How to win lane as Akali against Ornn · 48.64% win rate over 2,747 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Ornn | Ornn out-stats you at Level 1 — his W shields, damages, and applies Brittle, while you have only Q and no Shroud, so farm at range and don't trade into his auto-W. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Still no Shroud and his Bellows Breath shield wins any walk-up trade, but he's immobile and can't close on you either — it's a flat farm lane neither of you owns. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | He stuns if his CC detonates Brittle, and his Q pillar gives terrain for the E knock-up, yet you outrange his melee with Q — genuinely even, just last-hit safely. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | With all three basics, Shroud lets you dodge his E charge and Q poke and reset trades, but a fresh W shield and Brittle still answer a greedy all-in — it stays a skill check. |
| Level 6 | Akali | Perfect Execution turns any whiffed E or W into a kill — your Shuriken-Flip gap-close into the missing-health execute beats an immobile tank in this one window. |
| First item | Akali | Your first-item burst plus R out-damages a pre-armor Ornn — force the all-in while his W and E are down, before he upgrades his items. |
| Two+ items | Ornn | Ornn upgrades his own armor via his passive and his R double-knockup locks you down — he reclaims the 2+ item window, so stop diving him and kill his carries instead. |
Ornn just out-stats you levels 1-3 — he's a tank whose W (Bellows Breath) shields him, deals damage, and tags you with Brittle, and the moment any of his CC lands on a Brittle target it stuns. Don't walk up to throw a Q he can W-trade and Brittle-punish; last-hit with the tip of Five Point Strike and eat a little harass. You have no Shroud and no real sustain yet, so any extended trade favors his shield and CC. The upside is he can't kill you either — he's immobile and you outrange his melee, so farm flat and wait for your kit to come online.
The full Akali vs Ornn report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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