New Effect: Shuriken damage now scales with 50% AP.
- Dash base damage reduced to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 from 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170.
- Dash AD ratio changed to 35% total AD from 70% bonus AD.
- New Effect: Dash damage now scales with 50% AP.
- Cooldown increased to 120 / 110 / 100 seconds from 100 / 85 / 70.
- Energy restoration reduced to Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. from Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted..
- Bonus AD ratio reduced to 60% bonus AD from 90%.
- AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 70% AP.
- Bonus duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
- Maximum duration reduced to 7 / 7.5 / 8 / 8.5 / 9 seconds from 8 / 8.5 / 9 / 9.5 / 10.
- Cooldown increased to 25 / 22 / 19 / 16 / 13 seconds from 21 / 19 / 17 / 15 / 13.
- Bonus duration reduced to 2 seconds from 3.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where the cooldown was incorrectly calculated with her cooldown reduction.
- Movement speed duration gained from moving towards the edge of the ring increased to 2 seconds from 1.25.
- Movement speed duration gained from moving towards enemies increased to 2 seconds from 1.25.
- New Effect: Is now only revealed by towers if she is within attack range rather then sight range.
- New Effect: Now only needs exit and re-enter the shroud once to extend the duration by 3 seconds, instead of 6 times.
- Shuriken base damage increased to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- Dash base damage reduced to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180.
- Cooldown reduced to 100 / 85 / 70 seconds from 120 / 100 / 80.
- Stats
- Base health regeneration increased to 6 from 3.5.
- Removed: If cast at 180 energy or above, no longer heals for 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+ 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% AD) (+ 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% AP).
- Removed: Twilight Shroud no longer prevents turrets from revealing Akali.
- Cooldown increased to 21 / 19 / 17 / 15 / 13 seconds from 21 / 18.5 / 16 / 13.5 / 11.
- New Effect: Akali now briefly obscures (opponents can see her outline but not target her) before stealthing or re-stealthing even if enemies don't have true sight in the area.
- New Effect: Targeted abilities and uncancellable basic attacks (e.g. ) are no longer canceled when Akali stealths or re-stealths.
- Re-stealth timing changed to Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. seconds from Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted..
- Base duration increased to 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7 seconds from 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6.
- Maximum duration increased to 8 / 8.5 / 9 / 9.5 / 10 seconds from 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8.
- Base duration reduced to 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6 seconds from 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7.
- Maximum duration reduced to 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8 seconds from 8 / 8.5 / 9 / 9.5 / 10.
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- Bug Fix: Transition into her slowed animation has been restored.
- Bug Fix: SFX volume no longer stacks when hitting multiple targets.
- V8.23 - November 21st Hotfix
- General
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug that made her attack speed higher than intended.
- General
- No longer has 4 last-hit assistance.
- Cooldown increased to 21 / 18.5 / 16 / 13.5 / 11 seconds from 17 / 15.5 / 14 / 12.5 / 11.
- First and second cast base damage changed to 85 / 150 / 215 from 100 / 150 / 200.
- First and second cast base damage reduced to 100 / 150 / 200 from 120 / 180 / 240.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it dealt damage to all opponents based on the health of the last enemy struck, rather than calculating damage individually for each.
- V8.15 - Full Relaunch
- General
- Title changed to the Rogue Assassin from the Fist of Shadow.
- Complete visual upgrade across all skins.
- New splash artwork for , , , , and . Tweaked artwork for and .
- skin reworked into .
- New voice over.
- New lore.
- Stats
- Base movement speed reduced to 345 from 350.
- Attack speed delay increased to 0 from -0.1.
- Base attack speed reduced to 0.625 from 0.694.
- Base attack damage increased to 62.4 from 58.376.
- Base armor reduced to 23 from 31.38.
- Base health reduced to 550 from 593.
- Base health regeneration reduced to 3.5 from 8.5.
- Attack speed growth increased to 3.2% from 3.1%.
- Attack damage growth increased to 3.3 from 3.2.
- Health growth reduced to 85 from 90.
