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

Rakan vs Brand

How to Beat Brand as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
Support
Mage

How to Beat Brand as Rakan

based on 6,073 Rakan vs Brand matchups
Win Rate
47.9 %
K/D/A
2.89
Pick Rate
5.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Brand as Rakan resulted from an evaluation of 6073 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Rakan fights Brand in only 5.5% of his games.

Rakan vs Brand Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a poor job of beating Brand. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.9% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Rakan vs Brand games, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Brand.

Best Rakan vs Brand Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Force of NatureRedemptionAbyssal MaskKnight's Vow

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 ForceMagic ResistArmor
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
6
R
7
W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Brand as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Brand

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 Brand

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

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

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.

Rakan vs Brand Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
47.9 %
VS
Win Rate
52.1 %
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1.6
< Kills >
5.8
5.6
< Deaths >
6.7
14.6
< Assists >
9.2
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
32
< Minions Killed >
63
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.69
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,190
< Physical Damage >
850
5,162
< Magic Damage >
22,648
757
< True Damage >
1,367
7,110
< Damage Dealt >
24,866
21,234
< Damage Taken >
24,878
8,419
< Gold Earned >
11,099
1.61
< Towers >
1.63
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.18
5,943
< Total Healing >
6,276
10,656
< Experience >
12,877
65
< Vision Score >
37
31
< Wards Placed >
14
167
< Time Dealing CC >
244

How to Counter Brand with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several vital Rakan vs. Brand counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Brand’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Brand. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

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 of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually loses when facing off against Brand, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a bad counter for Brand.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Brand, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Brand.

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

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

Rakan is a terribly counter to Brand. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Brand.

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 Brand Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Brand as Rakan, we analyzed 6,073 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Brand during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually accumulates less CS as Brand. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Rakan versus Brand build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Brand than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Brand with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Brand as Rakan, you 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 used for Rakan vs Brand battles, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.

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