Rakan with Darius
How to Synergize Rakan and Darius
based on 3,732 Rakan with Darius pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Darius Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Darius
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Darius
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 Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Rakan Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Darius helps Rakan perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan tries to synergize with Darius, he sees a small increase in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Darius helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Darius.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Darius on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Darius does a decent job of protecting Rakan in team fights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Darius?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Rakan that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Darius is a very typical ally for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 49.8%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Darius that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Rakan. That means Rakan players don't need to be careful when finding Darius allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Rakan players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Rakan and Darius together, you will not be providing your other allies very much AP. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Darius teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Rakan to pair well with Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to have in your Rakan and Darius synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Darius than with many other common builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when playing alongside Darius with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
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