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How to Win Trundle vs Rakan Counter MatchupTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Trundle in LoLTrundle is in the a tier of champions
FighterTank
Support

How to Beat Rakan as Trundle

based on 6,450 Trundle vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
51.7 %
K/D/A
1.69
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League matches that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Trundle resulted from an examination of 6450 ranked games where both champs opposed each other. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Trundle has to counter Rakan in only 2.7% of his matches.

Trundle vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Trundle has done a decent job of beating Rakan. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.7% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Trundle vs Rakan matches, Trundle’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Rakan.

Best Trundle vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordHearthbound Axe

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Ravenous HydraThornmailBlade of The Ruined King

Optional Items

Wit's EndFrozen HeartHullbreakerDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Trundle to level upq
>
Second ability for Trundle to level upw
>
Last skill for Trundle to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
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 Trundle

Tips for Playing as Trundle against Rakan

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

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.

Trundle vs Rakan Counter Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
51.7 %
VS
Win Rate
48.3 %
Rakan Image
5
< Kills >
1.5
6.2
< Deaths >
4.9
5.5
< Assists >
14.1
1.15
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
142
< Minions Killed >
32
0.48
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.82
< Inhibitors >
0.47
15,164
< Physical Damage >
1,260
2,224
< Magic Damage >
4,973
533
< True Damage >
731
17,922
< Damage Dealt >
6,965
34,549
< Damage Taken >
18,599
12,080
< Gold Earned >
8,133
3.36
< Towers >
1.78
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,829
< Total Healing >
5,574
14,139
< Experience >
10,287
18
< Vision Score >
60
7
< Wards Placed >
29
331
< Time Dealing CC >
185

How to Counter Rakan with Trundle in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Trundle versus Rakan matchup stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Trundle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Trundle may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Trundle typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Rakan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Trundle and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Trundle
Rakan

Who is Better, Trundle or Rakan?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Trundle usually wins when trying to fight Rakan, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Trundle makes a good counter for Rakan.

While Trundle does have a higher winrate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Trundle also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Trundle into Rakan.

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

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Trundle vs Rakan matchups, Trundle is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Trundle is a decent counter to Rakan. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Trundle against Rakan.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Trundle, we analyzed 6,450 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 Trundle 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 Trundle in order to counter Rakan during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Trundle usually accumulates much more CS as Rakan. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Trundle versus Rakan build include Ravenous Hydra, Thornmail, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Trundle used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Trundle had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Rakan with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Rakan as Trundle, Trundle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Trundle vs Rakan counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.

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