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How to Win Illaoi vs Rakan Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Illaoi

based on 2,060 Illaoi vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
1.56
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Illaoi resulted from an analysis of 2060 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Illaoi is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.9% of her games.

Illaoi vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a average job of beating Rakan. Typically, she wins a acceptable 50.3% of matches the champions face each other in. In Illaoi versus Rakan games, Illaoi’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Illaoi vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTunneler

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinTrinity ForceJak'Sho, The ProteanHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Illaoi to level upe
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Second ability for Illaoi to level upq
>
Last skill for Illaoi to max outw

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Rakan

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Rakan Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Rakan Image
5.4
< Kills >
1.6
6.4
< Deaths >
5
4.6
< Assists >
14.3
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
0.28
190
< Minions Killed >
32
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.46
25,285
< Physical Damage >
1,246
844
< Magic Damage >
5,146
408
< True Damage >
785
26,537
< Damage Dealt >
7,177
34,661
< Damage Taken >
19,999
11,994
< Gold Earned >
8,254
2.85
< Towers >
1.7
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,814
< Total Healing >
5,956
15,076
< Experience >
10,550
16
< Vision Score >
60
8
< Wards Placed >
28
443
< Time Dealing CC >
185

How to Counter Rakan with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Illaoi against Rakan matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Illaoi normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Rakan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Illaoi and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Rakan

Who is Better, Illaoi or Rakan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when playing against Rakan, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes an ok counter for Rakan.

While Illaoi does have a higher winrate compared to Rakan, when facing one another, Illaoi also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Rakan.

Moreover, Illaoi also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Rakan matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Illaoi is a decent counter to Rakan. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Illaoi against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Illaoi, we analyzed 2,060 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rakan as Illaoi comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi often gets much more CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Illaoi versus Rakan build consist of Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Rakan than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Rakan as Illaoi, Illaoi players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Illaoi vs Rakan counters, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% win rate overall.

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