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

Rakan vs Mordekaiser

How to Beat Mordekaiser as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
Support
Fighter

How to Beat Mordekaiser as Rakan

based on 7,462 Rakan vs Mordekaiser matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.89
Pick Rate
6.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League games every week. Within our data, Rakan fought Mordekaiser 7462 times. With so many games with Rakan versus Mordekaiser provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare enlightening stats and a pro build to annihilate your opponent. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Rakan has to counter Mordekaiser in only 6.7% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a poor job of beating Mordekaiser. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.2% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Rakan against Mordekaiser games, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Mordekaiser.

Best Rakan vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernThornmailRanduin's OmenFrozen Heart

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
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive 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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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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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 Mordekaiser as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Mordekaiser

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 Mordekaiser

Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.

Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside

Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health

Rakan vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Mordekaiser Image
1.5
< Kills >
7
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
14.1
< Assists >
5
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
32
< Minions Killed >
156
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,213
< Physical Damage >
2,733
4,971
< Magic Damage >
21,151
725
< True Damage >
621
6,909
< Damage Dealt >
24,506
19,979
< Damage Taken >
30,836
8,201
< Gold Earned >
11,788
1.67
< Towers >
2.12
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,847
< Total Healing >
9,337
10,324
< Experience >
14,907
63
< Vision Score >
17
30
< Wards Placed >
8
167
< Time Dealing CC >
250

How to Counter Mordekaiser with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here show several valuable Rakan against Mordekaiser counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Mordekaiser. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Mordekaiser. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Mordekaiser

Who is Better, Rakan or Mordekaiser?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually loses when facing off against Mordekaiser, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a poor counter for Mordekaiser.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Mordekaiser, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Mordekaiser.

Additionally, Rakan has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rakan is a bad counter to Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Mordekaiser.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

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Rakan Wins Against

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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 Mordekaiser Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Mordekaiser as Rakan, we analyzed 7,462 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 Mordekaiser 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 Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Rakan versus Mordekaiser build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Mordekaiser than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Mordekaiser as Rakan, Rakan players should use the Glacial Augment, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rakan vs Mordekaiser clashes, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.

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