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How to Win Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Rakan

based on 2,606 Rakan vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.87
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. In our dataset, Rakan did battle with Nunu & Willump in 2606 matches. Having so many games with Rakan vs Nunu & Willump gives us faith in our capacity to prepare actionable data and a recommended build to crush your foe. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Rakan has to counter Nunu & Willump in only 2.3% of his games.

Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Rakan does a average job of countering Nunu & Willump. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.6% of games the champs battle one another in. In Rakan against Nunu & Willump rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Nunu & Willump.

Best Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartShurelya's BattlesongTrailblazer

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 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
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W
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Nunu & Willump

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 Nunu & Willump

Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.

Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.

Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.

Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Nunu & Willump Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.1
5.5
< Deaths >
6.3
14.2
< Assists >
11.5
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
31
< Minions Killed >
30
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.61
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,261
< Physical Damage >
1,059
4,879
< Magic Damage >
13,266
733
< True Damage >
808
6,874
< Damage Dealt >
15,135
19,952
< Damage Taken >
35,620
8,135
< Gold Earned >
10,651
1.69
< Towers >
1.36
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
5,684
< Total Healing >
19,412
10,065
< Experience >
12,481
62
< Vision Score >
19
29
< Wards Placed >
5
164
< Time Dealing CC >
469

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several strategic Rakan vs. Nunu & Willump counter statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Rakan or Nunu & Willump?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Nunu & Willump.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Nunu & Willump.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a somewhat poor counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Nunu & Willump.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

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Rakan Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Rakan, we analyzed 2,606 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 Nunu & Willump 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Nunu & Willump build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 49.6% battling Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nunu & Willump 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rakan vs Nunu & Willump matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.

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