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Rakan vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Rakan

based on 3,809 Rakan vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.92
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Bard as Rakan came out of an evaluation of 3809 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Rakan fights Bard in only 3.4% of his matches.

Rakan vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a below average job of countering Bard. On average, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Rakan vs Bard rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Bard.

Best Rakan vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Force of NatureShurelya's BattlesongThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

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

InspirationGlacial AugmentTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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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Guide to Countering Bard as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Bard

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 Win Against Bard

You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.

Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.

Rakan vs Bard Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Bard Image
1.4
< Kills >
2.5
5.2
< Deaths >
4.7
13.8
< Assists >
13.8
0.23
< Killing Sprees >
0.54
31
< Minions Killed >
30
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,239
< Physical Damage >
2,924
5,138
< Magic Damage >
7,829
798
< True Damage >
1,003
7,175
< Damage Dealt >
11,756
19,652
< Damage Taken >
20,025
8,085
< Gold Earned >
8,757
1.72
< Towers >
1.85
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,040
< Total Healing >
6,186
10,064
< Experience >
11,015
68
< Vision Score >
64
32
< Wards Placed >
28
162
< Time Dealing CC >
478

How to Counter Bard with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here show some influential Rakan versus Bard counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard..

Rakan normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Bard

Who is Better, Rakan or Bard?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a bad counter for Bard.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Bard, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Bard.

Furthermore, Rakan has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a trash counter for Bard. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

LilliaLillia43.9% winrateSingedSinged44.6% winrateSwainSwain45.1% winrateTaricTaric45.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59% winrateYuumiYuumi58.4% winrateSejuaniSejuani56.4% winrateKennenKennen55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BrandBrand+ 54.7% 3868 GamesSwainSwain+ 54.7% 1847 GamesVel'KozVel'Koz+ 55.2% 817 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.6% 6914 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Rakan, we analyzed 3,809 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Bard as Rakan comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Rakan versus Bard build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Bard than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 47.0% battling Bard with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Bard as Rakan, Rakan players should use the Glacial Augment, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Rakan vs Bard matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Rakan are shown for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.