Caitlyn vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Caitlyn
based on 10,408 Caitlyn vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Rakan
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Rakan
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.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Caitlyn vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here show several influential Caitlyn against Rakan counter stats that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Rakan
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Rakan?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Rakan, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when on opposite teams, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Rakan.
Additionally, Caitlyn has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn typically racks up much more CS as Rakan. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Caitlyn versus Rakan build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Axiom Arc. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Rakan than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 49.2% battling Rakan with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rakan as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Caitlyn vs Rakan battles, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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