- Health regeneration growth reduced to 0.5 from 0.65.
- Akali's ability damage against enemy champions creates a 500-unit ring around them for 5 seconds, granting her Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. bonus movement speed for Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. seconds while moving towards the edge of the ring.
- When Akali breaks through the ring, she regains the bonus movement speed towards enemy champions and gains Swinging Kama for 4 seconds.
- Swinging Kama: Akali's next basic attack gains 125 bonus range, deals Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. (+ 90% bonus AD) (+ 70% AP) bonus magic damage and restores Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. energy.
(Innate)
- Active: Akali throws a flurry of kunais in the target direction, dealing 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+ 65% AD) (+ 50% AP) magic damage to enemies hit. Enemies hit at maximum range are also slowed by 50% for 0.5 seconds.
- If cast at 180 energy or above, Akali also heals for 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% of Five Point Strike's damage.
- At rank 5, deals 33.3% bonus damage to minions and monsters.
- Target Range: 500.
- Energy Cost: 100 / 95 / 90 / 85 / 80.
- Cooldown: 1.5 seconds.
(Q)
- Active: Akali restores 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 energy and detonates a smoke bomb in the target direction for 5 / 5.5 / 6 / 6.5 / 7 seconds. The smoke cloud begins as a circular area, expanding over the next 5 seconds to form a ring. The smoke cannot expand through terrain.
- While inside the smoke, Akali is invisible, gains 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% bonus movement speed and causes all sources of true sight, including turrets, to grant obscured vision instead.
- Akali's basic attacks and abilities will break the invisibility for 0.65 seconds and extend Twilight Shroud's duration by 0.5 seconds, extending aswell whenever she leaves or enters the cloud.
- Twilight Shroud's duration cannot exceed 8 seconds unless is , in which case the marked section will linger for the mark's duration.
- Target Range: 250.
- Energy Cost: No cost.
- Cooldown: 17 / 15.5 / 14 / 12.5 / 11 seconds.
(W)
- First Active: Akali dashes backward and fires a shuriken forward, dealing 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 70% bonus AD) physical damage to the first enemy hit and marking them.
- If the Shuriken reaches maximum range without hitting an enemy, or the enemy dies because of the shuriken, it will mark the furthest most portion of it travelled through if applicable.
- While a target is marked, Akali can reactivate Shuriken Flip within the next 3 seconds.
- Second Active: Akali dashes towards the marked target, dealing the same initial damage.
- Target Range: 650 / Global.
- Energy Cost: 30.
- Cooldown: 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10 seconds.
(E)
- First Active: Akali dashes in the target direction, dealing 120 / 180 / 240 (+ 50% bonus AD) physical damage and stunning enemies hit for 0.5 seconds.
- After 2.5 seconds, Perfect Execution can be reactivated within the following 7.5 seconds.
- Second Active: Akali dashes in the target direction, dealing 120 / 180 / 240 (+ 30% AP) magic damage to enemies hit. The base damage is increased by Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted., and the scaling damage is increased by Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted..
- Target Range: 600 / 750.
- Energy Cost: No cost.
- Cooldown: 120 / 100 / 80 seconds.
(R)
- Bug Fix: Now correctly trigger .
- Stats
- Base health regeneration increased to 8.5 from 8.342.
- New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
- New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 31 from 26.38.
- Base health increased to 593 from 587.8.
- Health growth increased to 90 from 85.
- Magic damage AP ratio increased to 75% AP from 65% AP.
- Cooldown reduced to 18 seconds from 20.
- Bug Fix: Can now properly proc the bonus damage and energy restore against the summoned .
- AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 25% AP.
- New Effect: Now works on structures.
- Healing AP ratio increased to 45% AP from 30% AP.
- Bonus damage AP ratio increased to 65% AP from 50% AP.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where damage from Twin Disciplines and would not count towards .
- Energy cost reduced to 60 / 55 / 50 / 45 / 40 from 80 / 75 / 70 / 65 / 60.
- AP ratio increased to 60% AP from 50% AP.
