MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions

Akali build, with receipts

Mid · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 19.1% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Hextech Gunblade then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass

52.2% · 9,847 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

23,427 games

First finished item

Hextech Gunblade

39,738 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

57,788 games

Level 1 skill and first max

Q at level 1

72,650 games

Max Q first

72,555 games

Most-played rune page

Electrocute — Domination: Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Resolve: Overgrowth, Second Wind; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling

24,785 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Hextech Gunblade then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass: 52.2% · 9,847 games
  • Hextech Gunblade then Shadowflame then Rabadon's Deathcap: 56.8% · 3,482 games
  • Stormsurge then Shadowflame then Zhonya's Hourglass: 54.2% · 1,432 games
  • Hextech Gunblade then Stormsurge then Shadowflame: 52.8% · 1,374 games
  • Hextech Gunblade then Shadowflame then Stormsurge: 53.1% · 941 games

First finished item

  • Hextech Gunblade: 49.7% · 39,738 games
  • Stormsurge: 47.9% · 5,498 games
  • Hextech Rocketbelt: 49.1% · 2,381 games
  • Lich Bane: 53.0% · 472 games

Boots

  • Sorcerer's Shoes: 50.2% · 37,803 games
  • Mercury's Treads: 48.3% · 6,562 games
  • Plated Steelcaps: 50.2% · 1,378 games

Starting shop

  • Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion: 49.5% · 23,427 games
  • Doran's Shield + Health Potion: 49.4% · 18,568 games
  • Dark Seal + Refillable Potion: 48.9% · 554 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Electrocute — Domination: Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos, Ultimate Hunter + Resolve: Overgrowth, Second Wind; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling. 49.4% · 24,785 games.

Runes

  • Electrocute: 49.5% · 65,707 games
  • Conqueror: 48.2% · 6,244 games
  • Fleet Footwork: 46.2% · 1,066 games
  • Dark Harvest: 45.7% · 199 games

Rune trees

  • Domination + Resolve: 49.9% · 47,202 games
  • Domination + Sorcery: 48.2% · 15,668 games
  • Precision + Resolve: 48.2% · 6,497 games

Stat shards

  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling: 48.9% · 55,798 games
  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health: 51.0% · 11,819 games

Summoner spells

  • Flash + Ignite: 49.4% · 57,788 games
  • Flash + Teleport: 49.0% · 13,854 games
  • Teleport + Ignite: 50.8% · 1,054 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • Q at level 1: 49.3% · 72,650 games
  • E at level 1: 47.8% · 644 games
  • W at level 1: 55.8% · 86 games
  • Max Q first: 49.4% · 72,555 games
  • Max E first: 52.3% · 44 games