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How to Win Volibear vs Rakan Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
FighterTank
Support

How to Beat Rakan as Volibear

based on 2,257 Volibear vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Volibear resulted from an examination of 2257 ranked games where both champions engaged each other. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Volibear is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.8% of his games.

Volibear vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a terrible job of countering Rakan. On average, he wins a lowly 46.8% of the time the champs face one another in. In Volibear versus Rakan matches, Volibear’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Rakan.

Best Volibear vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalGlowing Mote

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageFrozen HeartTitanic HydraIceborn Gauntlet

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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Q
3
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Rakan Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Rakan Image
5.2
< Kills >
1.5
6.4
< Deaths >
5.1
5.7
< Assists >
14.6
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
131
< Minions Killed >
31
0.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.51
10,569
< Physical Damage >
1,258
8,097
< Magic Damage >
4,997
676
< True Damage >
739
19,344
< Damage Dealt >
6,995
32,197
< Damage Taken >
19,424
11,356
< Gold Earned >
8,202
2.5
< Towers >
1.88
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,177
< Total Healing >
5,867
13,909
< Experience >
10,308
17
< Vision Score >
61
8
< Wards Placed >
29
548
< Time Dealing CC >
177

How to Counter Rakan with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several strategic Volibear against Rakan matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the pair. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Volibear often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Rakan

Who is Better, Volibear or Rakan?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when taking on Rakan, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a bad counter for Rakan.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Volibear into Rakan.

Additionally, Volibear also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Volibear is a bad counter for Rakan. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Volibear against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Volibear, we analyzed 2,257 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 Volibear 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 truly master Volibear to counter Rakan during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically accumulates much more CS relative to Rakan. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Rakan build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Rakan than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 46.8% battling Rakan with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating Rakan as Volibear, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Volibear vs Rakan matchups, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% winrate overall.

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