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How to Win Seraphine vs Rakan Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Seraphine

based on 4,976 Seraphine vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League matches that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Seraphine resulted from an analysis of 4976 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Seraphine fights Rakan in only 2.8% of her games.

Seraphine vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Seraphine has done a ok job of beating Rakan. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.9% of the time the champions face each other in. In Seraphine versus Rakan matches, Seraphine’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Seraphine vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessWorld Atlas

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceCosmic DriveStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

RedemptionCelestial OppositionDawncoreMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
>
Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
>
Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Seraphine

Advice to Win Against Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Seraphine vs Rakan Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Rakan Image
3
< Kills >
1.5
5.3
< Deaths >
5
11.8
< Assists >
13.8
0.67
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
103
< Minions Killed >
32
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,447
< Physical Damage >
1,169
11,862
< Magic Damage >
4,725
459
< True Damage >
725
13,769
< Damage Dealt >
6,619
15,742
< Damage Taken >
19,469
9,690
< Gold Earned >
8,174
2.28
< Towers >
1.72
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,665
< Total Healing >
5,819
11,387
< Experience >
10,207
41
< Vision Score >
64
18
< Wards Placed >
31
251
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Rakan with Seraphine in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several critical Seraphine against Rakan matchup stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rakan..

Seraphine normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Rakan

Who is Better, Seraphine or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually fairs equally well when playing against Rakan, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Seraphine makes an ok counter for Rakan.

While Seraphine does have a lower winrate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Seraphine into Rakan.

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

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Seraphine is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Seraphine against Rakan.

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Seraphine, we analyzed 4,976 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 Rakan as Seraphine 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 Seraphine to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine usually accumulates much more CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Seraphine versus Rakan build include Seraph's Embrace, Cosmic Drive, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Seraphine incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Rakan than with many other typical builds. In fact, Seraphine had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Rakan with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Rakan as Seraphine, Seraphine players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Seraphine vs Rakan fights, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.

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