Akali·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Akali Jungle build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Overgrowth and Second Wind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Stormsurge as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Banshee's Veil. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 36.5% winrate over 126 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Akali Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Lich Bane, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass and Liandry's Torment. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 27.9% win rate over 111 matches.

Situational Akali Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Akali build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.