Akali
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 9.4%picked in 1,713 of 18,319 games
- Ban
- 20.7%3,591 bans over 17,354 games, against 17.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 341,014 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itElectrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.DuelistSplit-push
- With / againstBetter than expected against Nocturne in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 47 games, range above zero.+14.4 pt47 games
- In draftTaken at any point of the series.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.3%
- SoloQ
- 3.6%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 20.4%
- SoloQ
- 17.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.6 min
- SoloQ
- 26.2 min
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
Hextech Gunblade
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop12%28% · mid laners: 23%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Duelist
- Split-push
Like other mid laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Carries its own kills
- Little CC
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 68 in lane, 69 in mid game and 52 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 64% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners564 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners955 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 52 of 100 among mid laners1,184 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 60 of 100 among mid laners+119 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners+243 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners3.9 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners561 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners28% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 15 of 100 among mid lanersrank 15 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners0.1 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
Better than expected against Nocturne in amateur play: +14.4 pts over 47 games, range above zero.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
With
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Yone57 games50.9%gap +1.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.1% · 1,571 g
- K'Sante56 games55.4%gap +3.9 ptsSoloQ: 48.8% · 1,082 g
- Renekton56 games57.1%gap +8.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.7% · 707 g
- Ambessa52 games51.9%gap +2.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 803 g
- Malphite52 games53.8%gap +6.5 ptsSoloQ: 46.2% · 686 g
- Mordekaiser49 games40.8%gap -7.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.7% · 280 g
- Sion49 games55.1%gap +5.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 430 g
- Aatrox44 games43.2%gap -5.5 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 740 g
- Nasus42 games45.2%gap -2.4 ptsSoloQ: 52.0% · 440 g
- Ornn42 games31.0%gap -16.2 ptsSoloQ: 41.5% · 183 g
- Dr. Mundo40 games47.5%gap -3.7 ptsSoloQ: 52.9% · 376 g
- Gnar40 games52.5%gap +2.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.8% · 496 g
- Camille37 games45.9%gap -0.9 ptsSoloQ: 47.8% · 540 g
- Jax31 games45.2%gap -2.8 ptsSoloQ: 52.3% · 780 g
- Olaf29 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 447 g
- Irelia23 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 908 g
- Jayce20 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 1,319 g
- Darius12 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 449 g
- Fiora12 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 696 g
- Gangplank11 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 859 g
- Jayce7 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 1,319 g
- Pantheon7 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 681 g
- Malphite6 games—SoloQ: 46.2% · 686 g
- Darius5 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 449 g
- Pantheon5 games—SoloQ: 48.3% · 681 g
- Lee Sin139 games52.5%gap +2.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.6% · 2,574 g
- Sylas92 games45.7%gap -2.8 ptsSoloQ: 48.2% · 1,447 g
- Wukong90 games38.9%gap -5.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.6% · 504 g
- Jarvan IV83 games51.8%gap +0.8 ptsSoloQ: 53.1% · 864 g
- Vi79 games50.6%gap +1.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.1% · 700 g
- Xin Zhao50 games48.0%gap -0.8 ptsSoloQ: 51.4% · 459 g
- Nocturne47 games66.0%gap +14.4 ptsSoloQ: 54.6% · 291 g
- Lillia44 games43.2%gap -2.9 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 561 g
- Sejuani41 games61.0%gap +12.2 ptsSoloQ: 55.9% · 143 g
