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Rakan vs Xin Zhao

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How to Beat Xin Zhao as Rakan

based on 3,846 Rakan vs Xin Zhao matchups
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
3.04
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Rakan faced Xin Zhao 3846 times. Using so many games with Rakan versus Xin Zhao provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare informative data and a solid build to shatter Xin Zhao. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Rakan is forced to battle against Xin Zhao in only 3.5% of his games.

Rakan vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary

Rakan does a average job of beating Xin Zhao. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.0% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Rakan against Xin Zhao games, Rakan’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Xin Zhao.

Best Rakan vs Xin Zhao Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

ThornmailKnight's VowShurelya's BattlesongFrozen Heart

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
>
Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive 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 Xin Zhao as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Xin Zhao

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 Xin Zhao

Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.

Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.

Rakan vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Xin Zhao Image
1.5
< Kills >
6
5.3
< Deaths >
6.3
14.6
< Assists >
8.3
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.4
31
< Minions Killed >
41
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,283
< Physical Damage >
16,496
5,115
< Magic Damage >
1,335
732
< True Damage >
951
7,130
< Damage Dealt >
18,783
19,632
< Damage Taken >
39,137
8,163
< Gold Earned >
11,512
1.73
< Towers >
1.59
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
5,942
< Total Healing >
20,548
10,159
< Experience >
13,091
65
< Vision Score >
22
31
< Wards Placed >
6
171
< Time Dealing CC >
475

How to Counter Xin Zhao with Rakan in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Rakan versus Xin Zhao matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Xin Zhao

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Xin Zhao
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Xin Zhao

Who is Better, Rakan or Xin Zhao?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Rakan makes an ok counter for Xin Zhao.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when facing one another, Rakan also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Xin Zhao.

Additionally, Rakan has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Rakan is a decent counter to Xin Zhao. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Rakan against Xin Zhao.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Xin Zhao Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xin Zhao as Rakan, we analyzed 3,846 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 Xin Zhao 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 Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan on average gets a similar amount of CS as Xin Zhao. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Rakan versus Xin Zhao build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Xin Zhao than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan had an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Xin Zhao with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Xin Zhao 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 sets players picked for Rakan vs Xin Zhao LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Rakan versus Xin Zhao tips and counter builds for a a particular player tier, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using all games with data with both champions.