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How to Win Zoe vs Rakan Counter MatchupZoe is in the b tier of champions

Zoe vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Zoe in LoLZoe is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Zoe

based on 1,394 Zoe vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
45.7 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Zoe resulted from an evaluation of 1394 ranked games where both champions battled each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Zoe is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.9% of her matches.

Zoe vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zoe has done a pathetic job of countering Rakan. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.7% of games the champs fight one another in. In Zoe vs Rakan matches, Zoe’s team is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Zoe vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Zoe Items

~22 Mins
Horizon FocusStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneVoid StaffZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zoe to level upq
>
Second ability for Zoe to level upe
>
Last skill for Zoe to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zoe's passive ability p
Zoe's q ability q
Zoe's w ability w
Zoe's e ability e
Zoe's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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E
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Rakan as Zoe

Tips for Playing as Zoe against Rakan

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.

Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.

Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.

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.

Zoe vs Rakan Counter Stats

Zoe Image
Win Rate
45.7 %
VS
Win Rate
54.3 %
Rakan Image
6.4
< Kills >
1.5
5.7
< Deaths >
5.3
7.3
< Assists >
14.2
1.43
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
135
< Minions Killed >
31
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,705
< Physical Damage >
1,218
17,463
< Magic Damage >
4,800
3,365
< True Damage >
741
22,534
< Damage Dealt >
6,759
18,196
< Damage Taken >
19,889
10,867
< Gold Earned >
8,268
1.7
< Towers >
1.86
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,063
< Total Healing >
5,712
13,005
< Experience >
10,288
25
< Vision Score >
64
12
< Wards Placed >
31
138
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Rakan with Zoe in LoL

The stats shown here feature several valuable Zoe versus Rakan counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences between these two champions. Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Zoe usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zoe and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Zoe
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zoe
Rakan

Who is Better, Zoe or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zoe usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 45.7% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a bad counter for Rakan.

While Zoe does have a much lower winrate than Rakan, when facing one another, Zoe also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zoe into Rakan.

Additionally, Zoe has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Zoe is a bad counter to Rakan. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Zoe against Rakan.

Additional Information for Zoe Players

How We Calculated Our Zoe vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Zoe, we analyzed 1,394 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 Zoe 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 Zoe in order to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zoe on average racks up much more CS relative to Rakan. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Zoe versus Rakan build consist of Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Rakan than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 45.7% when playing against Rakan with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Rakan as Zoe, Zoe players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zoe vs Rakan counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.7% win rate overall.

If you need to see Zoe vs Rakan tips and counter stats for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every match completed with these champions.