# Akali Counters Who counters Akali? Best and worst picks against Akali by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Akali in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) ## Page Content [Akali guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) [Play against Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/how-to-play-against/) [Akali counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/counters/) Best and worst picks against Akali in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Malphite, Ziggs and Brand beat Akali most often. Qiyana, Talon and Akshan win the laning phase against Akali by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Akali Highest win rate versus Akali in Mid. - 1 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 137 games 59.9% - 2 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 115 games 58.3% - 3 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 164 games 57.9% - 4 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 924 games 57.6% - 5 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 759 games 57.0% - 6 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 234 games 56.4% - 7 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 979 games 56.4% - 8 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 155 games 56.1% - 9 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 1,252 games 56.1% - 10 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 724 games 55.7% - 11 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 316 games 54.8% - 12 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 564 games 54.4% - 13 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 1,422 games 54.2% - 14 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 1,795 games 54.2% - 15 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 278 games 54.0% ## Worst picks against Akali Lowest win rate versus Akali in Mid. - 1 [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) 105 games 39.0% - 2 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 136 games 44.1% - 3 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 539 games 46.4% - 4 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 1,078 games 47.0% - 5 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 814 games 47.9% - 6 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 551 games 47.9% - 7 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 1,746 games 48.1% - 8 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 301 games 48.5% - 9 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 195 games 48.7% - 10 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 526 games 48.9% - 11 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 1,345 games 48.9% - 12 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 1,666 games 49.0% ## Best lane counters vs Akali Largest gold lead over Akali at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 137 games +579 - 2 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 243 games +433 - 3 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 152 games +432 - 4 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 411 games +402 - 5 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 344 games +395 - 6 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 626 games +358 - 7 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 192 games +349 - 8 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 365 games +280 - 9 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 438 games +249 - 10 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 338 games +225 - 11 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 135 games +217 - 12 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 238 games +206 - 13 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 112 games +201 - 14 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 324 games +158 - 15 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 101 games +139 ## How to play against Akali Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Hold the wave near your side after level 3 and save your key escape for her E or ult. Punish her after Q trades when she cannot extend the fight. - Track her flank routes before river fights and collapse only after her first dash is spent. Force her to enter through visible terrain instead of fog. - Keep carries spread behind peel and turn on her after she commits R. Deny resets by saving hard crowd control for her second entry. ## Where Akali is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Akali needs isolated access and energy-managed extended combos; grouped teams with layered CC deny her assassination windows. - Her wave control and ranged pressure are weak before committing, forcing Akali to choose between farm and roams. ## Akali counters: questions ### Who counters Akali in Mid? At Gold+, Malphite (59.9%), Ziggs (58.3%) and Brand (57.9%) have the highest win rates against Akali. ### Who does Akali counter? Akali wins most often against Smolder (39.0%), Lucian (44.1%) and Irelia (46.4%). ### Who wins lane against Akali? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Qiyana (+579), Talon (+433) and Akshan (+432) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Akali. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Qiyana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/counters/) - [Talon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)