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

Rakan vs Swain

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

based on 4,049 Rakan vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
45.1 %
K/D/A
2.86
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our dataset, Rakan faced Swain 4049 times. Having so many games with Rakan versus Swain gives us a lot of faith in our ability to provide informative stats and a recommended build to wreck your opposition. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Swain in only 3.6% of his matches.

Rakan vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a awful job of beating Swain. On average, he wins a lowly 45.1% of the time the champions face each other in. In Rakan versus Swain rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Swain.

Best Rakan vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Force of NatureShurelya's BattlesongKaenic RookernThornmail

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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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 Swain as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Swain

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 Swain

Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.

High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.

Rakan vs Swain Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
45.1 %
VS
Win Rate
54.9 %
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1.5
< Kills >
5.4
5.6
< Deaths >
5.9
14.5
< Assists >
10.7
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.22
31
< Minions Killed >
103
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,306
< Physical Damage >
1,467
5,323
< Magic Damage >
20,733
801
< True Damage >
851
7,430
< Damage Dealt >
23,052
20,553
< Damage Taken >
30,411
8,173
< Gold Earned >
10,411
1.61
< Towers >
2.01
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
5,967
< Total Healing >
9,800
10,248
< Experience >
12,241
63
< Vision Score >
33
30
< Wards Placed >
15
167
< Time Dealing CC >
363

How to Counter Swain with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Rakan versus Swain matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Swain..

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Swain. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Swain

Who is Better, Rakan or Swain?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when taking on Swain, with a 45.1% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a poor counter to Swain.

While Rakan does have a much lower winrate than Swain, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Rakan into Swain.

Additionally, Rakan also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Rakan is a trash counter to Swain. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Swain.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Rakan, we analyzed 4,049 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 Swain 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 truly master Rakan to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Swain. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Swain build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Swain than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 45.1% when playing against Swain with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of beating Swain as Rakan, you should use 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 that we analyzed for Rakan vs Swain counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.1% winrate overall.

If you want to view Rakan x Swain tips and counter builds for a an individual player tier, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using every game run with both champs.