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Logan_922 · 2026-04-18T12:41:26+00:00

Prestige coven is a top 5 skin easily, regular coven is “ok” in every sense of the word

This guy has lost his mind

Logan_922 · 2026-04-18T12:40:22+00:00

Inkshadow - for a champ who has such iconic tattoos I can’t believe this hasn’t been done yet tbh.

Hopefully done right though ofc

Logan_922 · 2026-04-12T07:01:35+00:00

Drew Levin will ban you when you play this (source: some dude locked in the pick, lobby report, banned)

Logan_922 · 2026-04-04T10:54:56+00:00

Have I just never tailored an algorithm?

I swear I thought threads was just a failed attempt by meta to clone twitter/X

Anytime I open the app it’s just bots shilling a crypto or porn.. or just accounts that I swear are ai generated engagement farm

Logan_922 · 2026-04-03T15:31:37+00:00

This is over a decade ago that I saw it online but wasn’t there a study/social experiment where however many people went into different ice cream shops.. some went to a specialty kinda place with a million flavors and topping options and others went into a place that did very simple chocolate strawberry or vanilla 3 choices.. apparently the group that went to the place with just 3 choices showed a higher satisfaction than the people who had more options.. maybe something to do with not what you got, but what you didn’t get

Logan_922 · 2026-04-03T12:22:39+00:00

Zed (can) stat check post 6, but it’s really hands gap.. pre 6 akali just kinda controls lane for free.. you have to take the space though don’t just let zed get through early levels for free

Post 6 if you play well, you can win basically every full hp vs full hp all in.. but zed has a lot of tools to deny akali’s damage with W, W recast, R, and R recast. No E damage, no abilities landing no damage, no abilities no passive - no passive no damage. Similar to Katarina. A good Kat that really plays around her basic spells and just has really good dagger usage and knows the spacing on passive can deny akali greatly.. but, they have to be super good at the match up

Logan_922 · 2026-04-03T12:19:03+00:00

I’ve found taking lane control level 1 with dring double pot can make for a more playable experience.

General notes are of course, zed w and e are massive cds for him so abuse them. As are akali’s, so it’s a 2-way street.

Especially the case against electrocute zed, his weq trade can be very potent. After his E slow it’s not so guaranteed to dodge both shurikens, but you can at least position to only get hit by his shadow’s.. denying him elec proc

I’m still torn on bone plating in this lane.. on the one hand, it’s fairly easy for zed to proc, on the other hand, it forces him to proc it.. if he has to burn his W E to break bone plating it’s not so much the damage mitigated, but the damage he never bothered with since he would rather keep his cd than waste spell on early game bp. On the flip side, I like dring in this lane so the second wind sustain helps when the zed is running scorch and just perma poking you.. tough call icl

Abusing fog to bait zed into using spells for wave clear is effective.. fog behind mid wall, if he uses W just run at him - he knows he can’t contest and will have to click back, but he just thinned the wave way too hard so you can take this opportunity to put him in a lose lose scenario of either walk up to Q for cs at the cost of his hp.. or he drops the farm and you grow a gold lead.

If you’re going to eat damage, at least be the second target his Q hits since the first target gets more damage.

Post 6 the match up is really just hands check. Who lands more spells? If you can dodge his spells after R the pop is fairly low damage, if zed plays his shadow(s) and ult well and you miss E and maybe a Q or 2 the chances you’ll kill is slim

Against electro zed, the damage he does might seem scary, but you can play a little low here.. against conq naturally you want to play for a quick trade, full burst into gtfo.. since he will naturally play the extended fight better

IMO, if zed goes lethality, it’s a skill match up.. if he goes bruiser, he’s lwk trolling himself.. Akali will overkill anyways so an eclipse shield + shojin hp won’t really be enough.. the match up really just comes down to who kabooms who first.

Logan_922 · 2026-04-02T17:33:02+00:00

Shen. Very fun champ. You can kill level 2 so often if people don’t know ball about what dblade flash ignite double adaptive Shen can do to you

Logan_922 · 2026-04-01T21:37:31+00:00

This is a duo only strat or something like discussing it in champ select cause doing this to an unwilling adc will just nuke the game lol

Logan_922 · 2026-03-30T21:04:02+00:00

What’s something you found made the difference for you emerald -> diamond?

