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Development
- Main article: Akali (Development)
- Akali was voiced by Laura Bailey, who also voices
3Miss Fortune in Legends of Runeterra, Battle Bunny Miss Fortune in League of Legends and Lunar Beast Miss Fortune in Wild Rift.
- Her previous title and visual appearance are still considered her canon title and look around the age of 17.[1]
- Akali is voiced by Krizia Bajos, whom also voiced 2 Silent Shadowseer and 9 Corina Veraza.[2]
- Akali is voiced by Ashly Burch in The Lesson. Burch also voices Star Guardian Akali and Crystal Rose Akali.[3][4]
- Ashly Burch also recorded a new base voice over for Akali before it was reverted on PBE.[5]
- Akali's Japanese voice actress is Mikako Komatsu.[6]
- Akali's Brazilian Portuguese voice actress is Adriana Torres.
- Soyeon of (G)I-DLE sings as K/DA Akali in POP/STARS, THE BADDEST, and MORE, as well as True Damage Akali in GIANTS.
- Her K/DA ALL OUT development snippets were voiced by Shannon Williams.
- Akali is voiced by Ashly Burch in The Lesson. Burch also voices
- Scrapped spells in development include:
- A early concept depicted the shroud emerging in the shape of a dragon, but was removed for visual noise reduction.[9]
- There was an early animation of a spinning slash with a katana that was cut for being too similar to Yasuo. There's a stump model from this animation that was never removed from her files.
Universe
Universe- Main article: Akali (Character)
- She was 9 years old during the events of The Bow, and the Kunai.
- Her pre-rework self depicts her around the age of 17, when she was still the Fist of Shadow.
- She left the Kinkou Order between her 17th and 19th year.[10]
- When she accompanied Shen to track down Jhin during The Man with the Steel Cane, she was 'the same age as he when he caught him the first time'.
- Her
- Akali is presumably 163 CM (5'3") high.
- Akali was not her mother's original choice to inherit her title of The Fist of Shadow.
League of Legends
League of LegendsGameplay
- Main article: Akali (League of Legends)
- Akali's dance referenced Single Ladies by Beyoncé.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
- Akali was the only energy-based champion to have any associated cost on their ultimate (one Essence of Shadow).
- Shadow Dance was going to be a skillshot but became single-targeted instead.
- Akali used to gain the 'Law of Inverse Ninja Strength' cosmetic Easter egg debuff ("This unit is a flippin' ninja!" - "Ninjas are more effective when they work alone. For every Ninja on your team beyond yourself, you lose 1 health.") when she, Kennen, Shen, and/or Zed found themselves on the same team. It was removed in V3.14 for unknown reasons.
- In the V1.0.0.115 April Fools' Day patch, the following change regarding Akali was jokingly listed：
- Akali is no longer a ninja.
- Due to Japanese rhotacism, Akali may sound identical to Japanese 明かりakari "light, brightness, gleam", from Old Japanese stative verbal root *aka(-r-) "to be red, to be bright" (> aka(-i) 赤(い) "red")
- Akali is the second champion, after Yasuo, to have an emote that will orient itself the same (facing towards the camera), no matter what direction Akali was facing.
- However, she is the first to always reposition herself to face the camera when using the emotes, and has this function on both her dance and joke emotes.
- Akali's Series 1 Eternals make the following references:
- Check Marks references the eponymous symbol.
- Like a Ninja describes Shuriken Flip's mobility and use of shuriken, two features common in depictions of ninja in popular culture.
Quotes
- Main article: Akali (League of Legends Audio)
- ▶️ "Steel beats Rock, Taliyah." references Pokemon, where Rock-type Pokémon are weak to Steel-type attacks.
- ▶️ "Everyone dies; I just... speed things up." resembles ▶️ "Everybody dies. Some just need a little help".
- ▶️ "The will comes from within, not from the blade." refers to pre-rework Irelia's title, The Will of the Blade.
- ▶️ "Deftly I travel. Swiftly you die." references her pre-rework line ▶️ "Deftly I travel."
- Akali shares quotes with:
- ▶️ "So many noobs... will matchmaking ever find true balance?" references (albeit in a rather tongue-in-cheek fashion) the criticism towards the matchmaking system, often matching up teams of wildly varying levels, causing lower-leveled players to be stomped on by higher-level ones.
- She was one of the few champions to say "noob", along with Sion, the Undead Champion.
- She was one of the few champions to say "noob", along with
- ▶️ "Tread lightly." resembles ▶️ "Tread carefully."
- ▶️ "'Oh no, I'm shaking in my pretty Star Guardian boots.' Idiot." references Megamind.
- ▶️ "Not today, Morgana! Not today." is a reference to RuPaul's Drag Race.
- It also resembles ▶️ "Not today, Caitlyn! Not today!"
- It also resembles ▶️
- ▶️ "My friends are my power." most likely references Kingdom Hearts.
- ▶️ "Bye bye, Sebastien." references Parks and Recreation.
Skins
- Main article: Akali (Collection)
- She eats Tonkotsu ramen in her joke animation.
- Her back tattoo possibly depicts the Azure Dragon.
- Original Akali
- Her previous model is her appearance during the time she was part of the Kinkou two years prior.
- The scene depicted has her using Crescent Slash on an adversary.
- She resembles Jade from Mortal Kombat.
- The same two men from Yellow Jacket Shen's splash art can be seen in hers.
- Her back tattoo is replaced with two wasps.
- This skin shares the Infernal theme with:
- This skin used to be Crimson Akali before Akali's Visual Gameplay Update.
