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

Rakan vs Varus

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

based on 4,447 Rakan vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. Our guide on how to beat Varus as Rakan resulted from an evaluation of 4447 ranked matches where both champs engaged one another. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Rakan encounters Varus in only 4.0% of his matches.

Rakan vs Varus Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of beating Varus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Rakan against Varus rounds, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Varus.

Best Rakan vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Knight's VowThornmailKaenic RookernFrozen Heart

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

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
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Varus as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Varus

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 Varus

When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.

You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.

If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.

Rakan vs Varus Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Varus Image
1.6
< Kills >
6.9
5.4
< Deaths >
6.1
14.4
< Assists >
7
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.62
32
< Minions Killed >
179
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,265
< Physical Damage >
14,382
4,922
< Magic Damage >
6,466
769
< True Damage >
382
6,956
< Damage Dealt >
21,229
19,868
< Damage Taken >
18,837
8,299
< Gold Earned >
12,193
1.8
< Towers >
2.4
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,765
< Total Healing >
4,393
10,419
< Experience >
12,556
66
< Vision Score >
18
32
< Wards Placed >
9
166
< Time Dealing CC >
254

How to Counter Varus with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here show some significant Rakan vs. Varus matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Varus

Who is Better, Rakan or Varus?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a good counter to Varus.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Varus.

Moreover, Rakan also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Varus matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Varus.

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 Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Rakan, we analyzed 4,447 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 Varus 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

Rakan Build Varus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rakan to counter Varus during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rakan versus Varus build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Varus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Varus with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating Varus as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Rakan vs Varus clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Rakan are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.