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

Rakan vs Lucian

How to Beat Lucian as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Lucian as Rakan

based on 7,751 Rakan vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
51.9 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Rakan engaged Lucian in 7751 matches. Using so many games with Rakan vs Lucian provides us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening statistics and a pro build to annihilate Lucian. This counter pairing is relatively uncommon. Rakan encounters Lucian in only 7.0% of his games.

Rakan vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a decent job of beating Lucian. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.9% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Rakan against Lucian rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Lucian.

Best Rakan vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskRedemptionShurelya's BattlesongThornmail

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 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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E
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Rakan vs Lucian Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.9 %
VS
Win Rate
48.1 %
Lucian Image
1.5
< Kills >
6.9
5.3
< Deaths >
5.9
14.3
< Assists >
6.7
0.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
32
< Minions Killed >
186
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,174
< Physical Damage >
18,279
4,860
< Magic Damage >
2,675
737
< True Damage >
547
6,772
< Damage Dealt >
21,501
19,607
< Damage Taken >
19,854
8,217
< Gold Earned >
12,161
1.84
< Towers >
2.35
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
5,907
< Total Healing >
4,572
10,295
< Experience >
12,311
67
< Vision Score >
19
32
< Wards Placed >
9
163
< Time Dealing CC >
39

How to Counter Lucian with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here clarify several valuable Rakan vs. Lucian matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champions. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lucian’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Lucian

Who is Better, Rakan or Lucian?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when taking on Lucian, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes a good counter to Lucian.

While Rakan does have a higher winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Lucian.

Furthermore, Rakan also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Lucian matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Lucian.

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 Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Rakan, we analyzed 7,751 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 Lucian 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan usually racks up a lot less CS as Lucian. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Rakan versus Lucian build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Lucian than with many other common builds. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Lucian with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Lucian as Rakan, Rakan players should take 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 sets that we analyzed for Rakan vs Lucian fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Rakan are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.