Akali TFT build, Set 18

89,382 games with Akali, 79,673 of them Diamond+.

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:18 UTC · 2,598,592 boards · Patch 18.5

Inferno

Adaptor

Ravager

79,673Games

3.4%Play Rateof sampled games

4.71Avg Place

47.6%Top 4 %

8.4%Win %

Kunai Strike

Adaptor AD: Throw a volley of kunai at the target, dealing 155 / 235 / 405 ADAP physical damage. If the target is Burning, deal an additional 35 / 52 / 80 AD damage.

Adaptor AP: If the Ability kills, cast it again.

Stat	★	★★	★★★
Health	650	1,170	2,106
Attack damage	40	60	90

Armor: 35
Magic resist: 35
Attack speed: 0.75
Range: 1 hex
Mana: 0 / 25

Attack Fighter Attacks grant 10 Mana. Gain 5-30% Attack Speed (based on Stage).

Best items for Akali

How games placed with an item on Akali, and how that compares with Akali overall, most played first. An item needs 150 games to appear.

Item	Play Rate	Avg Place	Δ vs Akali	Top 4 %	Win %	Games
Hand Of Justice	35.4%	4.43	▲0.28	52.8%	9.0%	28,241
Edge of Night	32.6%	4.49	▲0.23	51.6%	8.5%	25,938
Jeweled Gauntlet	29.1%	4.58	▲0.13	50.0%	7.8%	23,157
Infinity Edge	14.7%	4.23	▲0.48	56.9%	11.4%	11,682
Rabadon's Deathcap	7.2%	4.65	▲0.06	48.4%	6.8%	5,739
Rapid Firecannon	4.9%	3.75	▲0.96	66.2%	13.9%	3,911
Giant Slayer	4.0%	4.52	▲0.19	51.1%	7.8%	3,148
Sterak's Gage	3.8%	4.49	▲0.23	52.1%	9.3%	3,018
Lich Bane	3.8%	4.00	▲0.71	61.7%	10.6%	2,998
Bloodthirster	3.3%	4.51	▲0.20	51.9%	8.1%	2,600
Quicksilver	3.2%	4.50	▲0.22	51.1%	8.4%	2,513
Dawncore	2.9%	3.79	▲0.92	66.3%	11.6%	2,274
Seeker's Armguard	2.7%	3.94	▲0.78	63.0%	11.6%	2,157
Fishbones	2.7%	3.77	▲0.94	65.4%	13.0%	2,153
Deathblade	2.4%	4.36	▲0.36	54.8%	9.8%	1,890
Striker's Flail	2.4%	4.37	▲0.34	52.9%	9.6%	1,889
Titan's Resolve	2.3%	4.73	▼0.02	47.3%	6.5%	1,830
Luden's Tempest	2.2%	3.85	▲0.87	65.0%	11.9%	1,749
Hextech Gunblade	2.2%	4.72	▼0.01	47.1%	7.4%	1,729
Zhonya's Paradox	2.0%	4.02	▲0.70	60.8%	10.5%	1,605
Thief's Gloves	2.0%	4.83	▼0.11	45.7%	6.1%	1,559
Blue Buff	1.6%	4.84	▼0.12	45.1%	6.6%	1,267
Nashor's Tooth	1.5%	4.60	▲0.12	49.7%	7.2%	1,214
Last Whisper	1.3%	5.15	▼0.43	39.2%	5.0%	1,016
Spear of Shojin	1.2%	5.27	▼0.56	37.2%	4.1%	967
Guinsoo's Rageblade	1.2%	5.50	▼0.79	32.1%	3.8%	946
Archangel's Staff	1.1%	5.12	▼0.40	38.3%	4.6%	916
Wit's End	1.1%	4.09	▲0.62	59.8%	10.4%	901
Radiant Hand of Justice	0.9%	4.26	▲0.46	57.7%	8.0%	721
Manazane	0.9%	3.99	▲0.72	62.5%	9.2%	685
Rapidfire Emblem	0.8%	4.92	▼0.20	44.3%	6.2%	659
Mittens	0.8%	3.91	▲0.81	63.9%	11.6%	648
Infinity Force	0.7%	3.79	▲0.92	66.2%	11.6%	527
Void Staff	0.7%	5.03	▼0.31	40.7%	5.7%	526
Ionic Spark	0.6%	5.11	▼0.39	39.4%	6.7%	492
Needlessly Large Rod	0.6%	6.38	▼1.67	18.9%	2.2%	492
Red Buff	0.5%	5.31	▼0.60	34.9%	4.4%	436
B.F. Sword	0.5%	6.20	▼1.48	21.6%	1.4%	422
Radiant Edge of Night	0.4%	4.45	▲0.26	52.5%	7.3%	343
Adaptive Helm	0.4%	5.03	▼0.31	40.3%	6.3%	315
Morellonomicon	0.4%	5.37	▼0.65	33.1%	4.3%	281
Tear Of The Goddess	0.4%	6.47	▼1.76	18.1%	3.2%	281
Sparring Gloves	0.3%	6.19	▼1.48	21.9%	2.2%	278
Tacticians Crown	0.3%	4.44	▲0.28	51.1%	11.9%	278
Recurve Bow	0.3%	5.73	▼1.02	33.0%	5.2%	270
Hellfire Hatchet	0.3%	4.18	▲0.53	58.3%	9.8%	264
Kraken's Fury	0.3%	5.17	▼0.46	37.5%	5.0%	259
Hunter Emblem	0.3%	4.86	▼0.15	44.2%	10.0%	240
Crownguard	0.3%	5.00	▼0.29	40.2%	6.3%	239
Lunar Emblem	0.3%	5.11	▼0.39	37.7%	6.1%	231
Silvermere Dawn	0.3%	4.17	▲0.54	59.0%	10.9%	229
Radiant Thief's Gloves	0.3%	4.32	▲0.40	54.6%	10.1%	218
Radiant Jeweled Gauntlet	0.3%	4.58	▲0.14	50.7%	6.0%	201
Eternal Pact	0.2%	4.01	▲0.70	62.8%	7.8%	180
Gold Collector	0.2%	4.36	▲0.36	52.5%	12.3%	179
Primal Emblem	0.2%	5.09	▼0.38	39.3%	8.3%	168
Executioner Emblem	—	—	—	—	—	—
Evenshroud	0.2%	5.04	▼0.33	41.1%	6.0%	151
Tactician's Cape	—	—	—	—	—	—
Titanic Hydra	—	—	—	—	—	—

