Rakan with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Rakan and Caitlyn
based on 7,820 Rakan with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Rakan Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rakan sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Caitlyn helps Rakan perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan is an ally to Caitlyn, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change could indicate that Caitlyn does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Caitlyn 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 synergisticly with Caitlyn.
Moreover, when Rakan plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Rakan during teamfights.
Synergies between Rakan and Caitlyn
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no top champion pairing for Rakan that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a not very good teammate for Rakan. By locking into the same team as Rakan, she decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a harmful synergy between Rakan and Caitlyn that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Caitlyn has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means Rakan players must be careful when enlisting Caitlyn allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Rakan players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Combined, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by pairing Rakan and Caitlyn together, you may not be granting your side much protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to pair well with Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Rakan and Caitlyn synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 48.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Caitlyn with Rakan are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.