Rakan vs Jarvan IV
How to Beat Jarvan IV as Rakan
based on 1,602 Rakan vs Jarvan IV matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Jarvan IV Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Jarvan IV Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jarvan IV as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV
Cataclysm's terrain is a frightening force to fight against, but movement abilities can go through it.
Keep out of the path between Jarvan IV and his Demacian Standard to avoid being knocked up in the air.
Rakan vs Jarvan IV Counter Stats
How to Counter Jarvan IV with Rakan in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Rakan vs. Jarvan IV counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jarvan IV’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jarvan IV..
Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Jarvan IV. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Jarvan IV
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Who is Better, Rakan or Jarvan IV?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when facing off against Jarvan IV, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Jarvan IV.
While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Jarvan IV, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Jarvan IV.
Furthermore, Rakan also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jarvan IV. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Jarvan IV matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Rakan is a good counter to Jarvan IV. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Jarvan IV.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rakan to counter Jarvan IV 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jarvan IV. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Rakan versus Jarvan IV build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Jarvan IV than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Jarvan IV with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Jarvan IV as Rakan, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Rakan vs Jarvan IV counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.2% winrate overall.
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