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How to Synergize Rakan with Taliyah on the Same TeamRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan with Taliyah

How to Win With Rakan and Taliyah Paired TogetherRakan is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Rakan and Taliyah

based on 1,270 Rakan with Taliyah pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
3.29
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Rakan has fought alongside Taliyah in 1270 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data directly from the publishers of League, we feel confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Rakan play with Taliyah. It is very rare for Rakan to play alongside Taliyah on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 1.1% of rounds with Rakan.

Rakan Taliyah Synergy Summary

Rakan does a average job of fighting on the same side as Taliyah. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.7% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Rakan when fighting on the same team as Taliyah by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariSolstice SleighFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Taliyah

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 Taliyah Will Play

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Rakan Taliyah Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Taliyah Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.6
5.1
< Deaths >
5.3
15.2
< Assists >
14.4
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
30
< Minions Killed >
32
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,249
< Physical Damage >
1,242
4,822
< Magic Damage >
4,970
772
< True Damage >
751
6,843
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
19,987
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,344
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.91
< Towers >
1.79
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,982
< Total Healing >
5,857
10,472
< Experience >
10,357
68
< Vision Score >
64
33
< Wards Placed >
31
153
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Taliyah as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Taliyah helps Rakan perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rakan is an ally to Taliyah, he gets a little drop in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Taliyah doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Taliyah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taliyah.

Additionally, when Rakan plays with Taliyah on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Taliyah does a poor job of covering Rakan during teamfights.

Synergies between Rakan and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Taliyah

Is Rakan better when played alongside Taliyah?

There is no ideal synergy for Rakan that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Taliyah is a very typical ally for Rakan. By locking into the same team as Rakan, she raises their win rate by 0.1% to 50.7%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Rakan and Taliyah that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Taliyah has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Taliyah allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Working together, Rakan players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Rakan and Taliyah together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Taliyah ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan Taliyah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Taliyah, we analyzed 1,270 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Rakan with Taliyah comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to synergize with Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to include in your Rakan and Taliyah synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Taliyah than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 50.7% helping carry Taliyah with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 combinations players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.

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