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

Rakan vs Xerath

How to Beat Xerath as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
Support
Mage

How to Beat Xerath as Rakan

based on 4,217 Rakan vs Xerath matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches every week. In our data, Rakan battled Xerath 4217 times. Including so many matchups for Rakan versus Xerath gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful statistics and a recommended build to wreck Xerath. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Rakan fights Xerath in only 3.8% of his matches.

Rakan vs Xerath Matchup Summary

Rakan does a ok job of beating Xerath. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Rakan against Xerath rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Xerath.

Best Rakan vs Xerath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureThornmailFrozen HeartLocket 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 ForceMagic ResistArmor
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
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Xerath

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 Xerath

Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.

Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.

Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.

Rakan vs Xerath Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Xerath Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.4
5.3
< Deaths >
5.2
14.1
< Assists >
9.5
0.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
32
< Minions Killed >
106
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,224
< Physical Damage >
655
4,908
< Magic Damage >
22,115
766
< True Damage >
688
6,899
< Damage Dealt >
23,459
20,726
< Damage Taken >
15,375
8,316
< Gold Earned >
10,842
1.74
< Towers >
1.67
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
6,070
< Total Healing >
1,242
10,514
< Experience >
12,589
65
< Vision Score >
38
31
< Wards Placed >
17
161
< Time Dealing CC >
182

How to Counter Xerath with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Rakan against Xerath counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xerath. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Xerath

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Xerath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Xerath

Who is Better, Rakan or Xerath?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xerath, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Xerath.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate compared to Xerath, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Xerath.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Xerath matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Xerath. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Xerath.

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 Xerath Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xerath as Rakan, we analyzed 4,217 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 Xerath 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 truly master Rakan in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Xerath build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Xerath than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Xerath with this build.

To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Xerath as Rakan, you should take 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 Xerath clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Rakan are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.