Akali/Trivia

General

• Akali's dance references Single Ladies by Beyoncé.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
• Akali is currently the only Energy-based champion to have any associated cost on their ultimate (one Essence of Shadow)
• In Japanese, Akali is read as 明 ('Akari') which means 'light, bright, cheerful', a contrast to her title of 'the Fist of Shadow'.
  • In Sikhism, Akali is a word used to refer to someone/something as 'divine'.
• Shadow Dance was going to be a skillshot but became single-targeted.

Quotes

• Akali's joke 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 swiftly defeated by higher-level ones.
  • She is one of the few champions to say 'noob'.
    • Before his relaunch Sion was another one.
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Skins

Original Akali

• She resembles Jade from Mortal Kombat.

• She celebrates the FIFA World Cup 2010.
• She shares this theme with Sweeper Alistar, Goalkeeper Blitzcrank, Striker Ezreal, Superfan Gragas, Red Card Katarina, Goalkeeper Maokai, Striker Lucian, and Red Card Twisted Fate.

Blood Moon Akali

• The mask she is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.
• She shares this theme with Blood Moon Diana, Blood Moon Elise, Blood Moon Jhin, Blood Moon Kalista, Blood Moon Kennen, Blood Moon Shen, Blood Moon Talon, Blood Moon Thresh, Blood Moon Twisted Fate, Blood Moon Yasuo and Blood Moon Zilean.

Crimson Akali

• She resembles Taki from Soul Calibur.

Nurse Akali

Marc Merrill symbolically giving a $162,430 cheque to the American Red Cross

• She was featured in The Journal of Justice.
• A picture of Surgeon Shen can be seen framed on the wall above Akali.
• She was proposed by the community.
• She shares this theme with and Surgeon Shen.
• In 2011 Akali and this skin were 50% off during March 21–27, and the profits were donated to the American Red Cross to aid the Japanese people after the earthquake of March 11.

Silverfang Akali

• She resembles Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden.
• Her outfit closely resembles Nightblade's.

Stinger Akali

• She resembles the main character from Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino and probably even

Scorpion from Mortal Kombat.

Headhunter Akali

• She references the Yautja from Predator.
• She shares this theme with Headhunter Caitlyn, Headhunter Master Yi, Headhunter Nidalee, and Headhunter Rengar.

Relations

• Akali, Kennen, and Shen are members of the Kinkou Order. The three shadow warriors work together in order to preserve balance in Valoran.
  • Akali and her fellow ninjas are at war with Zed and his Order of Shadows.
    • Akali may have another, more personal connection with Zed... perhaps she is a former member of the Order of Shadows?
      • Devon 'Runaan' Giehl pointed out her title of 'the Fist of Shadow' and her passive Twin Disciplines, and mentioned that Zed once had a favorite student who left his order, but there was no official statement.
        • It is also mentioned that despite appearances, she has a capacity for violence and cruelty.
          • Despite (or perhaps in some way due to) all of this, Akali is apparently the least willing of the Kinkou triumvirate to forgive Zed in any way. She believes only death is deserving of him, in contrast to Kennen believing redemption is still possible and Shen being undecided in lieu of his duty towards exercising emotionless, unbiased judgement.