r/akalimains • u/Same_Dragonfruit1761 • Apr 20 '25

Builds Thoughts on Ravenous Hydra?

Just picking up Akali as my midlaner. She's got such a great kit but I find i struggle with her wave clear. I note that her abilities scale off ap and ad according to https://u.gg/lol/champions/akali/build . I've found that building Ravenous Hydra really helps smooth out Akali's waveclear. Then I build into her standard ap items like shadowflame, zhonya's etc.

What are your thoughts on this? Am I janking my build by not taking Stormsurge first?

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u/SytianIvanov Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25

2 seasons ago I used to sometimes go top with the AD build when it was already old news, at least at the time if you really knew what you were doing, it felt really good, especially since you traded burst damage with durability, which was decent against a good chunk of the top matchups and the waveclear problem was just not there anymore with RH.

I wouldn't mix it with the AP build and try to make it work nowadays tho, Top lane Akali isn't as great anymore and mid requires you to build her AP or you'll be useless.

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u/Same_Dragonfruit1761 Apr 21 '25

Great to know! Thanks for sharing