[2.3] Akali Guide - Breaking Ranks With Akali

So with Akali you want to itemize around items with AP [Ability Power], and remember your going toplane and will be dealing with Bruisers [Champions which build armor as well as damage items] and Tanks [Champions which build only armor items] , so you don't want to go a glass canon build as you'll have no sustain so here how we itemize:

• Amplifying Tome :  Gives a bit of AP which is always good, best item for starting on Akali currently also this can build into literally any AP item.

Important Note:  Do not take Long Sword as it doesn't scale on Akali as she is an ability based champion and her abilites scale on AP. 

• Liandry's Torment : This item is an amazing combination of tankiness and AP, its passive is absolutely devastating and enables you to shred tanks easily as it burns them on their max health, so especially good against champs like Malphite , also lanes like Dr. Mundo and Fiora which heal a lot gets relatively a bit easier cause you burn and their healing is reduced due to it. I always rush this item as its a must and should never be replaced with items like Hextech Gunblade when playing top.

• Rabadon's Deathcap : A must for most AP assassin gives an insane amount of AP and enables you to snowball extremely hard, however if your losing lane replace this item with Hextech Gunblade cause its costly

• [stasis enchant] : Extremely useful in teamfights as you'll mostly be targeting squishes on the backline, this helps a lot especially in sticky situations where you get lockdown, a few seconds can help you get you abelites back from cooldown. also can negate ultimate's like  [zed:ult] Unstoppable Force , remember timing plays a key role here, you don't wanna use it when Malphite has already used his Unstoppable Force on you and your airborne as it will not trigger it.

• Ionian Boots of Lucidity : An amazing item, gives movement speed and sprint like any other tier 2 boots. Provides ability haste which means you'll be able to spam your abilities more often. also it gives 15% CDR on summoners spell which is amazing.

• Mercury's Treads : A really good option worth considering. You should rush this if the opposition is filled with Hard CC as it gives you 35% tenacity which is huge and no item provides tenacity except for Mercury's Treads   , plus it provides with a bit of magic resistance which is always welcomed.

• Teleport Enchant : useful in a lot of ways, for example you see a chance to get a double kill bot side, you simply push your wave quickly and Teleport Enchant botside. besides you can even help secure objectives like dragon which are far from you, but remember, you should teleport only if you are extremely sure you are going to find a kill or secure an objective cause you'll lose XP from minions in your lane, so if you gained nothing from that teleport than you simply wasted time and let that precious XP and Gold get away, which can be a game changer.

• Quicksilver Enchant : Really good item if your getting locked down and the team as hard CC,  take this if you feel your going to get burst down before the fight even starts, especially in team comps containing champions like Amumu who can change the tide of the battle with his ult Curse Of The Sad Mummy

• Awakened Soulstealer : Solid item as it gives you Ability Haste on your ultimate as you stack them, but due to the addition of mana, which is useless on Akali , it isnt that optimal unless your sure your gonna get a decent amount of kills.

• Lich Bane : This is actually a pretty amazing item, it gives you already empowered AA increased damage by a ton, the main problem is the usage of the AA, if you dont use AA that much or probably dont have much time to exceute AA, which makes it a bit of an optional item.

• Guardian Angel : This item basically just gives you a second life, you should only take this if you feel like you have enough damage but need the sustain in exchange, remember this item does not provide any useful damage for Akali and should only be taken to secure you lead and from getting shutdown if you have a huge bounty on you.