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Rakan vs Samira

How to Beat Samira as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Samira as Rakan

based on 5,383 Rakan vs Samira matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
3.05
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches each week. In our data, Rakan battled Samira in 5383 matches. With so many games with Rakan vs Samira provides us confidence in our ability to produce enlightening statistics and a recommended build to shatter your rival. This particular matchup is somewhat uncommon. Rakan fights Samira in only 4.8% of his games.

Rakan vs Samira Matchup Summary

Rakan does a good job of beating Samira. Typically, he wins a whopping 53.3% of the time the champions face one another in. In Rakan against Samira rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Samira.

Best Rakan vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerThornmailSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

RedemptionKnight's VowShurelya's BattlesongLocket of the Iron Solari

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
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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 Samira as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Samira

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.

Rakan vs Samira Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Samira Image
1.6
< Kills >
8.6
5.6
< Deaths >
6.9
15.5
< Assists >
5.7
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
31
< Minions Killed >
170
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,293
< Physical Damage >
18,720
5,285
< Magic Damage >
2,558
712
< True Damage >
564
7,290
< Damage Dealt >
21,844
19,586
< Damage Taken >
22,847
8,274
< Gold Earned >
12,652
1.91
< Towers >
2.11
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,744
< Total Healing >
7,129
10,286
< Experience >
11,902
62
< Vision Score >
16
30
< Wards Placed >
8
178
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Counter Samira with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Rakan against Samira matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Samira. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Samira. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Samira

Who is Better, Rakan or Samira?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Samira, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a great counter for Samira.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Samira, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Samira.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Samira 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a great counter for Samira. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Samira.

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 Samira Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Samira as Rakan, we analyzed 5,383 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 Samira 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 in order to counter Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Samira. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Rakan versus Samira build include Trailblazer, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Samira than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Samira with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of beating Samira as Rakan, Rakan players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rakan vs Samira counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Samira as Rakan are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.