Champion sheet · Mid

Akali

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

21.1%#23 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.5%picked in 457 of 6,991 games
Ban: 14.6%506 bans over 3,461 games, against 18.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid54.7% between 50.6% and 58.8% over 391 gamesSoloQ 48.5%: clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
How to play itElectrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.DuelistSplit-push
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
54.7%
SoloQ
48.5%
54.7% win rate in amateur play over 391 games, against 48.5% in soloQ over 22,165 games.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
14.3%
SoloQ
18.0%
14.3% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 18.0% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
65%
SoloQ
77%
Played in 65% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (77%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Hextech Gunblade, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute93% · 20,652

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite77% · 17,135

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 65% · 400 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 101 games

Core (3 legendaries)37% · 3,355

37%of soloQ games

Hextech Gunblade
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 89% of mid laners.

Takes its kills in duelstop12%28% · mid laners: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Duelist
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
Little CC
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 68 in lane, 69 in mid game and 52 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

564+36 vs 528

955+56 vs 899

1,184+5 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Akalimid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 64% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 68 of 100 among mid laners564 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 69 of 100 among mid laners955 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 52 of 100 among mid laners1,184 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 60 of 100 among mid laners+119 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners+243 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners3.9 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners561 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 23 of 100 among mid laners53% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 89 of 100 among mid laners28% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 15 of 100 among mid lanersrank 15 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners0.1 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 72 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV66.0% · expected 55.4% · 47 g+10.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Midgap to expected

Viktor54.9% · expected 54.3% · 71 g+0.6 ptSoloQ +1.9

Orianna54.5% · expected 53.8% · 44 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

ADCgap to expected

Ashe70.0% · expected 56.8% · 30 g+13.2 ptSoloQ +4.1

Yunara60.0% · expected 52.8% · 35 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -1.0

Supportgap to expected

Braum61.8% · expected 55.4% · 34 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +2.5

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn63.2% · expected 56.7% · 38 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

Yunara58.3% · expected 56.6% · 48 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +0.6

Ashe54.3% · expected 52.6% · 35 g+1.7 ptSoloQ +4.3

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine67.7% · expected 53.1% · 31 g+14.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Nautilus58.1% · expected 57.8% · 31 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -2.0

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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