- Bonus AD ratio increased to 80% bonus AD from 70% bonus AD.
- General
- New ability icons.
- New Effect: Akali's next two attacks are empowered, the first restoring Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. (+ 60% bonus AD) (+ 30% AP) health and the second attack, within 4 seconds, dealing Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. (+ 50% bonus AD) (+ 50% AP) bonus magic damage.
- Cooldown: Error: Parameter '3' is not accepted. seconds after the first attack.
- New Effect: Now teleports Akali to the cast location, placing Twilight Shroud at her original position.
- New Effect: Casting Twilight Shroud places Akali's other abilities on a 0.5 seconds global cooldown.
- New Effect: 250 units cast range.
- New Effect: Now retains Twilight Shroud's full bonus movement speed value until she leaves the area.
- Stealth reclassified as Invisibility.
- Cooldown increased to 5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3 seconds from 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1.
- Base damage increased to 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 / 190 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.
- AP ratio increased to 50% AP from 40% AP.
- AD ratio changed to 70% bonus AD from 60% AD.
- New Effect: Now refunds 60% cooldown if it kills an enemy.
- Cooldown increased to 2 seconds at all ranks from 2 / 1.5 / 1.
- Base damage reduced to 50 / 100 / 150 from 100 / 175 / 250.
- AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 50% AP.
- General
- Adjusted splash artwork for and .
- General
- Splash artwork for and updated to the Chinese art.
- Updated Chinese splash artwork for .
- Energy refund increased to 40 at all ranks from 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40.
- Dash speed increased to 2000 from 1600.
- Now gives 50% less pass-through distance versus targets marked by .
- Minimum pass-through distance reduced to 100 from 150.
- Maximum pass-through distance reduced to 200 from 250.
- Cooldown reduced to 5 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 1 seconds from 7 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 3.
- Ability power ratio increased to (+ 40% AP) from (+ 30% AP).
- New particle effects indicating its range (for all skins except Headhunter), visible to allies and enemies.
- New Effect: Now leaves Akali 150-250 units on the far side of her target.
- The strike through distance increases the closer the target is from Akali on cast.
- New Effect: Now leaves Akali 150-250 units on the far side of her target.
- No longer activates 's secondary damage.
- Range reduced to 700 from 800.
- Clarity: Fixed a bug where Shadow Dance stacks were not visible to other champions.
- No longer grants an armor and magic resistance buff while inside the shroud.
- Now grants 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100% bonus movement speed that rapidly decays over 1 second each time Akali enters stealth.
- General
- Texture update to Classic, All-star, Blood Moon, Crimson, Nurse, Silverfang, and Stinger.
- General
- New splash artwork for .
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 20.5 from 16.5.
- The number of stacks can now (once again) be seen in her buff bar.
- Now grants vision in the area of effect.
- Essence of Shadow charge time reduced to 30 / 22.5 / 15 seconds from 35 / 25 / 15.
- Initial damage reduced to 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 from 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145.
- Mark detonation damage ability power ratio increased to (+ 50% AP) from (+ 40% AP).
- Essence of Shadow charge rate increased to 35 / 25 / 15 seconds from 25 / 20 / 15.
- Akali is now immediately concealed/revealed upon entering/leaving the Shroud zone.
- Akali is now immediately concealed when casting Twilight Shroud directly on herself.
- Akali is now revealed upon casting a spell or beginning an attack rather than upon dealing damage.
- Delay on re-concealment increased by 0.15 seconds.
- Discipline of Force
- Now takes effect immediately instead of requiring 19.5 ability power.
- Base damage bonus reduced to 6% from 8%.
- Discipline of Might
- Now takes effect immediately instead of requiring 9.5 attack damage.
- Base spell vamp bonus reduced to 6% from 8%.
- Discipline of Force
- Stats
- Movement speed increased to 350 from 325.
- Bug Fix: now correctly returns energy when the target is killed by the magic damage from .
- Tooltip now states the correct energy return amount.
