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Rakan Guide

The Charmer

Support

Tier A Support

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 A among Support champions (#10 of 39, 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).

Average KDA

1.4 / 5.2 / 15.6

ratio 3.3

Damage / min

258

CS / min

1.1

Gold / min

300

Kill participation

60%

Vision / min

2.97

Averages measured over 677 Support games played with Rakan, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

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.

The engage

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.

The rescue

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.

Harassment

Q AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Gleaming Quill deals magic damage and heals your allies if it hits a champion.

Laning phase

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.

Common mistakes

Engaging with no ally nearby to follow up.
Wasting Grand Entrance with no target.
Forgetting to recast Battle Dance.

Riot's official tips for playing Rakan

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (51 games, 62.7% win rate).

Zeke's Convergence

Knight's Vow

Locket of the Iron Solari

51 games · 62.7%

Shurelya's Battlesong

Zeke's Convergence

Locket of the Iron Solari

17 games · 70.6%

Zeke's Convergence

Redemption

Locket of the Iron Solari

14 games · 64.3%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal52.2% · 485 games

Flash + Ignite50.4% · 137 games

Exhaust + Flash52.8% · 53 games

Most-played runes

Guardian + Domination

50.8% · 380 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life84%

Bone Plating89%

Unflinching77%

Secondary tree · Domination

Ultimate Hunter96%

Deep Ward55%

Shards

Adaptive force69%

Adaptive force60%

Health55%

Unsealed Spellbook + Domination

49.5% · 91 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Magical Footwear90%

Biscuit Delivery85%

Cosmic Insight100%

Secondary tree · Domination

Deep Ward94%

Ultimate Hunter93%

Shards

Ability haste79%

Movement speed78%

Health88%

Guardian + Sorcery

50.7% · 67 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Demolish78%

Bone Plating88%

Revitalize92%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Celerity92%

Nimbus Cloak92%

Shards

Adaptive force90%

Adaptive force85%

Health scaling73%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

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.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team58.3% · 175 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Zeke's Convergence 63.2% ▲

Locket of the Iron Solari 58.2% ▲

Knight's Vow 59.2%

Mikael's Blessing 58.6% ▼

Shurelya's Battlesong 60.0%

Bandlepipes 86.7%

The item that stands out most is Zeke's Convergence: 63.2% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team49.2% · 201 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Zeke's Convergence 47.8% ▼

Locket of the Iron Solari 58.3% ▲

Knight's Vow 53.6% ▼

Mikael's Blessing 68.8%

Shurelya's Battlesong 57.1%

The item that stands out most is Locket of the Iron Solari: 58.3% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team49.5% · 301 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Zeke's Convergence 47.7% ▼

Locket of the Iron Solari 49.7% ▼

Knight's Vow 63.0% ▲

Mikael's Blessing 66.0%

Shurelya's Battlesong 54.5%

Redemption 68.8%

The item that stands out most is Knight's Vow: 63.0% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Rakan as Support

Bard Rakan: 33.3%15 games

Bard has the edge in 67% of the 15 Support duels against Rakan. See the Bard guide.

Pyke Rakan: 41.2%17 games

Pyke has the edge in 59% of the 17 Support duels against Rakan. See the Pyke guide.

Karma Rakan: 42.9%21 games

Karma has the edge in 57% of the 21 Support duels against Rakan. See the Karma guide.

Nami Rakan: 43.8%16 games

Nami has the edge in 56% of the 16 Support duels against Rakan. See the Nami guide.

Alistar Rakan: 47.8%23 games

Alistar has the edge in 52% of the 23 Support duels against Rakan. See the Alistar guide.

Who Rakan is strong against

Lulu60.0% · 20 games

Thresh58.3% · 24 games

Rell53.3% · 15 games

Nautilus50.0% · 22 games

Alistar47.8% · 23 games

How to play against Rakan

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Rakan's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveFey Feathers

Rakan periodically gains a shield.

QGleaming Quill

Flings a magical feather that deals magic damage. Striking a champion or epic monster enables Rakan to heal his allies.

WGrand Entrance

Dashes to a location, knocking up nearby enemies on arrival.

EBattle Dance

Flies to an allied champion granting them a shield. Can be re-cast for free for a short duration.

RThe Quickness

Gains Move Speed, charming and dealing magic damage to enemies touched.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Rakan?

The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (51 games, 62.7% win rate).

Who counters Rakan?

Rakan's toughest matchups as Support are Bard (33.3% win rate over 15 games), Pyke (41.2% win rate over 17 games), and Karma (42.9% win rate over 21 games).

What are Rakan's best matchups?

Rakan posts its best win rates against Lulu (60.0%), Thresh (58.3%), and Rell (53.3%).

What game length suits Rakan best?

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).

Which runes should I play on Rakan?

The most-played rune page uses Guardian with the Domination secondary tree (380 games, 50.8% win rate).

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