TFT Set 17.6
Akali, a 2-cost N.O.V.A. unit in TFT Set 17

Akali

2 Attack Fighter 
Star Strike
Reposition next to the target to strike the most enemies. Then throw 5 piercing kunai, each dealing 43 / 65 / 97 Attack Damage physical damage to the first enemy hit, reduced to Attack Damage  for each subsequent target. Kunai remove 1 Armor, 2 if they crit.

N.O.V.A. Strike: Slice all enemies, applying Wound and a bleed that deals Attack Damage  physical damage each second. Kunai increase the damage of the bleed by 12%.
Shurikens
5
Damage
39 / 59 / 88% Attack Damage + 4 / 6 / 9% Ability Power
Secondary Damage
Attack Damage
Armor Shred
1
Armor Shred Crit
2
Nova Damage
Attack Damage
Nova Bonus Damage
0.12

Traits

  • Marauder 
    Your team gains 5% Omnivamp. Marauders gain more Omnivamp, Attack Damage, and their Omnivamp overhealing is converted into Shield (up to 25% max Health.)
  • N.O.V.A.

    Allies gain Precision

Akali enables

  • Wound

    Reduces healing the target receives by 33% for a duration.

  • Bleed

    Damage dealt over multiple seconds as flat physical or magic damage, AD- or AP-scaled. Distinct from Burn (% max-Health true damage). Set-17 sources include Talon's stab, Akali's bleed (N.O.V.A. capstone), the Stargazer Serpent constellation, and Teemo's stacking magic poison.

Akali benefits from

  • Crit

    Scales with crit chance and crit damage from items like Infinity Edge and Jeweled Gauntlet. By default abilities cannot crit — the sibling Precision mechanic is what lets spell damage roll crits, so crit-on-spell builds need a Precision source before crit chance and crit damage actually apply to abilities.

Akali counters

  • Armor

    The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Bastion trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.