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

Rakan vs Xayah

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

based on 1,790 Rakan vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.94
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Rakan faced off against Xayah 1790 times. Including so many games with Rakan versus Xayah provides us confidence in our capacity to provide informative data and a solid build to obliterate Xayah. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Rakan encounters Xayah in only 1.6% of his games.

Rakan vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a dismal job of beating Xayah. Normally, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Rakan versus Xayah rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Rakan vs Xayah 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 ConvergenceThornmailLocket 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
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 Xayah as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Rakan vs Xayah Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Xayah Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.3
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
14.4
< Assists >
7.1
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.48
32
< Minions Killed >
186
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,259
< Physical Damage >
19,891
5,050
< Magic Damage >
398
789
< True Damage >
396
7,098
< Damage Dealt >
20,685
19,925
< Damage Taken >
19,414
8,292
< Gold Earned >
12,043
1.77
< Towers >
2.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.09
5,789
< Total Healing >
4,555
10,416
< Experience >
12,631
65
< Vision Score >
18
31
< Wards Placed >
9
190
< Time Dealing CC >
56

How to Counter Xayah with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Rakan versus Xayah counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xayah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Xayah

Who is Better, Rakan or Xayah?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when facing off against Xayah, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a bad counter for Xayah.

While Rakan does have a lower winrate than Xayah, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Xayah.

Additionally, Rakan has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

Rakan is a somewhat poor counter to Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Xayah.

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 Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Rakan, we analyzed 1,790 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 Xayah 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 Xayah Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rakan to counter Xayah 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Xayah. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rakan versus Xayah build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Xayah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Xayah with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Xayah as Rakan, you 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 builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Xayah battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

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