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Rakan vs Taric

How to Beat Taric as Rakan in LoLRakan is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taric as Rakan

based on 1,178 Rakan vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
3.12
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Rakan battled Taric in 1178 games. With so many matchups for Rakan versus Taric provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative stats and a supported build to counter your rival. This particular pairing is somewhat rare. Rakan has to counter Taric in only 1.1% of his rounds.

Rakan vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a awful job of beating Taric. Normally, he wins a lowly 45.9% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Rakan versus Taric rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Taric.

Best Rakan vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariFrozen HeartCelestial OppositionSolstice Sleigh

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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W
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E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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Guide to Countering Taric as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Taric

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 Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Rakan vs Taric Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Taric Image
1.5
< Kills >
1.8
5
< Deaths >
5.5
14.1
< Assists >
14.3
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
31
< Minions Killed >
37
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,275
< Physical Damage >
2,081
5,231
< Magic Damage >
4,592
722
< True Damage >
717
7,230
< Damage Dealt >
7,390
18,865
< Damage Taken >
22,061
8,031
< Gold Earned >
8,462
1.73
< Towers >
2.35
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
5,962
< Total Healing >
11,370
9,971
< Experience >
10,345
62
< Vision Score >
50
29
< Wards Placed >
21
188
< Time Dealing CC >
394

How to Counter Taric with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here show some vital Rakan versus Taric counter stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taric..

Rakan usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Taric. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rakan and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Taric

Who is Better, Rakan or Taric?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 45.9% win rate. Therefore, Rakan makes a bad counter to Taric.

While Rakan does have a much lower winrate compared to Taric, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rakan into Taric.

Additionally, Rakan has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Rakan is a bad counter for Taric. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Taric.

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 Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Rakan, we analyzed 1,178 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 Taric 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

If you would like to truly master Rakan in order to counter Taric 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often picks up a similar amount of CS as Taric. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rakan versus Taric build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Taric than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 45.9% when countering Taric with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Taric as Rakan, you should take 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 Taric LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.

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