Akali vs Mel in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: her W reflects everything — don't trade into it; if she Q's you back mid-trade, the trade is auto-lost. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDMELthe Soul's Reflection

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How to play it

✓ DO

Don't trade into her W

Her W reflects everything, so play around it — if she Q's you back mid-trade, the trade is auto-lost.

Fight when her E is down

Whenever her E is down is your time to play — you can really only kill her by flashing onto her at full HP.

Flash-cancel your E2

If her E is up you can't land E2 unless you're much stronger — flash-cancel your E2 to dodge her E.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never go for a kill below 50% HP — she just oneshots you.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 58% WR - 1.9k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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