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How to Win Taliyah vs Rakan Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Taliyah

based on 1,359 Taliyah vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Taliyah resulted from an examination of 1359 ranked matches where both champions engaged one another. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Taliyah has to counter Rakan in only 3.3% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Taliyah does a average job of countering Rakan. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.5% of games the champions oppose each other in. In Taliyah versus Rakan rounds, Taliyah’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Taliyah vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceLuden's CompanionLiandry's TormentVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
>
Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Rakan

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Advice to Win Against Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Taliyah vs Rakan Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Rakan Image
6.1
< Kills >
1.5
6.2
< Deaths >
5.5
8.9
< Assists >
13.8
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.23
127
< Minions Killed >
32
0.56
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
790
< Physical Damage >
1,159
21,462
< Magic Damage >
4,624
1,102
< True Damage >
706
23,355
< Damage Dealt >
6,489
20,443
< Damage Taken >
20,140
12,083
< Gold Earned >
8,185
1.77
< Towers >
1.65
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0
4,145
< Total Healing >
5,768
14,079
< Experience >
10,300
23
< Vision Score >
67
9
< Wards Placed >
32
551
< Time Dealing CC >
155

How to Counter Rakan with Taliyah in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some vital Taliyah vs. Rakan counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Taliyah often has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Rakan

Who is Better, Taliyah or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Rakan.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taliyah into Rakan.

Furthermore, Taliyah has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

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

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

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Taliyah, we analyzed 1,359 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 Rakan as Taliyah 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Taliyah to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah usually racks up much more CS compared to Rakan. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Taliyah versus Rakan build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Rakan with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Rakan as Taliyah, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Rakan fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.

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