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

Rakan vs Pantheon

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How to Beat Pantheon as Rakan

based on 4,969 Rakan vs Pantheon matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends matches every week. Within our dataset, Rakan battled Pantheon in 4969 matches. Using so many games with Rakan versus Pantheon gives us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to obliterate Pantheon. This particular champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Rakan fights Pantheon in only 4.5% of his matches.

Rakan vs Pantheon Matchup Summary

Rakan does a decent job of countering Pantheon. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.6% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Rakan against Pantheon games, Rakan’s side is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood against Pantheon.

Best Rakan vs Pantheon Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Knight's VowForce of NatureFrozen HeartThornmail

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 Pantheon as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Pantheon

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 Pantheon

Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.

Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.

Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.

Rakan vs Pantheon Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Pantheon Image
1.6
< Kills >
7
5.6
< Deaths >
6.7
15.1
< Assists >
7.4
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.63
31
< Minions Killed >
108
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,296
< Physical Damage >
19,125
5,201
< Magic Damage >
749
747
< True Damage >
1,206
7,245
< Damage Dealt >
21,082
20,380
< Damage Taken >
25,597
8,378
< Gold Earned >
11,134
1.84
< Towers >
1.67
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,897
< Total Healing >
4,927
10,494
< Experience >
12,744
65
< Vision Score >
30
31
< Wards Placed >
13
182
< Time Dealing CC >
70

How to Counter Pantheon with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Rakan vs. Pantheon counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pantheon. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Pantheon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Pantheon

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Pantheon
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Pantheon

Who is Better, Rakan or Pantheon?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rakan usually wins when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes a good counter to Pantheon.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Pantheon, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Pantheon.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Pantheon matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a decent counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Pantheon.

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 Pantheon Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pantheon as Rakan, we analyzed 4,969 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 Pantheon 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to counter Pantheon during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Pantheon. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Rakan versus Pantheon build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Pantheon than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Pantheon with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Pantheon as Rakan, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Rakan vs Pantheon counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Rakan are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.