Rakan vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Rakan
based on 3,418 Rakan vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rakan vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Rakan vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Core Rakan Items
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Rakan
Tips for Playing as Rakan against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Rakan vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Rakan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several strategic Rakan versus Vladimir counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vladimir. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rakan and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Rakan or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when playing against Vladimir, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Rakan does have a higher win rate compared to Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Rakan also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Rakan into Vladimir.
Moreover, Rakan has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Vladimir matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Rakan is a decent counter to Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rakan typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Vladimir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Rakan versus Vladimir build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Vladimir as Rakan, Rakan players should equip 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 builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Vladimir LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Rakan are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.