Lucian with Rakan
How to Synergize Lucian and Rakan
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Lucian Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Lucian vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Rakan
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Lucian sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rakan helps Lucian perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian is an ally to Rakan, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Rakan supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Rakan.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Rakan on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Lucian during teamfights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Lucian that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Rakan is a good ally for Lucian. By playing on the same side as Lucian, he improves their win rate by 1.6% to 50.4%. This proves that there is a good bond between Lucian and Rakan that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players don't need to be very careful when lining up Rakan teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, Lucian players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by grouping Lucian and Rakan together, you will not be granting your other allies enough engage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Rakan ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to synergize with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Lucian and Rakan synergy build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Rakan than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 50.4% when playing alongside Rakan with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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