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How to Synergize Irelia with Rakan on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Rakan

How to Win With Irelia and Rakan Paired TogetherIrelia is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Irelia and Rakan

based on 2,829 Irelia with Rakan pairs
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
1.85
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Irelia has gone into battle with Rakan in 2829 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Irelia synergize with Rakan. It is relatively rare for Irelia to play alongside Rakan as teammates. This has only happened in approximately 2.8% of rounds with Irelia.

Irelia Rakan Synergy Summary

Irelia does a average job of playing alongside Rakan. On average, she wins an acceptable 50.8% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Irelia when fighting on the same team as Rakan by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlade of The Ruined KingSundered Sky

Optional Items

Titanic HydraExperimental HexplateWit's EndRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Rakan

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Rakan

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Advice to Understand How Rakan Will Play

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Irelia Rakan Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Rakan Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.3
6.7
< Deaths >
7
4.9
< Assists >
5
1.69
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
207
< Minions Killed >
206
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,495
< Physical Damage >
16,208
6,182
< Magic Damage >
6,139
698
< True Damage >
751
23,376
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
30,595
< Damage Taken >
31,302
12,850
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.37
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,673
< Total Healing >
10,768
14,823
< Experience >
15,027
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
113
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Rakan as Irelia in LoL

The Irelia Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Irelia sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Rakan helps Irelia perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Irelia plays on the same team as Rakan, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Rakan provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played together with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Rakan. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Rakan.

Moreover, when Irelia plays with Rakan on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Irelia in teamfights.

Synergies between Irelia and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Rakan

Is Irelia better when played alongside Rakan?

There is no perfect companion for Irelia that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, overall, Rakan is a decent ally for Irelia. By being on the same side as Irelia, he increases their win rate by 1.0% to 50.8%. This shows that there is pretty good bond between Irelia and Rakan that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Rakan has a lower difficulty than Irelia. That means Irelia players don't need to be cautious when arranging Rakan allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing alongside, Irelia players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Irelia and Rakan together, you may not be granting your side very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this gap in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Rakan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Rakan, we analyzed 2,829 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Irelia with Rakan comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia in order to work well with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to get in your Irelia and Rakan synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Rakan than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 50.8% helping carry Rakan with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Irelia and Rakan pairings, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.

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