Rakan, The Charmer, is a support champion of medium difficulty. Across our 677 analysed ranked games, Rakan is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 51.7% win rate in that role: tier B among Support champions (#18 of 38, ranked by win rate). Rakan's damage is mostly magic (72%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 63.3% in long games (over 35 min, 60 games) versus 50.0% in short games (under 25 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 677 Support games played with Rakan, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Rakan is a mobile engage support: Grand Entrance dashes him in and knocks enemies up, Battle Dance flies him to an ally while giving them a shield, and his ultimate makes him faster and charms the enemies it hits. His passive periodically gives him a shield.
When: An enemy carry is within range.
Grand Entrance dashes you in, knocking up nearby enemies, The Quickness raises your speed and charms the enemies it hits, Gleaming Quill damages.
When: An ally is in danger.
Battle Dance flies you to an allied champion, giving them a shield; recast it at no cost to extend the movement.
See all 3 Rakan combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Gleaming Quill heals your allies if it hits a champion or an epic monster. Battle Dance can be recast at no cost for a short time: chain it to reposition.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (51 games, 62.7% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 97 games).
At 10 min: 2790 gold, 14 CS, 2650 XP. At 15 min: 4282 gold, 20 CS, 4210 XP.
For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Rakan's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Zeke's Convergence: 63.2% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Locket of the Iron Solari: 58.3% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.
The item that stands out most is Knight's Vow: 63.0% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.
Nami has the edge in 75% of the 20 Support duels against Rakan. See the Nami guide.
Rell has the edge in 67% of the 18 Support duels against Rakan. See the Rell guide.
Karma has the edge in 47% of the 15 Support duels against Rakan. See the Karma guide.
Alistar has the edge in 43% of the 28 Support duels against Rakan. See the Alistar guide.
Nautilus has the edge in 40% of the 25 Support duels against Rakan. See the Nautilus guide.
Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Rakan's matchups.
| Measure | Rakan | Support average | Gap |
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| Gold at 10 min | 2790 | 2918 | −128 |
| CS at 10 min | 14 | 14 | +0 |
| XP at 10 min | 2650 | 2711 | −61 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4282 | 4507 | −226 |
| CS at 15 min | 20 | 20 | +0 |
| XP at 15 min | 4210 | 4325 | −115 |
Measured over 97 Rakan games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (51 games, 62.7% win rate).
Rakan's toughest matchups as Support are Nami (25.0% win rate over 20 games), Rell (33.3% win rate over 18 games), and Karma (53.3% win rate over 15 games).
Rakan posts its best win rates against Lulu (62.5%), Thresh (61.1%), and Janna (61.1%).
Win rate varies with game length: 63.3% in long games (over 35 min, 60 games) versus 50.0% in short games (under 25 min).
The most-played rune page uses Guardian with the Domination secondary tree (380 games, 50.8% win rate).
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