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Rakan vs Gragas

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How to Beat Gragas as Rakan

based on 2,009 Rakan vs Gragas matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
3.02
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Gragas as Rakan resulted from an examination of 2009 ranked rounds where both champs engaged one another. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Rakan has to counter Gragas in only 1.8% of his matches.

Rakan vs Gragas Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a average job of beating Gragas. Typically, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Rakan vs Gragas matches, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he most likely will get first blood against Gragas.

Best Rakan vs Gragas Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongKnight's VowFrozen HeartZeke's Convergence

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
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R
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Gragas

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 Gragas

Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.

Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.

Rakan vs Gragas Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Gragas Image
1.6
< Kills >
5.9
5.4
< Deaths >
5.6
14.7
< Assists >
7.4
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
32
< Minions Killed >
111
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,262
< Physical Damage >
1,469
5,111
< Magic Damage >
18,786
764
< True Damage >
652
7,137
< Damage Dealt >
20,908
20,323
< Damage Taken >
28,538
8,336
< Gold Earned >
11,252
1.82
< Towers >
1.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.13
6,037
< Total Healing >
11,759
10,453
< Experience >
13,837
66
< Vision Score >
22
32
< Wards Placed >
9
163
< Time Dealing CC >
414

How to Counter Gragas with Rakan in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several vital Rakan vs. Gragas counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Gragas. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Gragas

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Gragas
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Gragas

Who is Better, Rakan or Gragas?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gragas, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Gragas.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Gragas, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Gragas.

Moreover, Rakan also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Gragas matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Gragas.

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 Gragas Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gragas as Rakan, we analyzed 2,009 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 Gragas 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Rakan in order to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually accumulates a lot less CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Rakan versus Gragas build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Gragas than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Gragas with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating Gragas as Rakan, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Rakan vs Gragas battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.

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