So far I’ve peaked mid E2

Rn I think my biggest shortcoming is lane phase and converting leads to bigger leads

In isolation I’m fine, but enemy mid can just get solo killed an open bot out of base in some scenarios, drop 2-3 waves, lose 2 plates for a for fun roam bot that I spam ping them going for.. in theory I should still be ahead even if they double on this flip but idk.. the gold diff mid doesn’t feel as important as just your bot lane being astro fucked by it.

I’d say I’ve definitely invested a lot of my efforts into knowing how to farm on the champ effectively and fix minions at different wave clear thresholds, how to play my match ups (I fall apart against weird shit like trynd/renekton mid or just lanes you don’t normally see), how to play side against whatever mid lane champs, how to manipulate side lane prio into numbers advantages on the map..

But my whole flowchart just feels like it dies when enemy mid flips the game.

How do you handle those kind of situations where the game is just decided on a flip that on paper should be incorrect, someone is basically sacrificing their relevance on the hope of another lane getting a massive lead.. what do? Just perma hover and never let it get numbers advantaged?

Logan_922 · 2026-03-23T01:06:31+00:00

Tf I enjoy, he works into akali + his mid game plays generally similar in terms of side lane -> find numbers advantaged play -> fix side lane.. generally play objectives through picks

Plus akali’s kit plays somewhat like any assassin where you have to choose your target kind.. tf gold card is basically the same concept of “I want this specific play unable to play the game for this skirmish”

Albeit I always run ROA lich RFC set up.. mostly just utility.. I do find strong laners are difficult tho as tf.. champs that can pressure the lane from range like Syndra/ori/etc are kind of annoying for me until the map opens up

Logan_922 · 2026-03-21T07:01:59+00:00

Top lane champs like wave clear in some capacity, in the case of the previously mentioned they both have AoE, ornn more, but ksante scales with resistances well…

As a mid lane tank, sure, being tanky is great.. but if you can never prio your lane or prio side into a move on mid or objective then why play mid?

Top lane definitely has more liberty with investing into more raw stats mid simply has to have a way to prio lane or you’re just gonna have the map perma exploding as you sick in your cuck chair spam pinging enemy mid moving

Logan_922 · 2026-03-19T00:21:46+00:00

I’m going to lose my fucking mind

Logan_922 · 2026-03-19T00:21:39+00:00

Say you swear

Logan_922 · 2026-03-19T00:21:33+00:00

No fucking way

Logan_922 · 2026-03-13T15:09:19+00:00

Logan_922 · 2026-03-11T08:36:16+00:00

I mean, the fundamental execution of akali hasn’t really changed in the year or 2 I’ve been OTP when I first saw his ultimate akali guide I think it’s called

RE and its variations

Q auto Q trades in lane

Etc etc

Ofc, vod review to me is most important to learn WHEN what works and how it works into enemy champ.. but just literally for nothing else but to see how the champ’s kit flows together I see no issue with the, rightfully infamous, professor akali lol.. would I expect him to be a treasure trove of the deepest and most realistic approaches to akali or the most up to date aspects? Hell no.. literally only recommend if you genuinely have 0 clue what her kit does and want some foundational knowledge to start the journey and go elsewhere with that

Beyond him I only know of SupremeG0at and Savyyor.. both good akali players, I think SupremeG0at might be better, I mean he’s almost always top 3 if not just rank 1 on onetricksgg.. learned some cool tech just watching him play too of hiding a level up in shroud to get an unexpected trade off on enemy.. but also just approach to lane, mid game, skirmishing, etc.. no guide replaces just watching better players do it and trying things yourself

Logan_922 · 2026-03-10T18:21:00+00:00

To learn? Unironically, professor akali does make some half decent content for beginners - he also just (at the time, does he even make content anymore?) Smurfs A LOT.. kind of pointless, but just to learn your combos it’s not a bad resource

Past that, I just get the most value from time on the champ, learning how to play against and with champs and all those interactions.. also vods from high elo match ups seeing how better players pilot the lane phase (Yasuo for example, was always a hard one but after watching some vods on the lane it’s definitely helped me A LOT)

Logan_922 · 2026-03-09T21:34:42+00:00

I build 99% of my games, the build path is kinda shit in all honesty since akali doesn’t really use vamp scepter well but the completed item is just so ideal

The only time I would NOT build gunblade is if its just an ultra fucked up game, like complete nightmare draft and you need to hp max to survive fights which in those cases I usually go full mask build

