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How to Synergize Zoe with Rakan on the Same TeamZoe is in the b tier of champions

Zoe with Rakan

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How to Synergize Zoe and Rakan

based on 1,210 Zoe with Rakan pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Zoe has gone into battle with Rakan in 1210 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the creators of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Zoe play with Rakan. It is relatively rare for Zoe to play with Rakan as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.5% of games with Zoe.

Zoe Rakan Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Zoe does a dismal job of teaming up with Rakan. Normally, she wins an acceptable 48.7% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to do better as Zoe when playing with Rakan by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Zoe vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Zoe Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassVoid StaffLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zoe to level upq
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Second ability for Zoe to level upe
>
Last skill for Zoe to max outw

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Zoe's passive ability p
Zoe's q ability q
Zoe's w ability w
Zoe's e ability e
Zoe's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
9
Q
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Zoe and Rakan

Tips for Playing as Zoe with Rakan

Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.

Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.

Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.

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.

Zoe Rakan Synergy Stats

Zoe Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Rakan Image
7
< Kills >
6.8
5.6
< Deaths >
5.9
7
< Assists >
7.3
1.57
< Killing Sprees >
1.56
150
< Minions Killed >
134
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,810
< Physical Damage >
1,724
18,480
< Magic Damage >
17,979
3,374
< True Damage >
3,443
23,666
< Damage Dealt >
23,147
18,542
< Damage Taken >
19,143
11,138
< Gold Earned >
11,083
1.69
< Towers >
1.68
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,271
< Total Healing >
2,280
13,545
< Experience >
13,374
19
< Vision Score >
25
9
< Wards Placed >
12
136
< Time Dealing CC >
138

How to Play with Rakan as Zoe in LoL

The Zoe Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Zoe sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rakan helps Zoe perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Zoe tries to synergize with Rakan, she observes a marginal improvement in her complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Rakan provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Zoe is played together with Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Rakan.

Moreover, when Zoe plays with Rakan on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rakan does a decent job of covering Zoe during teamfights.

Synergies between Zoe and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Zoe
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Zoe
Rakan

Is Zoe better when played alongside Rakan?

There is no perfect ally for Zoe that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. However, Rakan is a pretty good ally for Zoe. By playing on the same team as Zoe, he raises their win rate by 1.7% to 48.7%. This shows that there is pretty good synergy between Zoe and Rakan that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

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

When playing alongside, Zoe players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by pairing Zoe and Rakan together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Zoe Players

How We Calculated Our Zoe Rakan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Zoe and Rakan, we analyzed 1,210 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 Zoe with Rakan 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 Zoe in order to synergize with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to have in your Zoe and Rakan synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Rakan than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 48.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Rakan with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.

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