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Qiyana vs Rakan

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How to Beat Rakan as Qiyana

based on 1,469 Qiyana vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Qiyana came out of an examination of 1469 ranked matches where both champs opposed each other. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Qiyana fights Rakan in only 3.0% of her games.

Qiyana vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Qiyana has done a poor job of countering Rakan. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.9% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Qiyana vs Rakan games, Qiyana’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Qiyana vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Qiyana Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeAxiom ArcOpportunity

Optional Items

Edge of NightProfane HydraHubrisYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Qiyana to level upq
>
Second ability for Qiyana to level upw
>
Last skill for Qiyana to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Qiyana's passive ability p
Qiyana's q ability q
Qiyana's w ability w
Qiyana's e ability e
Qiyana's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Qiyana

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.

Qiyana vs Rakan Counter Stats

Qiyana Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
Rakan Image
7.8
< Kills >
1.6
6.7
< Deaths >
5.5
6.3
< Assists >
14.6
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
149
< Minions Killed >
31
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.49
19,330
< Physical Damage >
1,273
1,875
< Magic Damage >
5,030
941
< True Damage >
759
22,146
< Damage Dealt >
7,062
23,551
< Damage Taken >
20,281
12,137
< Gold Earned >
8,332
1.59
< Towers >
1.77
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,380
< Total Healing >
5,957
13,814
< Experience >
10,339
18
< Vision Score >
67
6
< Wards Placed >
32
104
< Time Dealing CC >
169

How to Counter Rakan with Qiyana in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Qiyana versus Rakan counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Qiyana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Qiyana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Qiyana often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Qiyana and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Qiyana
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Qiyana
Rakan

Who is Better, Qiyana or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Qiyana usually loses when trying to fight Rakan, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Qiyana makes a poor counter to Rakan.

While Qiyana does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Qiyana also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Qiyana into Rakanas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Qiyana also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Qiyana vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Qiyana is a bad counter to Rakan. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Qiyana against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Qiyana

Qiyana Loses Against

BlitzcrankBlitzcrank42.7% winrateSwainSwain43.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai43.7% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune43.8% winrate

Qiyana Wins Against

LuluLulu54.3% winrateCorkiCorki53.6% winrateZeriZeri53% winrateMaster YiMaster Yi52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

OlafOlaf+ 52.2% 383 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 52.2% 4187 GamesBardBard+ 52.9% 1489 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.1% 3856 Games

Additional Information for Qiyana Players

How We Calculated Our Qiyana vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Qiyana, we analyzed 1,469 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 Qiyana 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

Qiyana Build Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Qiyana to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Qiyana typically gets much more CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Qiyana versus Rakan build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Qiyana combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Rakan than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Qiyana had an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Rakan with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Rakan as Qiyana, Qiyana players should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Qiyana vs Rakan battles, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.

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