Best Akai build 2024: Items, Emblems & Strategy [Mobile Legends]

Hey, I’m Zathong and this guide is about Akai Build in Mobile Legends. I will assist you in playing this Akai champion more effectively in Rank and Classic. Learn more about Akai’s abilities, Items, Emblems & Strategy.

Akai can take on many different roles and depending on the role, you build suitable items for him. I works hard to keep my’s Mobile Legends builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Akai build for the meta.

Role: Tank/Support – Gold: 32000$ | 599 Diamond

Specialty: Guard/Crowd Control

Lane: EPX | Roam | Jungle

Hero Tier: A

Movement SPD: 260	Physical Attack: 115
Magic Power: 0	Physical Defense: 24
Magical Defense: 10	HP: 2769
Mana: 450	Attack Speed: 0.85
Hp Regen: 7.8	Mana Regen: 2.4

Akai Spells Build

Spells are something that you can utilize in-game to give Akai an extra skill.

Use spell Retribution for Akai in the jungle, then upgrade to Ice Retribution. It makes it easier for him to defeat forest monsters.

You can use spell Execute if you want Akai to deal more damage to enemies.

Akai Items Build

You need get the strongest items for Akai. This is how to make your heroes stronger and easier to win.

Team Buff

Durable

Sustained DPS

Pro Build (Recommend)

I often use Akai to open combat or harass enemies. He needs to increase Magic Defense, Physical Defense and HP to last longer. However, Akai’s ability to deal damage also increases when you build items that increase Physical Attack, Crit Chance, Attack Speed and CD Reduction.

Effects items build:

Effects	Recommend Items
Magic Defense
HP
HP Regen
Physical Defense
Movement SPD
Mana
Mana Regen
CD Reduction
Physical Attack
Attack Speed
Crit Chance
Physical Penetration

Akai Emblems Build

Emblems are enhancements for Akai that provide effects as well as bonus attributes.

Akai Support emblems set:

Using Support Emblems makes Akai more agile, increases health regeneration and reduces cooldown.

Akai tank emblems set 1:

Akai tank emblems set 2:

Tank Emblems will help Akai travel better with absolute defense and good healing.

Akai Skill Order

Skill Order: Skill 2 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 1.

		Headbutt
Body Slam
	Heavy Spin

Effects from skills’s Akai:

Passive (Tai Chi): Buff.

Skill 1 (Headbutt): Blink, CC | Type: Physical Skill/Blink.

Skill 2 (Body Slam): AoE | Type: Physical Skill.

Skill 3 (Heavy Spin): CC, AoE | Type: Physical Skill.

Akai Combo

These are the basic combos for Akai, I hope you’ll do well with it.

Combo 1: Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> Skill 2.

HeadbuttHeavy Spin -> Body Slam

Combo 2: Skill 2 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 3 -> AA.

Body Slam -> Headbutt -> Heavy Spin -> AA

Combo 3: Skill 3 -> Skill 1 -> Skill 2.

Heavy Spin -> Headbutt -> Body Slam

Akai Pros & Cons

Pros	Cons
+ Has good CC. + Easy to use. + Can harrass enemies who are doing jungle. + Can silence. + Has free Purify.	– Don’t have very high damage. – Skill 1 can be blocked. – Cannot remove suppression effect. – Cannot immune with high tier CC.

Akai’s Rival & Teammates

Akai is strong against: Gord, Alice, Nana, Clint, Zilong.

Akai is weak against: Saber, Moskov, Kagura, Eudora, Karrie.

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Akai must team up with: Eudora + Paquito + Barats.

Akai Play Strategy

Akai is a Tank/Support has good crowd control, harrass enemies and free purify. You can use Akai for EXP lane, Jungle and Roam.

Spells are suitable for Akai:

Using spell Retribution for Akai jungle and Execute for Akai Exp lane.

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Update: Retribution -> Ice Retribution

Items are suitable for Akai:

Attack Items:

Defense Items:

Movement Items:

If you like Akai team buff you can use combo items: Cursed Helmet, Warrior Boots – Conceal, Immortality, Athena’s Shield, Dominance Ice, Guardian Helmet.

If you like Akai durable you can use combo items: Antique Cuirass, Warrior Boots, Athena’s Shield, Immortality, Dominance Ice, Oracle.

If you like Akai sustained DPS you can use combo items: Thunder Belt, Warrior Boots, Cursed Helmet, Brute Force Breastplate, Guardian Helmet, Blade Armor.

If you like Akai Pro Build you can use combo items: Ice Hunter’s Tough Boots, Blade of the Heptaseas, Windtalker, Berserker’s Fury, Haas’s Claws, Malefic Roar.

Emblems are suitable for Akai:

Support emblems set:

• Healing Effect: +15%.
• Cooldown Reduction: 10%.
• Movement Speed: +6%.

Tank emblems set:

• HP: +500.
• Hybrid Defense: +10.
• HP Regen: 4.

Best lane for Akai:

Lane	Prioritize
Exp Lane	X
Jungle	X
Mid Lane
Gold Lane
Roam	X

Win/Ban/Pick Rate for Akai:

• Win Rate: 47.63%.
• Pick Rate: 0.61%.
• Ban Rate: 0.07%.

Akai best for rank:

Warrior	Elite	Master
Grandmaster	Epic	Legend

How to play Akai:

With his continual shields and significant damage from the marks on his skill 2, Akai excels at aiding his friends, moving to the front of the battle to withstand blows and make adversaries concentrate on him.

Akai’s tanky stats and item builds, paired with teamwork and ambushing tactics, will wreak havoc on your enemies.

Use skill 1 (Headbutt) to deal physical damage and knocked them.

Use skill 2 (Body Slam) to dealing physical damage to enemies in the area and slowing them.

Use skill 3 (Heavy Spin) to removes all control effects.

Tactics:

Early game (level 1-7): Akai is a versatile and potent hero in the early game.

Mid game (level 8-12): Akai’s power really starts to shine in the mid game.

Late game (level 13+): Akai can soak up massive amounts of damage while also disrupting enemy formations with his crowd control abilities.

Akai Skills

Passive – Tai Chi

On each skill cast, Akai obtains a shield worth 25 (+4% Total HP) for 4 seconds and can mark enemy heroes and Creeps hit by his skills.

The basic attacks of Akai deal marked foes an additional 25 Physical Damage (+4% Total HP).

Skill 1 – Headbutt

Akai charges in the desired direction, dealing opponents nearby 300–400 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage. Akai will be able to roll once in the direction of the joystick if he hits an enemy hero during this process, which will knock them airborne for 0.5 seconds.

In order to swiftly change his position during Heavy Spin, Akai can cast Headbutte.

Skill 2 – Body Slam

Akai strikes the ground with his body, delaying foes in his vicinity by 30% for 2 seconds and delivering 270–420 (+6% Total HP) Physical Damage to them.

Skill 3 – Heavy Spin

When Akai spins for 4 seconds, he gains Slow Immunity, removes all of his debuffs, and continually does 200–450 (+100% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage to adjacent foes, knocking them back. Heroes who connect with enemies who are knocked back will also be knocked back.

Over the course of the time, Akai steadily raises his Movement Speed to 70%. Only the effects of Suppression and Morph can stop this skill.