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How to Win Jarvan IV vs Rakan Counter MatchupJarvan IV is in the b tier of champions

Jarvan IV vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Jarvan IV in LoLJarvan IV is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
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How to Beat Rakan as Jarvan IV

based on 1,602 Jarvan IV vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
47.8 %
K/D/A
2.93
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Jarvan IV resulted from an evaluation of 1602 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Jarvan IV fights Rakan in only 2.9% of his rounds.

Jarvan IV vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jarvan IV does a below average job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a lowly 47.8% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Jarvan IV versus Rakan matches, Jarvan IV’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Rakan.

Best Jarvan IV vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Jarvan IV Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateSpear of ShojinSundered Sky

Optional Items

Sterak's GageFrozen HeartTrinity ForceMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Jarvan IV's passive ability p
Jarvan IV's q ability q
Jarvan IV's w ability w
Jarvan IV's e ability e
Jarvan IV's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
4
Q
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Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Jarvan IV

Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Rakan

Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.

You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.

Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.

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.

Jarvan IV vs Rakan Counter Stats

Jarvan IV Image
Win Rate
47.8 %
VS
Win Rate
52.2 %
Rakan Image
5.1
< Kills >
1.5
5.8
< Deaths >
5.2
11.9
< Assists >
14.3
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
36
< Minions Killed >
31
1.3
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,498
< Physical Damage >
1,260
1,249
< Magic Damage >
4,791
838
< True Damage >
735
14,586
< Damage Dealt >
6,786
30,795
< Damage Taken >
19,365
11,010
< Gold Earned >
8,162
1.85
< Towers >
1.78
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0
12,436
< Total Healing >
5,769
12,576
< Experience >
10,088
24
< Vision Score >
65
7
< Wards Placed >
31
466
< Time Dealing CC >
158

How to Counter Rakan with Jarvan IV in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some significant Jarvan IV against Rakan matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Jarvan IV usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jarvan IV and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Jarvan IV
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jarvan IV
Rakan

Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Rakan?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when trying to fight Rakan, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Rakan.

While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Jarvan IV into Rakan.

Furthermore, Jarvan IV has some 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 lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Jarvan IV is a terribly counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jarvan IV

Jarvan IV Loses Against

TaricTaric41% winrateNilahNilah43.5% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser44.5% winrateXin ZhaoXin Zhao44.5% winrate

Jarvan IV Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.7% winrateZoeZoe53.5% winrateHweiHwei53% winrateAnnieAnnie52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Jarvan IV Players

How We Calculated Our Jarvan IV vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Jarvan IV, we analyzed 1,602 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 Jarvan IV 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

Jarvan IV Build Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Jarvan IV 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jarvan IV on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Rakan. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Rakan build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Rakan than with many other common builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Rakan as Jarvan IV, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Jarvan IV vs Rakan counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.

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