- Energy cost reduced to 60 / 55 / 50 / 45 / 40 from 60 at all ranks.
- Now activates secondary damage.
- General
- Splash artwork for , , and updated to the Chinese art.
- Stats
- Base armor increased to 16.5 from 13.5.
- Base health increased to 530 from 510.
- Bug Fix: Shadow Dance's recharge time wouldn't update with new ranks or cooldown reduction until reaching full ammo charges.
- Bug Fix: Twilight Shroud not applying assists properly.
- Initial spell vamp gained upon obtaining 10 bonus attack damage reduced to 8% from 10%.
- Additional spell vamp reduced to 1% per 6 attack damage from 1% per 5 attack damage.
- Initial magic damage bonus upon obtaining 20 ability power reduced to 8% from 10%.
- Additional magic damage bonus reduced to 1% per 6 ability power from 1% per 5 ability power.
- Projectile base damage and proc based damage reduced to 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150.
- Fixed a bug where Akali could get stuck during her dash animation.
- Cooldown before Akali's next Shadow Dance charge and her current stacks are now shown in the same buff.
- Akali will now attempt to immediately attack champions upon arriving when she uses Shadow Dance.
- Adjusted Twin Disciplines to trigger at 9.5 bonus attack damage and 19.5 ability power to account for rounding.
- General
- Ability tooltips updated.
- Fixed a bug where the sound of Mark of the Assassin could persist after her target died.
- No longer deals bonus damage to towers.
- Fixed a bug where Shadow Dance could sometimes deal damage even if interrupted by a knockup / knockback.
- The application of the mark will no longer be blocked by .
- Time to gain Essence of Shadow charges is reduced by cooldown reduction effects.
- Time to gain next charge does not progress while you are at maximum charges.
- General
- Updated tooltips for Akali.
- Fixed a display error with Twin Disciplines and death recap.
- Can no longer be cast while rooted.
- Now gain 1% spell vamp for every 5 bonus attack damage instead of 1% for every 10 bonus attack damage.
- Now gain an Essence of Shadow charge on Champion kills and assists in addition to her standard accumulation over time method.
- Now grants additional magic resist equal to the armor values.
- Now lasts for 8 seconds at all ranks from 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8 seconds.
- General
- Fixed a bug with Akali's attack timing.
- Using a potion while in Twilight Shroud will no longer break Akali out of stealth.
- General
- Adjusted Akali's hit timing to be more accurate.
- Fixed a bug where Mark of the Assassin would proc even if you miss or are dodged.
- Fixed a bug where Crescent Slash was spell vamping for too much.
- Fixed a bug where her failed to count ability power and damage gained through buffs such as Improved , , or .
- Twin Disciplines spell vamp ratio increased to 10% per 100 attack damage, from 5% per 100 attack damage, to compensate for the above bug fix. In total, Akali will vamp more from her single target spells and less from .
- Akali can no longer Shadow Dance out of disables.
- Stealth is now removed when you actually attack, rather than when you begin your attack animation.
- Added.
- Discipline of Might: Upon obtaining 10 attack damage, Akali gains 10% Spell Vamp, increasing by 1% for every 20 attack damage gained thereafter. This does not include base damage.
- Discipline of Force: Upon obtaining 20 ability power, Akali's attacks deal 10% bonus magic damage, increasing by 1% for every 5 ability power gained thereafter.
(Innate)
- Akali spins her kama at a target enemy to deal magic damage and mark the target for 6 seconds. Akali's melee attacks against a marked target will trigger and consume the mark to cause additional damage and restore energy.
(Q)
- Akali throws down a cover of smoke. While inside the area, Akali gains armor and becomes stealthed. Attacking or using abilities will briefly reveal her. Enemies inside the smoke have their movement speed reduced.
(W)
- Akali flourishes her kamas, dealing damage based on her attack damage and ability power.
(E)
- Akali moves through shadows to quickly strike her target, dealing damage and consuming an Essence of Shadow charge. Akali recharges Essence of Shadow charges periodically, max 3 stacks.
(Ultimate)