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Rakan vs Kha'Zix

How to Beat Kha'Zix as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Kha'Zix as Rakan

based on 3,331 Rakan vs Kha'Zix matchups
Win Rate
53.9 %
K/D/A
3.14
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. Within our database, Rakan fought Kha'Zix in 3331 matches. Using so many matchups for Rakan vs Kha'Zix gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide actionable statistics and a supported build to crush your foe. This pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan has to counter Kha'Zix in only 3.0% of his matches.

Rakan vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary

Rakan does a good job of countering Kha'Zix. On average, he wins a whopping 53.9% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Rakan vs Kha'Zix matches, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Kha'Zix.

Best Rakan vs Kha'Zix Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongForce of NatureDream MakerThornmail

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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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Kha'Zix

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 Kha'Zix

Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.

Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.

Rakan vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
53.9 %
VS
Win Rate
46.1 %
Kha'Zix Image
1.6
< Kills >
7.3
5.1
< Deaths >
6.1
14.4
< Assists >
6.2
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
32
< Minions Killed >
26
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.68
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.32
1,230
< Physical Damage >
16,261
4,927
< Magic Damage >
1,016
738
< True Damage >
953
6,895
< Damage Dealt >
18,231
19,703
< Damage Taken >
32,552
8,349
< Gold Earned >
12,372
1.96
< Towers >
0.99
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
5,907
< Total Healing >
16,120
10,506
< Experience >
13,517
67
< Vision Score >
23
32
< Wards Placed >
5
169
< Time Dealing CC >
222

How to Counter Kha'Zix with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Rakan versus Kha'Zix matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between these two champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kha'Zix’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kha'Zix. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kha'Zix. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Kha'Zix

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Kha'Zix
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Kha'Zix

Who is Better, Rakan or Kha'Zix?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually wins when playing against Kha'Zix, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a great counter for Kha'Zix.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate than Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Kha'Zix.

Additionally, Rakan has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Kha'Zix matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Rakan is a great counter to Kha'Zix. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Kha'Zix.

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 Kha'Zix Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kha'Zix as Rakan, we analyzed 3,331 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 Kha'Zix 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

Rakan Build Kha'Zix Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Kha'Zix during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kha'Zix. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Rakan versus Kha'Zix build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Kha'Zix than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 53.9% when countering Kha'Zix with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kha'Zix as Rakan, Rakan players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rakan vs Kha'Zix battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Kha'Zix as Rakan are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.