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How to Win Rakan vs Ahri Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Ahri

How to Beat Ahri as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ahri as Rakan

based on 3,166 Rakan vs Ahri matchups
Win Rate
51.5 %
K/D/A
2.89
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Ahri as Rakan resulted from an evaluation of 3166 ranked games where both champs battled each other. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Rakan encounters Ahri in only 2.8% of his matches.

Rakan vs Ahri Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a decent job of beating Ahri. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.5% of the time the champs face each other in. In Rakan vs Ahri matches, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Ahri.

Best Rakan vs Ahri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsNull-Magic Mantle

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongKnight's VowForce of NatureThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Ahri

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Advice to Win Against Ahri

Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.

Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.

Rakan vs Ahri Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.5 %
VS
Win Rate
48.5 %
Ahri Image
1.5
< Kills >
5.9
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
14.1
< Assists >
7.7
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.37
32
< Minions Killed >
164
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,179
< Physical Damage >
1,477
4,859
< Magic Damage >
14,750
752
< True Damage >
5,322
6,790
< Damage Dealt >
21,550
19,954
< Damage Taken >
19,328
8,230
< Gold Earned >
11,052
1.77
< Towers >
2
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,779
< Total Healing >
4,628
10,309
< Experience >
13,875
63
< Vision Score >
20
30
< Wards Placed >
9
167
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Ahri with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here show several valuable Rakan against Ahri counter statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ahri. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Ahri

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Ahri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Ahri

Who is Better, Rakan or Ahri?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Ahri, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter for Ahri.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Ahri.

Moreover, Rakan also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Ahri matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Ahri. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Ahri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Ahri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ahri as Rakan, we analyzed 3,166 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 Ahri as Rakan 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often picks up a lot less CS as Ahri. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Rakan versus Ahri build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Ahri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Ahri with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Ahri as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Rakan vs Ahri matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.

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