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Rakan vs Taliyah

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How to Beat Taliyah as Rakan

based on 1,359 Rakan vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.78
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. Within our data, Rakan fought Taliyah 1359 times. Having so many games with Rakan versus Taliyah provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide informative data and a pro build to suppress your opposition. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan encounters Taliyah in only 1.2% of his matches.

Rakan vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a ok job of countering Taliyah. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.5% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Rakan vs Taliyah matches, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Rakan vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

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
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Rakan vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Taliyah Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.1
5.5
< Deaths >
6.2
13.8
< Assists >
8.9
0.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
32
< Minions Killed >
127
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,159
< Physical Damage >
790
4,624
< Magic Damage >
21,462
706
< True Damage >
1,102
6,489
< Damage Dealt >
23,355
20,140
< Damage Taken >
20,443
8,185
< Gold Earned >
12,083
1.65
< Towers >
1.77
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
5,768
< Total Healing >
4,145
10,300
< Experience >
14,079
67
< Vision Score >
23
32
< Wards Placed >
9
155
< Time Dealing CC >
551

How to Counter Taliyah with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Rakan against Taliyah matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Taliyah

Who is Better, Rakan or Taliyah?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when taking on Taliyah, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes an ok counter for Taliyah.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Taliyah.

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

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Taliyah matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Taliyah. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Taliyah.

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 Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Rakan, we analyzed 1,359 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 Taliyah 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 truly master Rakan in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Rakan versus Taliyah build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Taliyah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Taliyah with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Taliyah 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. Out of all the runes players used for Rakan vs Taliyah counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.

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