How to win lane as Akali against Yone · 54.76% win rate (5,540 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Shroud his dash return, kite the windwall, and out-burst his squishy frame with your combo.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). He snaps back when it ends. Reset there.
Read from Akali's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Yone is even at level 1, but so are you with only Q — last-hit at range and don't burn energy chasing a Q he dashes through. |
| Level 2 | Akali | He has his Q dash and the start of his Q-W combo; you still lack Shroud, so trade only once his third Q stack has expired. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | With all three basics, Shroud comes online — you reset any trade he opens and his Spirit Cleave whiffs into untargetable smoke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You out-trade a pre-item Yone: bait the 22s Soul Unbound, Shroud his commit, and punish the dashless window that follows. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | R + E runs him down — dash through, then execute off missing HP before Soul Unbound rewinds his soul to the cast point. |
| First item | Akali | Your Lich Bane spike out-bursts his first item — force every all-in while Soul Unbound is down, 22s at rank 1. |
| Two+ items | Akali | He out-scales: a 2-item Yone kites with Q-spacing, shields your burst with Spirit Cleave, and Fate Sealed interrupts your Shroud — play for picks, not the duel. |
Levels 1-3 are a farm-and-respect phase — you have no Shroud yet, so don't walk into Mortal Steel (Q) range to throw a Five Point Strike he can simply dash through on his third Q. Last-hit at max Q range and take the chip; his early is even, not dominant, and his Q poke can't out-damage your eventual passive sustain. The one thing to fear is his empowered third-Q dash into a Spirit Cleave when you're low on energy — keep your back to your minions so he can't isolate you off the wave.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Akali's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Akali vs Yone 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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Akali, slightly — a 54.76% win rate edge over 5,540 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Akali has a small statistical edge (54.76% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Akali has a slight edge (54.76% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Akali takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Yone.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Lich Bane / Hextech Rocketbelt first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's, with Plated Steelcaps.
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