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Rakan vs Talon

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

based on 2,603 Rakan vs Talon matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
3.06
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Talon as Rakan resulted from an analysis of 2603 ranked games where both champs fought one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Rakan has to counter Talon in only 2.3% of his games.

Rakan vs Talon Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of countering Talon. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Rakan vs Talon rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Talon.

Best Rakan vs Talon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailKnight'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 HasteAdaptive 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
6
R
7
W
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E
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Talon as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Talon

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 Talon

Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.

Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.

Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.

Rakan vs Talon Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
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1.6
< Kills >
8.1
5.4
< Deaths >
6.6
14.9
< Assists >
6.2
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.89
32
< Minions Killed >
137
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.46
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.33
1,258
< Physical Damage >
20,879
5,092
< Magic Damage >
80
788
< True Damage >
1,196
7,139
< Damage Dealt >
22,155
20,213
< Damage Taken >
27,159
8,356
< Gold Earned >
12,500
1.76
< Towers >
1.4
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
6,056
< Total Healing >
6,348
10,521
< Experience >
14,402
67
< Vision Score >
18
32
< Wards Placed >
6
175
< Time Dealing CC >
191

How to Counter Talon with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several important Rakan vs. Talon counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Talon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon. This observation is in large part 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 Talon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Talon

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Talon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Talon

Who is Better, Rakan or Talon?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Talon, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Talon.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Talon, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Talon.

Furthermore, Rakan also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Talon matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Talon. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Talon.

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 Talon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Talon as Rakan, we analyzed 2,603 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 Talon 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 learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Talon during both the early game 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 tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually accumulates a lot less CS compared to Talon. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Rakan versus Talon build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Talon than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when countering Talon with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Talon as Rakan, Rakan players should equip 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 builds players picked for Rakan vs Talon face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.

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