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

Rakan vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Rakan

based on 2,928 Rakan vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
3.14
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Irelia as Rakan resulted from an examination of 2928 ranked matches where both champions engaged each other. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Irelia in only 2.6% of his matches.

Rakan vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a decent job of countering Irelia. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of the time the champions face one another in. In Rakan versus Irelia rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Rakan vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongKnight's VowFrozen HeartThornmail

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Rakan vs Irelia Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Irelia Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.8
5.1
< Deaths >
6.8
14.5
< Assists >
5
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
32
< Minions Killed >
204
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.09
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,242
< Physical Damage >
15,362
4,948
< Magic Damage >
5,891
794
< True Damage >
721
6,985
< Damage Dealt >
21,975
19,162
< Damage Taken >
29,913
8,163
< Gold Earned >
12,506
1.8
< Towers >
2.18
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
5,821
< Total Healing >
10,220
10,295
< Experience >
14,541
63
< Vision Score >
16
30
< Wards Placed >
8
181
< Time Dealing CC >
110

How to Counter Irelia with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several strategic Rakan versus Irelia counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Irelia. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Irelia. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Irelia

Who is Better, Rakan or Irelia?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Irelia, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter to Irelia.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Irelia, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Irelia.

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

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

Rakan is a decent counter for Irelia. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Irelia.

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 Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Rakan, we analyzed 2,928 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 Irelia 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 in order to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Rakan versus Irelia build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 51.6% battling Irelia with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Irelia as Rakan, you should use 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 builds players chose for Rakan vs Irelia counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.

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