Best Akali builds (3 items)

Three items Akali held together, most played first: each published comp’s most-played builds for it, added up. All ranks, last 9 days; the rank switch does not change this table. A build needs 150 games to appear.

Build	Avg Place	Games
Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice, Jeweled Gauntlet	4.66	7,613
Edge of Night, Hand Of Justice, Infinity Edge	4.24	3,403

Comps that play Akali

Published comps with this champion in their definition, best-placing first. Only comps with 400 or more games are listed.

Tier	Comp	Avg Place	Games
B	Solar Akali & Camille	4.54	36,907

10 further published comps play Akali. The comps list carries every one of them, with a filter box.

Akali by star level

How the same champion places at one, two and three stars. Play rate is the share of games fielding it that reached that tier.

Star level	Play Rate	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %	Games
★	15.6%	5.24	39.1%	8.3%	12,389
★★	19.8%	5.15	39.3%	7.5%	15,809
★★★	64.0%	4.47	51.9%	8.6%	50,952

Akali traits and breakpoints

Traits

Emblems

What each rung of this champion’s traits was worth, pooled across every game.

Trait	Breakpoint	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %	Play Rate	Games
Inferno	2	4.28	53.7%	15.5%	20.1%	473,435
Inferno	3	4.29	54.1%	15.0%	3.0%	69,563
Inferno	5	4.11	55.8%	19.7%	0.6%	14,655
Inferno	7	3.62	65.5%	24.3%	0.2%	4,097
Adaptor	2	4.56	50.3%	6.8%	8.0%	187,572
Adaptor	3	4.08	59.1%	12.2%	2.4%	55,668
Adaptor	4	3.12	79.0%	18.8%	0.4%	8,418
Ravager	2	4.33	53.5%	12.5%	22.3%	523,777
Ravager	4	4.14	58.0%	11.6%	1.1%	25,849
Ravager	6	4.10	59.2%	9.4%	0.2%	4,728

Placement distribution

Where games ended with Akali on the board.

8%1

13%2

13%3

13%4

12%5

12%6

13%7

15%8

Questions

What are the best items for Akali in TFT Set 18?

The items built most often on Akali are Hand Of Justice (4.43 avg place over 28,241 Diamond+ games), Edge of Night (4.49 avg place over 25,938 Diamond+ games) and Jeweled Gauntlet (4.58 avg place over 23,157 Diamond+ games). Of these, Hand Of Justice places best.

Is Akali good in patch 18.5?

Akali averages 4.71 place in Diamond+ games, worse than the 4.46 average across the 65 champions measured (lower is better). It ranks 57 of 65 champions by Diamond+ average place.

What comps play Akali?

The best-placing published comp that plays Akali is Solar Akali & Camille (4.54 avg place, Diamond+).