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

Rakan vs Anivia

How to Beat Anivia as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Anivia as Rakan

based on 1,612 Rakan vs Anivia matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. In our data, Rakan fought Anivia in 1612 matches. Using so many games with Rakan vs Anivia provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to suppress your opponent. This pairing is relatively rare. Rakan has to counter Anivia in only 1.4% of his matches.

Rakan vs Anivia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a dismal job of beating Anivia. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Rakan vs Anivia games, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Anivia.

Best Rakan vs Anivia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartThornmailZeke's Convergence

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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Guide to Countering Anivia as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Anivia

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 Anivia

Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.

If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.

Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.

Rakan vs Anivia Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
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1.6
< Kills >
5.3
5.3
< Deaths >
4.8
14.4
< Assists >
8.1
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.21
33
< Minions Killed >
162
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,360
< Physical Damage >
1,257
5,372
< Magic Damage >
17,703
769
< True Damage >
1,183
7,502
< Damage Dealt >
20,144
20,260
< Damage Taken >
26,022
8,375
< Gold Earned >
11,298
1.75
< Towers >
2.23
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
6,081
< Total Healing >
3,756
10,548
< Experience >
14,959
66
< Vision Score >
23
31
< Wards Placed >
11
179
< Time Dealing CC >
1,005

How to Counter Anivia with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Rakan vs. Anivia counter stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Anivia. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Anivia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Anivia

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Anivia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Anivia

Who is Better, Rakan or Anivia?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when playing against Anivia, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a poor counter for Anivia.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Anivia, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Anivia.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rakan is a somewhat poor counter for Anivia. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Anivia.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Anivia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Anivia as Rakan, we analyzed 1,612 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 Anivia 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Anivia during both the lane 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 suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average picks up a lot less CS as Anivia. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Rakan versus Anivia build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Anivia than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Anivia with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Anivia 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Rakan vs Anivia fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.

If you want to view Rakan x Anivia tips and builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and strategies given are computed using every game run with both champions.