Xerath vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Xerath
based on 4,217 Xerath vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Rakan
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Xerath against Rakan matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xerath normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Rakan
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Who is Better, Xerath or Rakan?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when playing against Rakan, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter for Rakan.
While Xerath does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Rakanas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath most often accumulates much more CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xerath versus Rakan build consist of Void Staff, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Rakan than with most other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.8% battling Rakan with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Rakan as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Xerath vs Rakan battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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