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Rakan vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
Support
Mage

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Rakan

based on 2,154 Rakan vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.91
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Rakan came out of an evaluation of 2154 ranked games where both champions opposed one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Rakan has to counter Vel'Koz in only 1.9% of his matches.

Rakan vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Rakan does a average job of beating Vel'Koz. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Rakan against Vel'Koz matches, Rakan’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Rakan vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

ThornmailForce of NatureFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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
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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Q
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.

Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.

Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.

Rakan vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Vel'Koz Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.2
5.5
< Deaths >
6
14.4
< Assists >
9.2
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
32
< Minions Killed >
91
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,181
< Physical Damage >
586
4,995
< Magic Damage >
17,242
756
< True Damage >
5,924
6,932
< Damage Dealt >
23,754
21,207
< Damage Taken >
17,236
8,445
< Gold Earned >
10,413
1.67
< Towers >
1.84
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,075
< Total Healing >
1,579
10,717
< Experience >
12,212
66
< Vision Score >
46
31
< Wards Placed >
20
170
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several influential Rakan vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Rakan or Vel'Koz?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes an ok counter to Vel'Koz.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Vel'Koz.

Additionally, Rakan has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Vel'Koz matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Vel'Koz.

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 Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Rakan, we analyzed 2,154 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 Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average accumulates less CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rakan versus Vel'Koz build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating Vel'Koz as Rakan, you should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Rakan vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vel'Koz as Rakan are displayed for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.