Olaf with Rakan
How to Synergize Olaf and Rakan
based on 999 Olaf with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Olaf vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Rakan
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rakan helps Olaf perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf is an ally to Rakan, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Rakan helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Rakan.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Rakan on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Olaf during team fights.
Synergies between Olaf and Rakan
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no perfect companion for Olaf that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Rakan is a pretty good teammate for Olaf. By being on the same team as Olaf, he increases their win rate by 2.1% to 51.1%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Olaf and Rakan that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Rakan has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means you need to be careful when finding Rakan comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by bringing Olaf and Rakan together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Rakan teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Olaf in order to work well with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to focus on in your Olaf and Rakan synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Stridebreaker. When Olaf included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Olaf had an average winrate of 51.1% when playing alongside Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Rakan with Olaf are displayed for all skill levels combined. To filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.