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How to Win Rakan vs Karma Counter MatchupRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Karma

How to Beat Karma as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Karma as Rakan

based on 2,968 Rakan vs Karma matchups
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
3.27
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. In our database, Rakan faced Karma in 2968 games. Including so many matchups for Rakan versus Karma provides us a lot of faith in our capability to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to defeat Karma. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Rakan has to counter Karma in only 2.7% of his matches.

Rakan vs Karma Matchup Summary

Rakan does a great job of beating Karma. Normally, he wins a terrific 55.0% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Rakan versus Karma rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Karma.

Best Rakan vs Karma Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

ThornmailFrozen HeartShurelya's BattlesongLocket 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
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Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering Karma as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Karma

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 Karma

Focused Resolve is a strong disengage tool. Create distance to avoid being rooted and seek to engage afterwards.

Karma's Soulflare erupts for bonus damage in the area in which it's placed. React quickly and escape the circle to avoid taking heavy damage.

Karma's passive lowers her Mantra cooldown when she hits enemy champions with abilities and basic attacks. Deny her from getting free hits on you.

Rakan vs Karma Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Karma Image
1.5
< Kills >
2.7
4.9
< Deaths >
5.5
14.5
< Assists >
11.5
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
0.56
31
< Minions Killed >
64
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,199
< Physical Damage >
1,007
4,857
< Magic Damage >
12,971
720
< True Damage >
698
6,776
< Damage Dealt >
14,677
19,836
< Damage Taken >
18,138
8,214
< Gold Earned >
8,928
1.88
< Towers >
1.91
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,195
< Total Healing >
2,584
10,297
< Experience >
10,960
66
< Vision Score >
51
32
< Wards Placed >
22
159
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Counter Karma with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Rakan against Karma matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karma’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Karma..

Rakan usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Karma. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Karma

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Karma
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Karma

Who is Better, Rakan or Karma?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when facing off against Karma, with a 55.0% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a great counter to Karma.

While Rakan does have a much higher win rate compared to Karma, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Rakan into Karma.

Furthermore, Rakan also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karma. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Karma matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rakan is a great counter for Karma. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Karma.

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 Karma Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Karma as Rakan, we analyzed 2,968 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 Karma 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 Karma during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan most often racks up less CS relative to Karma. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Rakan versus Karma build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Karma than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 55.0% when playing against Karma with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Karma as Rakan, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rakan vs Karma counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Karma as Rakan are shown for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.