- Qiyana38 games42.1%gap -8.4 ptsSoloQ: 47.9% · 1,292 g
- Graves30 games63.3%gap +14.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 910 g
- Viego30 games63.3%gap +13.9 ptsSoloQ: 51.2% · 838 g
- Nidalee29 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 1,322 g
- Jayce28 games—SoloQ: 55.9% · 494 g
- Naafiri26 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 569 g
- Kha'Zix21 games—SoloQ: 50.8% · 730 g
- Elise15 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 610 g
- Hecarim13 games—SoloQ: 46.0% · 784 g
- Master Yi11 games—SoloQ: 46.0% · 552 g
- Naafiri10 games—SoloQ: 52.5% · 569 g
- Viktor134 games54.5%gap +5.8 ptsSoloQ: 54.4% · 1,562 g
- Yone84 games46.4%gap +0.6 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,736 g
- Ahri62 games45.2%gap -1.2 ptsSoloQ: 43.5% · 598 g
- Locke62 games48.4%gap -3.4 ptsSoloQ: 52.2% · 1,810 g
- Galio61 games47.5%gap -2.1 ptsSoloQ: 46.7% · 1,138 g
- Sylas59 games54.2%gap +2.9 ptsSoloQ: 54.4% · 1,506 g
- Orianna58 games58.6%gap +5.7 ptsSoloQ: 46.5% · 650 g
- Lissandra55 games49.1%gap -1.8 ptsSoloQ: 39.0% · 756 g
- Syndra51 games52.9%gap +4.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 986 g
- LeBlanc40 games42.5%gap -6.6 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 586 g
- Vex39 games53.8%gap +6.5 ptsSoloQ: 44.8% · 368 g
- Ryze35 games40.0%gap -11.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 383 g
- Aurora34 games52.9%gap +3.0 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 430 g
- Galio34 games50.0%gap -4.4 ptsSoloQ: 46.7% · 1,138 g
- Twisted Fate34 games47.1%gap -0.5 ptsSoloQ: 43.1% · 1,296 g
- Zed29 games—SoloQ: 49.0% · 719 g
- Yasuo23 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 1,013 g
- Talon12 games—SoloQ: 48.6% · 537 g
- Galio5 games—SoloQ: 46.7% · 1,138 g
- Yunara124 games53.2%gap +6.2 ptsSoloQ: 47.5% · 1,929 g
- Kai'Sa115 games37.4%gap -11.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 2,772 g
- Jhin101 games49.5%gap -3.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 2,910 g
- Ezreal98 games63.3%gap +9.4 ptsSoloQ: 53.9% · 1,633 g
- Caitlyn90 games41.1%gap -5.7 ptsSoloQ: 51.2% · 1,343 g
- Lucian80 games46.3%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 52.5% · 1,090 g
- Jinx76 games40.8%gap -4.3 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,469 g
- Xayah58 games44.8%gap -2.7 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 973 g
- Aphelios54 games63.0%gap +9.6 ptsSoloQ: 48.7% · 1,736 g
- Ashe49 games46.9%gap +0.4 ptsSoloQ: 52.2% · 423 g
- Tristana46 games47.8%gap -2.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.3% · 1,338 g
- Zeri46 games41.3%gap -4.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.5% · 903 g
- Miss Fortune42 games52.4%gap +3.5 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 564 g
- Sivir42 games57.1%gap +8.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.2% · 341 g
- Varus26 games—SoloQ: 48.0% · 323 g
- Corki21 games—SoloQ: 49.3% · 456 g
- Kalista17 games—SoloQ: 45.2% · 759 g
- Nautilus116 games48.3%gap -2.4 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,706 g
- Lulu104 games54.8%gap +3.5 ptsSoloQ: 45.7% · 1,808 g
- Thresh89 games46.1%gap -1.4 ptsSoloQ: 44.4% · 1,948 g
- Leona84 games58.3%gap +10.1 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 935 g
- Braum83 games48.2%gap +1.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 788 g
- Milio72 games50.0%gap -0.6 ptsSoloQ: 57.2% · 446 g
- Alistar59 games45.8%gap -2.1 ptsSoloQ: 48.4% · 1,219 g
- Blitzcrank59 games44.1%gap -4.3 ptsSoloQ: 46.8% · 1,279 g
- Rakan55 games47.3%gap -2.9 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 774 g
- Yuumi50 games44.0%gap -3.5 ptsSoloQ: 53.5% · 673 g
- Karma48 games58.3%gap +7.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.4% · 980 g
- Seraphine45 games46.7%gap -1.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 494 g
- Bard42 games45.2%gap -2.7 ptsSoloQ: 54.8% · 1,085 g
- Neeko36 games41.7%gap -5.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.5% · 293 g
- Rell35 games48.6%gap +3.7 ptsSoloQ: 45.7% · 868 g
- Pyke30 games60.0%gap +7.9 ptsSoloQ: 48.3% · 758 g
Ban it or pick it?
Taken at any point of the series.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+3.6%24,446 picks of 682,027ban 17.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments3.3%799 picks of 24,310ban 20.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro6.1%136 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
27.7% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 7.1%G1298 games of 4,222
- 6.8%G2288 games of 4,222
- 6.0%G3+109 games of 1,821

