Background Image
How to Win Rakan vs Darius Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Darius

How to Beat Darius as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
Support
FighterTank

How to Beat Darius as Rakan

based on 3,797 Rakan vs Darius matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
3.04
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Darius as Rakan came out of an examination of 3797 ranked matches where both champs opposed one another. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Darius in only 3.4% of his matches.

Rakan vs Darius Matchup Summary

Rakan does a good job of countering Darius. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.5% of games the champs battle each other in. In Rakan against Darius games, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't get first blood versus Darius.

Best Rakan vs Darius Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongFrozen 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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
Q
15
Q
16
R

Guide to Countering Darius as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Darius

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 Darius

When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.

Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.

Rakan vs Darius Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Darius Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.5
5.2
< Deaths >
6
14.3
< Assists >
4.4
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
32
< Minions Killed >
166
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,206
< Physical Damage >
15,838
4,918
< Magic Damage >
98
758
< True Damage >
3,717
6,883
< Damage Dealt >
19,653
19,470
< Damage Taken >
30,893
8,199
< Gold Earned >
11,726
1.83
< Towers >
2.28
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,621
< Total Healing >
7,562
10,242
< Experience >
14,207
64
< Vision Score >
17
30
< Wards Placed >
8
166
< Time Dealing CC >
163

How to Counter Darius with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several significant Rakan against Darius counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Darius. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Darius

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Darius
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Darius

Who is Better, Rakan or Darius?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Darius, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Darius.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Darius.

Furthermore, Rakan has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Darius matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Rakan is a good counter for Darius. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Darius.

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 Darius Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Darius as Rakan, we analyzed 3,797 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 Darius 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

Rakan Build Darius Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually gets a lot less CS relative to Darius. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Rakan versus Darius build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Darius than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 52.5% battling Darius with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Darius 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 that we analyzed for Rakan vs Darius counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Darius as Rakan are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.