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How to Win Rakan vs Kai'Sa Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Rakan

based on 5,063 Rakan vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
54.8 %
K/D/A
3.19
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as Rakan came out of an analysis of 5063 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Rakan has to counter Kai'Sa in only 4.6% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Rakan does a great job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, he wins a terrific 54.8% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Rakan against Kai'Sa rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Kai'Sa.

Best Rakan vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongKnight's VowThornmailForce of Nature

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 HasteAdaptive 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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
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E
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E
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Q
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Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Rakan vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
54.8 %
VS
Win Rate
45.2 %
Kai'Sa Image
1.6
< Kills >
7
5.2
< Deaths >
6
15
< Assists >
6.3
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
32
< Minions Killed >
182
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,256
< Physical Damage >
12,164
5,043
< Magic Damage >
7,506
757
< True Damage >
435
7,057
< Damage Dealt >
20,106
19,540
< Damage Taken >
19,105
8,354
< Gold Earned >
12,264
1.98
< Towers >
2.13
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
5,906
< Total Healing >
4,103
10,456
< Experience >
12,443
65
< Vision Score >
17
31
< Wards Placed >
8
176
< Time Dealing CC >
46

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some valuable Rakan versus Kai'Sa matchup stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Rakan or Kai'Sa?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Kai'Sa, with a 54.8% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a great counter to Kai'Sa.

While Rakan does have a much higher winrate than Kai'Sa, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Kai'Sa.

Moreover, Rakan has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kai'Sa matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Rakan is a great counter to Kai'Sa. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Kai'Sa.

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 Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Rakan, we analyzed 5,063 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 Kai'Sa 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 Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to have in your Rakan versus Kai'Sa build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Kai'Sa than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 54.8% when playing against Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Kai'Sa as Rakan, Rakan players 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 that we analyzed for Rakan vs Kai'Sa LoL games, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.8% win rate overall.

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