How to Win Rakan vs Brand Counter Matchup Rakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Rakan in LoL Brand is in the b tier of champions
Support
Mage

How to Beat Brand as Rakan

based on 1,045 Rakan vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our database, Rakan faced off against Brand 1045 times. Using so many games with Rakan vs Brand gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce informative stats and a solid build to suppress your rival. This counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Rakan has to counter Brand in only 4.1% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan does a terrible job of countering Brand. On average, he wins a lowly 46.4% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Rakan against Brand games, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Brand.

Best Rakan vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongChemtech PutrifierBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Zeke's ConvergenceRedemptionShard of True Ice

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level up w
>
Second ability for Rakan to level up e
>
Last skill for Rakan to max out q

Runes

Resolve Guardian Font of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
Domination Zombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive Adaptive MagicRes
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan q ability q
Rakan w ability w
Rakan e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Guide to Countering Brand as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Brand

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

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

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

Advice to Win Against Brand

Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.

Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.

Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.

Rakan vs Brand Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Brand Image
1.8
< Kills >
5.8
6.1
< Deaths >
7.3
15.1
< Assists >
9.6
0.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
37
< Minions Killed >
78
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,156
< Physical Damage >
783
5,627
< Magic Damage >
23,632
736
< True Damage >
1,179
7,519
< Damage Dealt >
25,595
20,504
< Damage Taken >
19,355
8,142
< Gold Earned >
10,523
1.58
< Towers >
1.72
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,265
< Total Healing >
1,584
11,074
< Experience >
12,383
53
< Vision Score >
44
27
< Wards Placed >
21
103
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Counter Brand with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several critical Rakan versus Brand counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Brand. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Brand

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Brand
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Brand

Who is Better, Rakan or Brand?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually loses when taking on Brand, with a 46.4% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a poor counter to Brand.

While Rakan does have a lower winrate compared to Brand, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Brand.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a garbage counter for Brand. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Brand.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 37.4% winrate Singed Singed 42% winrate Janna Janna 43.1% winrate Zac Zac 43.4% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 58.4% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 58.1% winrate Zoe Zoe 56.4% winrate Gragas Gragas 56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Neeko Neeko + 54% 311 Games Viktor Viktor + 54% 1120 Games Morgana Morgana + 54.5% 191 Games Cho'Gath Cho'Gath + 55% 451 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Rakan, we analyzed 1,045 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 Brand 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 truly master Rakan in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually picks up less CS compared to Brand. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Rakan versus Brand build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Chemtech Putrifier, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Rakan bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Brand than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Brand with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Brand as Rakan, Rakan players should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Rakan vs Brand LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% winrate overall.

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