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

Rakan vs Volibear

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

based on 2,257 Rakan vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
53.2 %
K/D/A
3.16
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL games each and every week. In our data, Rakan battled Volibear 2257 times. Including so many games with Rakan vs Volibear gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to prepare enlightening statistics and a pro build to smash your opponent. This particular counter matchup is relatively rare. Rakan encounters Volibear in only 2.0% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Rakan does a good job of countering Volibear. On average, he wins a whopping 53.2% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Rakan versus Volibear games, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less probable to gain first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Volibear.

Best Rakan vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailShurelya's BattlesongFrozen HeartDream Maker

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
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E
3
Q
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Volibear

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.

Rakan vs Volibear Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
53.2 %
VS
Win Rate
46.8 %
Volibear Image
1.5
< Kills >
5.2
5.1
< Deaths >
6.4
14.6
< Assists >
5.7
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
31
< Minions Killed >
131
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.46
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,258
< Physical Damage >
10,569
4,997
< Magic Damage >
8,097
739
< True Damage >
676
6,995
< Damage Dealt >
19,344
19,424
< Damage Taken >
32,197
8,202
< Gold Earned >
11,356
1.88
< Towers >
2.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
5,867
< Total Healing >
8,177
10,308
< Experience >
13,909
61
< Vision Score >
17
29
< Wards Placed >
8
177
< Time Dealing CC >
548

How to Counter Volibear with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here show several influential Rakan vs. Volibear counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Volibear. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Volibear. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Volibear

Who is Better, Rakan or Volibear?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Volibear, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a great counter for Volibear.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Volibear, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Volibear.

Furthermore, Rakan also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Volibear matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a great counter to Volibear. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Volibear.

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 Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Rakan, we analyzed 2,257 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 Volibear 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 Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often racks up a lot less CS relative to Volibear. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Rakan versus Volibear build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Volibear than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Volibear with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Volibear 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. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Rakan vs Volibear counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.

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