Akali vs Mel

⇄ ChangeYOU · MID

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MID

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Heavily unfavoredPre-6 HardPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVE

SHARDS

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

Akali vs Mel in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.17. 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.

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