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

Rakan vs Shyvana

How to Beat Shyvana as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Shyvana as Rakan

based on 1,384 Rakan vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
3.24
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Shyvana as Rakan resulted from an evaluation of 1384 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Rakan fights Shyvana in only 1.2% of his games.

Rakan vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of countering Shyvana. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Rakan against Shyvana matches, Rakan’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Rakan vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailKnight's VowZeke's ConvergenceLocket 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
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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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 Shyvana as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Rakan vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Shyvana Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.5
4.9
< Deaths >
5.9
14.3
< Assists >
6.6
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
32
< Minions Killed >
67
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.63
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,227
< Physical Damage >
4,812
4,930
< Magic Damage >
13,940
741
< True Damage >
1,015
6,898
< Damage Dealt >
19,768
19,474
< Damage Taken >
32,813
8,236
< Gold Earned >
11,960
1.77
< Towers >
1.72
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
5,860
< Total Healing >
12,139
10,391
< Experience >
13,998
61
< Vision Score >
22
29
< Wards Placed >
7
171
< Time Dealing CC >
182

How to Counter Shyvana with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Rakan against Shyvana counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Shyvana

Who is Better, Rakan or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Shyvana, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a good counter for Shyvana.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Shyvana, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Shyvana.

Moreover, Rakan also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Shyvana matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Shyvana. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Shyvana.

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 Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Rakan, we analyzed 1,384 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 Shyvana 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Shyvana during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often accumulates less CS relative to Shyvana. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Shyvana build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Shyvana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when countering Shyvana with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Shyvana 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. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rakan vs Shyvana battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.

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