Rakan with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Rakan and Rek'Sai
based on 610 Rakan with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Rakan Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Rek'Sai helps Rakan perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan is an ally to Rek'Sai, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Rek'Sai does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Rek'Sai 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 Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Rakan plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of covering Rakan during teamfights.
Synergies between Rakan and Rek'Sai
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no one best ally for Rakan that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. However, Rek'Sai is a relatively poor ally for Rakan. By being on the same team as Rakan, he lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 49.0%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Rakan and Rek'Sai that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means Rakan players don't need to be very careful when arranging Rek'Sai allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Rakan and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be providing your team enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Rek'Sai ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing 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 synergize with Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Rakan and Rek'Sai synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Rek'Sai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 49.0% helping carry Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Rakan players should take 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 champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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