Rakan vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Rakan
based on 5,061 Rakan vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Rakan vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Rakan in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several influential Rakan against Kayn matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayn’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kayn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Kayn. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rakan and Kayn
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Who is Better, Rakan or Kayn?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Kayn.
Additionally, Rakan also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kayn matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Rakan is a decent counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to counter Kayn 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 listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Kayn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Rakan versus Kayn build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Kayn than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Kayn as Rakan, Rakan players 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 combinations players chose for Rakan vs Kayn fights, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
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