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Rakan vs Sylas

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

based on 3,890 Rakan vs Sylas matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
3.08
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. In our database, Rakan battled Sylas in 3890 rounds. With so many matchups for Rakan versus Sylas provides us a lot of faith in our capability to prepare actionable statistics and a solid build to wreck your opposition. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Rakan has to counter Sylas in only 3.5% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Sylas Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of countering Sylas. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Rakan vs Sylas rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Sylas.

Best Rakan vs Sylas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsKindlegem

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongForce of NatureFrozen HeartThornmail

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

ResolveGuardianDemolishBone PlatingRevitalize
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Sylas as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Sylas

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 Sylas

Try to fight Sylas when he isn't able to take your ultimate.

Sylas's healthbar can be deceptive, watch out for his Kingslayer!

Rakan vs Sylas Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Sylas Image
1.6
< Kills >
7.7
5.3
< Deaths >
6.9
14.7
< Assists >
6.8
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
31
< Minions Killed >
123
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,260
< Physical Damage >
548
4,953
< Magic Damage >
20,858
761
< True Damage >
768
6,975
< Damage Dealt >
22,175
19,260
< Damage Taken >
29,397
8,152
< Gold Earned >
11,156
1.83
< Towers >
1.55
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,626
< Total Healing >
7,658
10,132
< Experience >
13,135
63
< Vision Score >
20
30
< Wards Placed >
9
165
< Time Dealing CC >
282

How to Counter Sylas with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several critical Rakan against Sylas matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sylas’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sylas. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Sylas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Sylas

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Sylas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Sylas

Who is Better, Rakan or Sylas?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Sylas, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a good counter for Sylas.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Sylas, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Sylas.

Moreover, Rakan also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sylas. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Sylas matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Sylas. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Sylas.

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 Sylas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sylas as Rakan, we analyzed 3,890 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 Sylas 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 to counter Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average picks up a lot less CS relative to Sylas. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Sylas build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Sylas with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Sylas as Rakan, you should take the Guardian, Demolish, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Rakan vs Sylas face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sylas as Rakan are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.