Akali

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

48.7% Based on 594 games wr in Mid

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   1100 gold

   12 Magic Penetration
   45 Move Speed
   
   

   Sorcerer's Shoes

   79% pick · 50.7% Based on 450 picks wr
2. Item 1 2 options
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     Doran's Ring

     400 gold

     18 Ability Power
     90 Health
     
     Drain
     Restore 1 Mana every second, increased to 2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana, heal for 45% of this value instead.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     Doran's Ring

     57% pick · 47.8% Based on 337 picks wr
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     Doran's Shield

     450 gold

     110 Health
     
     Enduring Focus
     Restore 4 Health every 5 seconds.
     After taking damage from a champion, restore Health over 8 seconds.
     
     Helping Hand
     Attacks deal 5 bonus physical damage to minions.
     or Doran's Shield

     40% pick · 49.4% Based on 237 picks wr
3. Item 2
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     Hextech Gunblade

     3000 gold

     80 Ability Power
     40 Attack Damage
     10% Omnivamp
     
     
     
     ACTIVE (0s)
     Lightning Bolt
     Shocks the target enemy champion, dealing magic damage and slowing them by 25% for 1.5 seconds.
     Hextech Gunblade

     88% pick · 49.0% Based on 512 picks wr
4. Item 3 2 options
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     Shadowflame

     60% pick · 46.7% Based on 300 picks wr
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     Stormsurge

     2800 gold

     90 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     6% Move Speed
     
     Stormraider
     Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum Health within 2.5s applies Squall to them.
     
     Squall
     After 2 seconds, deal magic damage. If the target dies before Squall triggers, it damages nearby enemies.
     or Stormsurge

     12% pick · 50.8% Based on 59 picks wr
5. Item 4 3 options
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     Zhonya's Hourglass

     3250 gold

     105 Ability Power
     50 Armor
     
     
     
     Time Stop
     Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
     Zhonya's Hourglass

     33% pick · 61.2% Based on 103 picks wr
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     Rabadon's Deathcap

     3500 gold

     130 Ability Power
     
     Magical Opus
     Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
     or Rabadon's Deathcap

     21% pick · 51.5% Based on 66 picks wr
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     Shadowflame

     3200 gold

     110 Ability Power
     15 Magic Penetration
     
     Cinderbloom
     Magic and true damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.
     or Shadowflame

     13% pick · 55.0% Based on 40 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Ignite

Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.

Ignite 58% · 45.5% Based on 347 picks wr

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Q Five Point Strike

Akali throws out five kunai, dealing damage based on her bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing.

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W Twilight Shroud

Akali drops a cover of smoke and briefly gains Move Speed. While inside the shroud, Akali becomes invisible and unable to be selected by enemy spells and attacks. Attacking or using abilities will briefly reveal her.

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E Shuriken Flip

Flip backward and fire a shuriken forward, dealing magic damage. The first enemy or smoke cloud hit is marked. Re-cast to dash to the marked target, dealing additional damage.

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R Perfect Execution

Akali leaps in a direction, damaging enemies she strikes. Re-cast: Akali dashes in a direction, executing all enemies she strikes.

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Domination

Electrocute · selected

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Sudden Impact · selected

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.

Sixth Sense

On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

Grisly Mementos · selected

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Treasure Hunter

Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.

Relentless Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Ultimate Hunter · selected

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Resolve

Demolish

Your third attack against turrets deals bonus damage.

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.

Shield Bash

Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Second Wind · selected

After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Overgrowth · selected

Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Unflinching

Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health · selected

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).