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Rakan vs Katarina

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How to Beat Katarina as Rakan

based on 4,002 Rakan vs Katarina matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.93
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Katarina as Rakan resulted from an examination of 4002 ranked matches where both champions faced off against one another. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Rakan has to counter Katarina in only 3.6% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Katarina Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a good job of countering Katarina. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.1% of the time the champions face one another in. In Rakan vs Katarina rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Katarina.

Best Rakan vs Katarina 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

Knight's VowShurelya's BattlesongDream MakerForce 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
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
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Katarina

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 Katarina

Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.

Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.

Rakan vs Katarina Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Katarina Image
1.6
< Kills >
9.1
5.5
< Deaths >
6.7
14.5
< Assists >
5.8
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
2.02
31
< Minions Killed >
155
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,238
< Physical Damage >
2,078
4,894
< Magic Damage >
20,420
707
< True Damage >
952
6,839
< Damage Dealt >
23,452
19,500
< Damage Taken >
23,979
8,184
< Gold Earned >
11,926
1.85
< Towers >
1.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,381
< Total Healing >
3,172
10,206
< Experience >
13,681
63
< Vision Score >
16
30
< Wards Placed >
8
161
< Time Dealing CC >
37

How to Counter Katarina with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Rakan against Katarina counter stats that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Katarina. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Katarina

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Katarina
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Katarina

Who is Better, Rakan or Katarina?

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 Katarina, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter for Katarina.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Katarina, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Katarina.

Additionally, Rakan has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Katarina matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Rakan is an above average counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Katarina.

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 Katarina Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Katarina as Rakan, we analyzed 4,002 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 Katarina 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 truly master Rakan in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan most often gets a lot less CS as Katarina. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Rakan versus Katarina build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Katarina than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Katarina with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Katarina as Rakan, you should take 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 players picked for Rakan vs Katarina counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.1% winrate overall.

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