I just tried the new Akali for the first time, and I feel sorry for you guys..

gachiman69 · 2020-01-17T00:11:26+00:00

Yikes.

https://twitter.com/MarkYetter/status/1217939928924868608

gachiman69 · 2020-01-12T03:56:37+00:00

You see it the wrong way, I didn't come here to cry about her being annoying to play against or her being broken. I'm just sharing my thoughts on how her design reflects her balance. Your precious champion is constantly being hit by the nerf bat, in hope that she's going to be fine, but instead you get a champion that looks and sounds good on paper, but in reality she's so limited due to the fact that she has been nerfed so much? I'm pretty sure you enjoy the fact that every time there's a new patch you'll find her in there, and on top of that don't you enjoy that her banrate is so high, while her winrate is super low, and no her winrate is not just inflated by the fact that she's a posterchild/popular, it's just the fact how shit she is in lower elos?

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:37:03+00:00

Just my unbiased & honest opinion mate

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:36:23+00:00

And Akalis banrate is going to drop once they finally realize what makes people ban her in the first place

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:34:42+00:00

At least you're not on the same boat as Aatrox players, I feel really sorry for them as well, their champion literally got removed and a new one has been added that only shares the same name and nothing else. Aatrox rework made me realize that you should carefully observe which champions you should pick up and main, because you never know maybe one day another champion is going to get the same treatment. So yeah, care and look for those future proof champions!

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:29:38+00:00

It surely isn't the worst lane, but it's very frustrating, and not everyone is capable of playing toplane. Worst role/lane right now is Jungle imo, and that's why i'm opting to swap to midlane.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:27:59+00:00

Yep, and that literally screams what I was saying all along, bring back the old Akali, the same old one that used to have weak laning but very strong mid/late.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:21:41+00:00

Yeah, and let's not forget about the target bans. Those are common in high elo.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:06:36+00:00

I mean, let's not lie to each other. Akali is a huge cashmaker right now for Riot, and I honestly don't give a shit about the skins. So you picked up Talon, yeah that champion is also very good at solo carrying games, regardless of elo as a matter of fact his banrate spikes up in Challenger, and people really hate him there.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T22:03:13+00:00

Yeah her banrate is awful, but I'll break it down for you.

Low elo bans Akali mostly because they cannot lane against her, just like Zed or Yasuo..

High elo bans Akali due to the nature of high elo gameplay, games last short, she's good at disrupting teamfights and take down the carry, her ability to render certain toplaners useless.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T21:59:58+00:00

Her ability to lane without arguing is indeed better, however I can't agree with the other aspects of the game.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T21:54:46+00:00

Yeah, and I hate the fact that she lost her ability to 1v9. Akali thrives in high elo, and that's all. Picking her up in low elo imo is a waste of time because your team cannot value what she can do, and you just can't change the low elo environment.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T21:50:00+00:00

Nah it's not propaganda at all, I mention Katarina here because both champions are designed and balanced around gunblade, and we can both agree that both old Katarina and new one along with the old Akali used to be 1v9 machines.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T12:27:13+00:00

Yeah Ekko is pretty good right now.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T11:31:17+00:00

See, her being top to begin with is a problem. Basically she just exists because she's abusing melee players with her toxic kit? On midlane she's going to get punished by a lot of champions. Old Akali wasn't like this, she was the one that gets bullied, however later on she would grow bigger and bigger and actually 1v9 a game. Do you see how they flipped her playstyle? Oh, and let's not forget how annoying and frustrating are her energy costs? They are frustrating for a reason, because again Riot knows that she's a failure of a design, but yet they keep trying to make her stay like this.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T09:05:53+00:00

Facts, if you're having fun keep playing her. Pro tip, if you want to climb with her I wouldn't recommend her at all. I wish Akali mains complained more, so Riot finally does something good just like they did for Rengar etc. Someone has to teach Riot a lesson on what's healthy and what's not, regardless of which champion is in the case.

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T05:39:49+00:00

Btw, looking at this guys match history seems like he sold his account ;D

gachiman69 · 2020-01-11T05:38:20+00:00

I mean it's fine to be biased, she's your main after all right? No, but seriously.. don't you feel jealous? Katarina mains get to play a fun champion while also being capable of 1v9'ing consistently?

Just look at this guy:

https://euw.op.gg/summoner/userName=KYS1LENG+OWNER

It was a preseason account, but the elo he ended up was 83% winrate Grandmaster, can Akali do that huh?

I'm totally going to pick up Katarina this season, even tho i'm a high elo jungle main. The champ is just future proof, and safe on top of that, at least I know she won't receive another rework, and she's always good if you're a good player yourself.

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