Akali Matchup

Akali Matchup:

Summoners:
- High Elo: Flash Teleport/Exhaust
- Mid Elo: Flash Ignite/Exhaust
- Low Elo: Flash Ignite

Runes and Build:
- High Elo: Scaling Phase Rush (Second Wind)
- Mid Elo: Scaling Grasp (Bone Plating)
- Low Elo: Standard Conqueror (Bone Plating)

Why?:
- High Elo: You take Phase Rush as you want Bami's Cinder to constantly deal damage to her while she's stealthed, as well as being able to build defensively and scale as you'll never be able to kill her, being the slippery b*tch she is. Riot games really should've deleted this champion.
- Mid Elo: Same as High Elo
- Low Elo: Akali's are bad at Low Elo, they'll most likely waste everything or stand on top of you so Conqueror lets you just win the matchup.

How to win?:
- High Elo: You don't, unless you cry for jungle help or she's an autofilled support playing Akali top for some reason. You can try and rush Spectre's Cowl right after Bami's Cinder and Mercury Treads, but you'll still get one shotted because why not I guess? But you gotta do what you gotta do to survive lane and help your team late game.
- Mid Elo: Wait for her to waste shroud then go in or force her to waste shroud and just try to find her with your E damage, because although she's invisible, she's not invincible. Because you max Q with Grasp, she won't be able to trade back for a while right after she stealth's so you can either use that time to deal damage with E or run away.
- Low Elo: Low Elo Akali's will waste their shroud for no reason or waste it to regain energy for an extra Q on you, if you manage to dodge her Q's then you can instantly turn on her and kill her while she's silenced.

General Tips:
Although Akali's can shroud and become invisible, she can't become invincible so you can use your E to damage her while she's in shroud.
To dodge her Q's, bait them out by walking up and instantly going backwards at where you think is her max Q range, as they will always try to max range Q you.
You can try and fight her when she runs out of energy as that'll be the only time you can do anything.

Starting Item:
- High Elo: Doran's Shield into Cull
- Mid Elo: Doran's Shield
- Low Elo: Doran's Shield
- All Elos: Make sure to stock up on potions every back, don't bother with refillable as it'll heal only 125HP compared to health potions that heal 150HP, even though refillable always refills each back. You only get 2 refillable potions compared to health potions where you can get a max of 5.