Zilean vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Zilean
based on 1,280 Zilean vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Rakan
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Zilean versus Rakan counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rakan..
Zilean often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Rakan
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Who is Better, Zilean or Rakan?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Zilean makes an ok counter to Rakan.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Zilean also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Rakan.
Furthermore, Zilean has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zilean 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 team members during teamfights.
Zilean is a decent counter for Rakan. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zilean against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Zilean 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average racks up more CS as Rakan. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Rakan build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Rakan than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Rakan with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Rakan as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Zilean vs Rakan face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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