- Infernal Akali's fiery appearance references the most dangerous kind of Djinn, the Ifrit made of 'smokeless fire'.
- Her wispy lower half represents servitude & her longing for freedom from her master(s).
- She eats Super Spicy Mega Death ramen in her joke animation.
- Crimson Akali
- She resembles Skarlet from Mortal Kombat and Taki from Soul Calibur video games.
- This is also the second skin to be completely renamed, the first being Human Ryze.
- This skin shares the Soccer Cup theme with:
- This is the first skin to show Akali unmasked.
- She is an all-star soccer player.
- She celebrates the 2010 FIFA World Cup along with:
- Sweeper Alistar, Goalkeeper Blitzcrank, Ekko in his football attire and Red Card Twisted Fate can be seen in the splash art's background.
- Nurse Akali Chromas: Amethyst, Citrine, Emerald, Obsidian, Rainbow, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Tanzanite
Chromas:- This skin shares the Rift Hospital theme with:
- She was proposed by the community.
- In 2011, she went 50% off during March 21–27, with the profits donated to the American Red Cross to aid the Japanese people after the earthquake of March 11.[11]
- In 2020, she received new visual effects, chromas, and a border and icon set, with all profits between June 25th and July 23rd being donated to the Riot Games Social Impact Fund to aid global COVID-19 relief efforts.[12]
- Her splash art might have been inspired by Valentine from Skullgirls video games.
- This is evident to both using surgical knives as weapons and needles as projectiles.
- The skin originally kept Akali unmasked, but with her rework she now wears a surgical mask.
- Nurse Akali
- She is checking Urgot's temperature.
- She is checking
- Nurse Akali
- She was featured in the Journal of Justice (Issue 19: Contagion Warning at the institute).
- A portrait of Surgeon Shen can be seen framed on the wall above her.
- This skin shares the Blood Moon theme with:
- The mask she is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
- She eats Soba noodles in her joke animation.
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- Her thematic resembles that of PROJECT and Battlecast skin sets.
- Silverfang Akali might be part of the PROJECT universe as PROJECT: Akali before augmentation due to the PROJECT Command Line logo being visible on the back of her shirt. She also shares color and texture similarities with PROJECT: Lucian.
- Silverfang Akali
- She resembles Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden video game.
- Her outfit closely resembles the one that Nightblade Irelia wears.
- Headhunter Akali Chromas: Pearl, Ruby, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the Headhunter theme with:
- This skin shares the Culinary Masters theme with:
- Her Kama is replaced with a red Cape Lobster's claw.
- This skin shares the K/DA theme with:
- Soyeon of (G)I-DLE sings as her in POP/STARS.
- Her outfit is influenced by Hip Hop culture.
- She eats Shin Ramyun in her joke animation.
- This skin shares the K/DA theme with:
- This Prestige skin was released a patch after the initial K/DA release due to K/DA Akali's rising popularity.
- PROJECT: Akali Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
- This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
- PROJECT: Jinx and PROJECT: Warwick can be seen in the background of her splash art.
- She removes her visor before eating her noodles in her joke animation.
- True Damage Akali Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Freestyle, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire
- This skin shares the True Damage theme with:
- In this skinline, K/DA Akali recruits new talents and forms a new music group.
- True Damage is a side project for Akali and she is still apart of K/DA.[13]
- The name of K/DA's single "POP/STARS" can be seen in the background True Damage Akali's splash art.
- Akali will at times dance to a part of K/DA's POP/STARS choreography if you leave her dancing long enough shown here.
- Her face in the splash art resembles Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, her singer.
- K/DA ALL OUT Akali Chromas: BADDEST, Catseye, Pearl, Peridot, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite
- This skin shares the K/DA theme with:
- Her face in the splash art resembles Soyeon of (G)I-DLE, her singer.
- Her motorcycle in her splash art and in MORE is the Ducati Panigale V4.
- Alongside the other members, her BADDEST chroma is based on her concept art for the release of the same song.
- Crime City Nightmare Akali Chromas: Catseye, Emerald, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Underground
- This skin shares the Crime City Nightmare theme with:
- This skin shares the K/DA theme with:
- Star Guardian Akali Chromas: Brilliant, Catseye, Emerald, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Star Guardian Season 4 theme with:
- Her joke is a reference to Akali's classic ramen joke.
- Classic Akali's voice-over was intended to be updated along with the release of this skin, though it was reverted to its current version due to community backlash during PBE.
- DRX Akali Chromas: Elite
- This skin shares the World Champions: 2022 theme with:
- She was released in celebration of DRX winning the Season 2022 World Championship along with:
- She represents Zeka.
- Coven Akali Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Destined, Emerald, Profane, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Coven theme with:
- This skin shares the Coven theme with:
- Empyrean Akali Chromas: Amethyst, Catseye, Emerald, Neon Facade, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Turquoise
- This skin shares the Empyrean theme with:
References
- ↑ Old Akali canon appearance
- ↑ Akali VA
- ↑ Akali 3rd VA
- ↑ TinyBun on SG Akali VA
- ↑ Voice - Akali Cancelled Update, the Rogue Assassin - English
- ↑ List of Japanese Voice Actors
- ↑ Scrapped Akali Skills 1
- ↑ Scrapped Akali Skills 2
- ↑ Dragon Shroud
- ↑ Akali age
- ↑ Japan Earthquake Relief
- ↑ COVID-19 Charity Fundraiser Details
- ↑ Stellari on True Damage Akali