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Rakan vs Rammus

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

How to Beat Rammus as Rakan

based on 1,971 Rakan vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
3.08
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we review each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Rammus as Rakan resulted from an analysis of 1971 ranked rounds where both champions opposed each other. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Rakan has to counter Rammus in only 1.8% of his matches.

Rakan vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Rakan does a average job of countering Rammus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Rakan against Rammus rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Rammus.

Best Rakan vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceFrozen HeartSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

ThornmailKnight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariTrailblazer

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
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
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Rammus as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Rakan vs Rammus Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Rammus Image
1.6
< Kills >
4
5.3
< Deaths >
5.4
14.7
< Assists >
11.5
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.91
31
< Minions Killed >
35
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.16
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,269
< Physical Damage >
2,339
5,196
< Magic Damage >
12,006
834
< True Damage >
766
7,301
< Damage Dealt >
15,112
20,385
< Damage Taken >
30,852
8,357
< Gold Earned >
10,568
1.79
< Towers >
1.22
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
6,134
< Total Healing >
12,205
10,413
< Experience >
12,883
63
< Vision Score >
20
30
< Wards Placed >
7
182
< Time Dealing CC >
595

How to Counter Rammus with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Rakan versus Rammus counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rammus..

Rakan often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Rammus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Rammus

Who is Better, Rakan or Rammus?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rammus, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter to Rammus.

While Rakan does have a lower win rate than Rammus, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Rammus.

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

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Rakan is a somewhat poor counter to Rammus. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rakan against Rammus.

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 Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Rakan, we analyzed 1,971 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 Rammus 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 Rammus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rammus. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Rammus build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Rammus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Rammus with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rammus 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 used for Rakan vs Rammus counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Rakan are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.