Vi vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Vi
based on 3,157 Vi vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Rakan
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Vi against Rakan matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Vi often has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Rakan. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Rakan
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Who is Better, Vi or Rakan?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vi usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Vi makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Vi does have a higher winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Vi also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Rakan.
Moreover, Vi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vi vs Rakan matchups, Vi is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Vi is a decent counter to Rakan. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vi in order to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Vi versus Rakan build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Rakan than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average win rate of 50.3% battling Rakan with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Rakan as Vi, Vi players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Vi vs Rakan LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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