Champion sheet · Mid

Akali

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

24.9%#17 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.4%picked in 215 of 2,915 games
Ban: 17.5%373 bans over 2,127 games, against 21.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid48.4% between 42.4% and 54.4% over 186 gamesSoloQ 49.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.3 minsoloQ 28.3 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftSpells
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 draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.5%
SoloQ
2.9%
3.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
18.8%
SoloQ
21.1%
18.8% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 21.1% in soloQ over 99,904 games.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
66%
SoloQ
77%
Played in 66% 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

RunesElectrocute91% · 13,608

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite77% · 11,509

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 66% · 192 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 45 games

Core (3 legendaries)42% · 2,586

42%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.