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Rakan vs Graves

How to Beat Graves as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Graves as Rakan

based on 5,540 Rakan vs Graves matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
3.04
Pick Rate
5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Graves as Rakan resulted from an analysis of 5540 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Rakan fights Graves in only 5.0% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Graves Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a ok job of countering Graves. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.1% of matches the champions face one another in. In Rakan versus Graves matches, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Graves.

Best Rakan vs Graves 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

Kaenic RookernThornmailRedemptionShurelya's Battlesong

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
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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
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E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Graves as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Graves

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 Graves

Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.

Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.

Rakan vs Graves Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Graves Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.9
5.2
< Deaths >
5.7
14.3
< Assists >
7.3
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.58
31
< Minions Killed >
53
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.53
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,201
< Physical Damage >
17,414
4,855
< Magic Damage >
772
748
< True Damage >
1,617
6,805
< Damage Dealt >
19,804
19,828
< Damage Taken >
28,766
8,194
< Gold Earned >
12,555
1.75
< Towers >
1.75
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.36
5,931
< Total Healing >
13,461
10,226
< Experience >
14,084
67
< Vision Score >
24
32
< Wards Placed >
6
165
< Time Dealing CC >
494

How to Counter Graves with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several strategic Rakan vs. Graves counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Graves. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Graves

Who is Better, Rakan or Graves?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Graves, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Graves.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Graves.

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

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

Rakan is a decent counter to Graves. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Graves.

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 Graves Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Graves as Rakan, we analyzed 5,540 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 Graves 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 Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average picks up less CS relative to Graves. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Rakan versus Graves 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 vs Graves than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Graves with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Graves as Rakan, Rakan players should equip 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 builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Graves counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.

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