Rakan with Lucian
How to Synergize Rakan and Lucian
based on 5,693 Rakan with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
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!
Rakan Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lucian helps Rakan perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rakan is paired with Lucian, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Lucian provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Lucian.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Lucian on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Lucian does a decent job of covering Rakan in teamfights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no ideal companion for Rakan that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Lucian is a very typical ally for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, he drops their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Rakan and Lucian that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Lucian has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means you must be careful when enlisting Lucian allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by bringing Rakan and Lucian together, you may not be giving your side much engage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Lucian teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to synergize with Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to focus on in your Rakan and Lucian synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Lucian than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Lucian with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing 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. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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