Zilean with Rakan
How to Synergize Zilean and Rakan
based on 158 Zilean with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Rakan
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Advice to Understand How Rakan Will Play
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.
Zilean Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rakan helps Zilean perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Rakan, he observes a great improvement in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Rakan helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Rakan 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 synergisticly with Rakan.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Rakan on the same team, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Rakan does a poor job of covering Zilean during team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Rakan
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Zilean that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Rakan is a below average companion for Zilean. By being on the same side as Zilean, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 49.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Zilean and Rakan that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Rakan comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Zilean and Rakan together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Rakan teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean to work well with Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Zilean and Rakan synergy build include Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Rakan than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Zilean players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean and Rakan pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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