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Rakan
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Rakan Guide

The Charmer
Support
Tier B 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 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

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.

How to play and combo preview

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
Grand Entrance W The Quickness R Gleaming Quill Q

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
Battle Dance E Battle Dance E

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 →

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

Riot's official tips for playing Rakan

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).

51 games · 62.7%
17 games · 70.6%
14 games · 64.3%

Skill order

Max order : W > E > Q56.4% · 39 games
123456789101112131415
QQ●●●
WW●●●●●
EE●●●●●
RR●●

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).

Starting items

First completed items, in order

16 games · 62.5%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 2790 gold, 14 CS, 2650 XP. At 15 min: 4282 gold, 20 CS, 4210 XP.

Summoner spells

FlashHeal Flash + Heal52.2% · 485 games
FlashIgnite Flash + Ignite50.4% · 137 games
ExhaustFlash Exhaust + Flash52.8% · 53 games

Most-played runes

Guardian
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
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
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

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

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

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

Nami Rakan: 25.0%20 games

Nami has the edge in 75% of the 20 Support duels against Rakan. See the Nami guide.

Rell Rakan: 33.3%18 games

Rell has the edge in 67% of the 18 Support duels against Rakan. See the Rell guide.

Karma Rakan: 53.3%15 games

Karma has the edge in 47% of the 15 Support duels against Rakan. See the Karma guide.

Alistar Rakan: 57.1%28 games

Alistar has the edge in 43% of the 28 Support duels against Rakan. See the Alistar guide.

Nautilus Rakan: 60.0%25 games

Nautilus has the edge in 40% of the 25 Support duels against Rakan. See the Nautilus guide.

Who Rakan is strong against

Lulu62.5% · 32 games
Thresh61.1% · 18 games
Janna61.1% · 18 games
Nautilus60.0% · 25 games
Alistar57.1% · 28 games

How to play against Rakan

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.

Rakan Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

MeasureRakanSupport averageGap
Gold at 10 min27902918−128
CS at 10 min1414+0
XP at 10 min26502711−61
Gold at 15 min42824507−226
CS at 15 min2020+0
XP at 15 min42104325−115

Measured over 97 Rakan games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min50.0 %254 games
medium-length 25 to 35 min51.0 %363 games
long over 35 min63.3 %60 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.

Abilities

Fey Feathers
PassiveFey Feathers
Rakan periodically gains a shield.
Gleaming Quill
QGleaming Quill
Flings a magical feather that deals magic damage. Striking a champion or epic monster enables Rakan to heal his allies.
Grand Entrance
WGrand Entrance
Dashes to a location, knocking up nearby enemies on arrival.
Battle Dance
EBattle Dance
Flies to an allied champion granting them a shield. Can be re-cast for free for a short duration.
The Quickness
RThe Quickness
Gains Move Speed, charming and dealing magic damage to enemies touched.

Other Support champions to know

Most played

Nautilus49.9 %Lulu51.2 %Thresh50.1 %Nami49.0 %Bard50.9 %Alistar52.8 %Karma45.9 %Leona51.7 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Poppy56.9 %Zilean55.0 %Neeko54.9 %Galio54.2 %Brand54.2 %Lux53.6 %Maokai52.7 %LeBlanc52.3 %

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 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).

What are Rakan's best matchups?

Rakan posts its best win rates against Lulu (62.5%), Thresh (61.1%), and Janna (61.1%).

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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