By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Rogue Assassin
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (5,982 games).
Assassin
Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 5,982 games · Preview sample
5,982
Games
Very High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
52.6%Win Rate
Flash
Ignite79.6%Win Rate
FlashIgnite47.2%Win Rate
Flash
Teleport
This exact page: taken in 15.9% of games·47.2% win rate over 951 games.
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total. Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Conqueror9.4% taken · 51.2% win564 games
Fleet Footwork2.0% taken · 45.9% win122 games
Dark Harvest0.4% taken · 73.9% win23 gamesDomination + Resolve72.8% taken · 49.9% win4,352 games
Domination + Sorcery10.2% taken · 48.5% win610 games
Precision + Resolve9.0% taken · 47.1% win537 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Akali's most common path.
QAkali throws out five kunai, dealing damage based on her bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing.
Cooldown 1.5s · 110/100/90/80/70 Energy
WAkali drops a cover of smoke and briefly gains Move Speed.
Cooldown 20/19/18/17/16s · No cost
EFlip backward and fire a shuriken forward, dealing magic damage.
Cooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10s · 30 Energy
RAkali leaps in a direction, damaging enemies she strikes.
Cooldown 120/90/60s · No costMax Q first, then E, then W. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QFive Point Strike | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WTwilight Shroud | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EShuriken Flip | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RPerfect Execution | R | R | R |
How Akali performs against enemy mid laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Akali is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 7/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
PAssassin's Mark
Dealing spell damage to a champion creates a ring of energy around them. Exiting that ring empowers Akali's next Attack with bonus range and damage.
Passive — never cast
QFive Point Strike
Akali throws out five kunai, dealing damage based on her bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing.
Cost 110/100/90/80/70 EnergyCooldown 1.5sRange 550
WTwilight 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.
No costCooldown 20/19/18/17/16sRange 350
EShuriken 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.
Cost 30 EnergyCooldown 16/14.5/13/11.5/10sRange 825
RPerfect Execution
Akali leaps in a direction, damaging enemies she strikes. Re-cast: Akali dashes in a direction, executing all enemies she strikes.
No costCooldown 120/90/60sRange 675
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Akali in 1 patch. The latest is patch 26.5, published 2026-03-03.
WTwilight Shroud
Currently, Akali’s re-stealth timer on her Shroud scales with game time. And since we’ve adjusted Summoner’s Rift’s pacing and League now has multiple modes with varying start times, we think everyone’s favorite ninja deserves a bit more flexibility when it comes to her sneakiness.
Riot's data lists 22 looks for Akali with their own art, the base skin included and 80 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Akali | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 600 | =116th | 620 |
| Health per level | 119 | =7th | 104 |
| Base armor | 23 | =144th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 4.7 | =42nd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 37 | 1st | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 2.05 | =4th | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 62 | =50th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 3.2% | =37th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 345 | =9th | 335 |
| Attack range | 125 | =129th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 600 | +119 | 2623 | 8th of 173 |
| Armor | 23 | +4.7 | 102.9 | =113th of 173 |
| Magic resist | 37 | +2.05 | 71.85 | 2nd of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Akali, the Rogue Assassin, is a Assassin champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 7/10 for difficulty, 5/10 for attack, 3/10 for defense and 8/10 for magic. Akali spends Energy and has 22 skins with their own art. Akali's base magic resist of 37 is the highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20. Akali's health per level of 119 is the 7th-highest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 1 other).
Abandoning the Kinkou Order and her title of the Fist of Shadow, Akali now strikes alone, ready to be the deadly weapon her people need. Though she holds onto all she learned from her master Shen, she has pledged to defend Ionia from its enemies, one kill at a time. Akali may strike in silence, but her message will be heard loud and clear: fear the assassin with no master.
