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

Rakan vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Rakan

based on 4,223 Rakan vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
48.8 %
K/D/A
2.93
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL games every week. In our dataset, Rakan fought Leona 4223 times. Using so many games with Rakan vs Leona provides us confidence in our ability to prepare useful data and a recommended build to shatter Leona. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Rakan fights Leona in only 3.8% of his matches.

Rakan vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan does a poor job of beating Leona. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.8% of the time the champions clash against one another in. In Rakan against Leona matches, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Leona.

Best Rakan vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Dream MakerThornmailShurelya's BattlesongForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
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Second ability for Rakan to level upe
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Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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Guide to Countering Leona as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Rakan vs Leona Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
48.8 %
VS
Win Rate
51.2 %
Leona Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.9
5.6
< Deaths >
5.7
14.8
< Assists >
13.6
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.34
32
< Minions Killed >
33
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,301
< Physical Damage >
2,647
5,212
< Magic Damage >
6,607
777
< True Damage >
927
7,290
< Damage Dealt >
10,183
19,631
< Damage Taken >
21,745
8,230
< Gold Earned >
8,386
1.76
< Towers >
1.57
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,790
< Total Healing >
2,594
10,202
< Experience >
10,179
63
< Vision Score >
56
30
< Wards Placed >
24
183
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Leona with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several influential Rakan against Leona counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona..

Rakan typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Leona

Who is Better, Rakan or Leona?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Leona.

Additionally, Rakan also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Rakan is a somewhat poor counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Leona.

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 Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Rakan, we analyzed 4,223 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 Leona 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 Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling 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 exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Rakan versus Leona build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Leona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 48.8% battling Leona with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Leona 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 that we analyzed for Rakan vs Leona LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.

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