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

Rakan with Ziggs

How to Win With Rakan and Ziggs Paired TogetherRakan is in the b tier of champions
Support
Mage

How to Synergize Rakan and Ziggs

based on 1,189 Rakan with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Rakan has fought alongside Ziggs in 1189 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the creators of League, we are completely sure that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Rakan synergize with Ziggs. It is very rare for Rakan to play with Ziggs on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.1% of rounds with Rakan.

Rakan Ziggs Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a dismal job of playing alongside Ziggs. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.4% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Rakan when playing alongside Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariFrozen HeartCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Ziggs

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 Ziggs Will Play

Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.

Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.

Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.

Rakan Ziggs Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Ziggs Image
1.7
< Kills >
1.6
5.5
< Deaths >
5.3
13.4
< Assists >
14.4
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
32
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,278
< Physical Damage >
1,242
4,824
< Magic Damage >
4,970
789
< True Damage >
751
6,892
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
20,550
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,375
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.7
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,897
< Total Healing >
5,857
10,373
< Experience >
10,357
67
< Vision Score >
64
32
< Wards Placed >
31
165
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Ziggs as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Ziggs. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Ziggs helps Rakan perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rakan tries to synergize with Ziggs, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Ziggs does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Ziggs on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Ziggs. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ziggs.

Moreover, when Rakan plays with Ziggs on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Ziggs does a poor job of covering Rakan in teamfights.

Synergies between Rakan and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Ziggs

Is Rakan better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no top companion for Rakan that will always be his top ally. However, Ziggs is a relatively poor companion for Rakan. By locking into the same team as Rakan, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 49.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Rakan and Ziggs that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Ziggs has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Ziggs comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, you should expect to 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.

Conversely, by pairing Rakan and Ziggs together, you may not be giving your other teammates very much sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Ziggs ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Ziggs, we analyzed 1,189 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 Ziggs 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 truly master Rakan to pair well with Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Rakan and Ziggs synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Ziggs than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 49.4% helping carry Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Rakan and Ziggs pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.

If you want to view Rakan and Ziggs cooperations tips and stats for a a distinct division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using all games with data with these champs.