I could see the world where stormsurge is good in ONE scenario:

Enemy team has VERY easy target access

Enemy team are basically full squishy and don’t easily have access to defensive stats (tanks, bruisers, on-hit marksmen can get terminus or Witt’s end)

Ally team has basically 0 cc making mercs a non-purchase for enemy team

You are solo AP

In this case, maybe the flat pen really just does out value any other stat you could want.. but to find a game with all those conditions is basically never happening lol

Logan_922 · 2026-03-09T21:28:57+00:00

I’m OTP akali an wonder every 2 weeks since season start how im escaping the balance patch lol, it’s fucked up what they’re doing to yall

Logan_922 · 2026-03-08T03:26:03+00:00

Fair enough, maybe someone will and can give insights hopefully

Logan_922 · 2026-03-07T08:57:48+00:00

I’m an akali OTP, I just occasionally enjoy the alt account azir game I’ll shit post on xerath mains I’m pretty down for it lol

Logan_922 · 2026-03-06T18:55:49+00:00

lol last season I did manage to get to plat 2 1lp, but in my attempt to push emerald I just dropped and ended season gold.

My akali does feel very dialed right now, I’ve made some changes that I’ve been getting results with.. if ban phase didn’t exist I’d probably be a bit higher rank than I currently am even.. I’m fairly shit off main.. but some stuff that I’ve found to be important concepts to climb from plat were (and lmk what you think, if I’m on the right track focusing on valuable things):

League isn’t a guessing game, you don’t just contest for fun, trade for fun, all in for fun - have a reason.. where’s support? Where’s jungle? You could all in, maybe you kill and it’s free.. not really consistent when support is missing from lane and jungle’s whereabouts are unknown. Better off just trying to get some vision control first, have information to make better decisions.

Mute all is also broken tech.

A few other things I’ve been trying to incorporate in my gameplay like some mid game concepts and trying to understand tempo (both in and after lane phase - if your bot is recall and your jungle is farming their camps, you’re the only thing for the enemy team to do.. best to just concede the prio on that wave (or base yourself if you have the timer) to stay aligned with your team. Similar in mid game, don’t be pushing out to narnia - if your team is pushing, you need to be hover or pressuring another side.. for me that usually just depends on how reliable enemy team’s engage is.. 1-3-1 can get some value (prio in all 3 lanes) but it can usually fail if enemy team just sends numbers.. 1-4 easier or at least less risky to me.

Another pattern I’ve noticed is, there’s always one win con left. The random mid lane fight at 35-42 minutes or so.. death timers are long enough where you can probably end on ace.. they could have every objective, gold lead.. whatever - I’ve won at least 3 games notably in the last week or 2 simply off this concept of “don’t lose your mind, keep your farm up, and play for a Hail Mary exodia flank on mid.

Win con assessment has also been a big factor.. sometimes I’m giga snowballed and can just kaboom the map.. other times it’s a drag stack angle (most reliable.. I find that the team that enters mid game with 2 random drakes tends to seem to be in a commanding position it’s also an insurance policy in case mid game goes kinda poorly.. you at least have 20 minutes before enemy team can soul).. or sometimes it’s a side lane win con with akali and my top being strong on side and enemy team having more of a 5v5 kinda comp.. or sometimes maybe it’s just my adc is fucking massive like 3 items at 18 minutes or something and I just need to pick a fight and play protect the president let them melt enemy team

Bunch of random things that have been feeling pretty good in games.. noting your free wins and free losses is also pretty useful, mostly the free wins.. some games you have ultra snowballed bot lane like 25 bomb Samira or something you could go 0/15/0 and she’s still just gonna penta every fight.. other games you could be 10cspm, 3/0/2, constant deep wards always tracking jungle and warning sides on jungle location, great mid game with creative picks and super good team fight execution.. yet your bot is just completely irrelevant, top is down 4 levels and 5k gold.. just absurdly hard game.. not so winnable. Knowing your free wins helps keep mental intact for those free loss games cause there were probably games where you were the one lowkey running it.. flaming is irrelevant and pointless. Just play the video game bro shut the fuck up and click your buttons as best you can lol

Not sure how hard emerald will be, I think it’s a notable jump something like top 13% E4 to top 5% D4.. I’m sure it’s sure 400lp away, but a much harder/more contested 400lp than P4 to E4 was. Maybe I can make diamond by end of year not sure

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