Is Akali good in Patch 26.13?

Akali is B tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.4% win rate, 2.7% pick rate, and 16.4% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Akali Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.

What is the best build for Akali Top?

The best Akali Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass with the Electrocute keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Akali Top is B tier with 49.4% win rate this patch.

Champions that counter Akali in Patch 26.13 include Aatrox (46.6% Akali win rate), Renekton (47.5% Akali win rate), Garen (47.6% Akali win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.

What should I practice to climb with Akali?

To climb with Akali Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Advanced teamfighting, Early vision, and Fogging. Advanced teamfighting: : Teamfighting at the highest level revolves around intricate details like objective approach routes, vision setup, engage locations, and terrain advantage. Early vision: Early vision is helpful to avoid dying on ganks and to track enemy enemy jungler.

TOP · EMERALD+ · RANKED SOLO

How to Play AkaliTop Build, Emerald+Patch 26.13

The recommended Akali Top build for LoL Patch 26.13, from rune set to skill order to item path, based on MOBA Trainer's merged Emerald+ data.

In Patch 26.13, Akali is B tier Top with 49.4% win rate over merged Emerald+ data. Best build: Electrocute + Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame. Hardest matchup: Aatrox (46.6% win rate for Akali). Key patterns to practice: Advanced teamfighting, Early vision, and Fogging.

Patch 26.13 · Emerald+ · Ranked Solo

TierNo tier changeB#35of 47 Top champions

Win rate49.4%vs 50.1% role avg

Pick rate2.7%30th most picked Top

Ban rate16.4%

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Akali Top Build (Patch 26.13)

Highest win rate build path (2.8% pick rate, 49.5% win rate). Stats aggregated from Emerald+ ranked.

Runes

49.5% WR

DominationPRIMARY

ElectrocuteKEYSTONE

Sudden Impact

Grisly Mementos

Ultimate Hunter

ResolveSECONDARY

Second Wind

Overgrowth

SHARDS

Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Grisly Mementos · Ultimate Hunter + Second Wind · Overgrowth

Summoner spells

Flash

Ignite

Skill order

WMax Q first

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21415

38101213

611

Item build

2.8% pick

Starting

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

Core build

Hextech Gunblade

Shadowflame

Zhonya's Hourglass

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Situational

Hextech Gunblade

Shadowflame

Zhonya's Hourglass

Stormsurge

Dark Seal

Rabadon's Deathcap

Akali Top meta analysis (Patch 26.13)

Akali holds a 49.4% win rate in the Top role on Patch 26.13, 0.7 points below the Top role average of 50.1%. That is the 35th highest win rate of 47 Top champions tracked at Emerald+ this patch. With a 2.7% pick rate (30th most played in the role) and a 16.4% ban rate, Akali is one of the most banned picks in the game right now, so have a backup ready in draft.

Akali Top held steady at B tier through Patch 26.13, with no tier movement since the previous data merge. Stable ratings are a good sign for one-tricks: the play patterns you practice now should keep working next patch. At B tier, Akali works best as a counter pick or comfort pick rather than a blind pick.

Champion select decides a lot of Akali Top games. The hardest matchups this patch are Aatrox (46.6% win rate for Akali) and Renekton (47.5% win rate for Akali): consider banning one or holding your pick until the opponent locks in. On the other side, Yone (55.2%) and Darius (52.3%) are the matchups to look for, where Akali wins the lane more often than not at Emerald+.

How to play Akali Top

Pick Akali Top in patch 26.13 as a counter pick or comfort pick rather than a blind pick.

Akali Top guide

Against a tankier, melee-heavy top lane, Akali plays the same core combo more patiently: land a Five Point Strike (Q) slow, duck into Twilight Shroud (W) to reset the trade, then follow the Shuriken Flip (E) mark with a dash so Perfect Execution (R)'s recast finishes whatever the empowered Assassin's Mark (passive) attack left standing.

The build

Domination stays the primary tree — Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter — secondaried into Resolve for Second Wind and Overgrowth, with Flash and Ignite as summoners. Level one starts Five Point Strike (Q), Twilight Shroud (W) follows at two, Shuriken Flip (E) comes by three, and the max order puts Five Point Strike first, Shuriken Flip second, Twilight Shroud last. Doran's Ring plus two Health Potions is the starting buy, into Sorcerer's Shoes. Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass form the core three, with Stormsurge, Dark Seal, and Rabadon's Deathcap as the later options.

Ability mechanics

Five kunai fly out on Five Point Strike (Q), scaling off bonus Attack Damage and Ability Power and slowing whoever they hit. Twilight Shroud (W) is the lane-sustain tool here: its smoke grants Move Speed and hides her from enemy targeting until she breaks stealth by attacking or casting. Shuriken Flip (E) marks the first target its shuriken connects with, then dashes onto that mark on a second cast for bonus damage; Perfect Execution (R) opens with a damaging leap, and its recast dashes through marked enemies to execute them.

Matchups

Aatrox, Renekton, and Garen sit atop her hardest matchups, with Malphite and Jayce close behind. Yone, Darius, and Jax are where she's most comfortable.

Other Top champions at a similar power level in Patch 26.13:

View Akali counters · LoL tier list

Frequently asked questions

Is Akali good in Patch 26.13?: Akali is B tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.4% win rate, 2.7% pick rate, and 16.4% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Akali Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.
What is the best build for Akali Top?: The best Akali Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass with the Electrocute keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Akali Top is B tier with 49.4% win rate this patch.
Who counters Akali?: Champions that counter Akali in Patch 26.13 include Aatrox (46.6% Akali win rate), Renekton (47.5% Akali win rate), Garen (47.6% Akali win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.
What should I practice to climb with Akali?: To climb with Akali Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Advanced teamfighting, Early vision, and Fogging. Advanced teamfighting: : Teamfighting at the highest level revolves around intricate details like objective approach routes, vision setup, engage locations, and terrain advantage. Early vision: Early vision is helpful to avoid dying on ganks and to track enemy enemy jungler.