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

Rakan vs Nidalee

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

based on 763 Rakan vs Nidalee matchups
Win Rate
59 %
K/D/A
3.2
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our dataset, Rakan faced Nidalee 763 times. Using so many matchups for Rakan versus Nidalee provides us faith in our capacity to produce useful stats and a supported build to destroy your enemy. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Nidalee in only 0.7% of his matches.

Rakan vs Nidalee Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a great job of beating Nidalee. Typically, he wins a fantastic 59.0% of the time the champs battle each other in. In Rakan versus Nidalee rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood versus Nidalee.

Best Rakan vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Solstice SleighLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

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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Q
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Nidalee

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 Nidalee

Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.

Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.

Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.

Rakan vs Nidalee Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
59 %
VS
Win Rate
41 %
Nidalee Image
1.6
< Kills >
6.4
5
< Deaths >
6.2
14.4
< Assists >
7.2
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.45
32
< Minions Killed >
39
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.99
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,245
< Physical Damage >
1,372
5,075
< Magic Damage >
15,327
756
< True Damage >
946
7,076
< Damage Dealt >
17,646
19,333
< Damage Taken >
30,474
8,275
< Gold Earned >
11,108
2.02
< Towers >
1.37
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
5,803
< Total Healing >
15,654
10,280
< Experience >
12,400
62
< Vision Score >
25
30
< Wards Placed >
7
171
< Time Dealing CC >
152

How to Counter Nidalee with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some valuable Rakan against Nidalee matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Rakan usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Nidalee

Who is Better, Rakan or Nidalee?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 59.0% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.

While Rakan does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Rakan into Nidalee.

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

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Nidalee 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 team members during team fights.

Rakan is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Nidalee.

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 Nidalee Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nidalee as Rakan, we analyzed 763 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 Nidalee 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 truly master Rakan in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Rakan versus Nidalee build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Nidalee than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 59.0% when countering Nidalee with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nidalee 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 combinations we have analyed for Rakan vs Nidalee face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 59.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nidalee as Rakan are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.