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How to Win Sivir vs Rakan Counter MatchupSivir is in the b tier of champions

Sivir vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Sivir in LoLSivir is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Sivir

based on 1,412 Sivir vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rakan as Sivir resulted from an analysis of 1412 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This particular champ pairing is fairly rare. Sivir encounters Rakan in only 2.6% of her games.

Sivir vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sivir has done a dismal job of beating Rakan. Normally, she wins a lowly 47.5% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Sivir against Rakan games, Sivir’s team is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Rakan.

Best Sivir vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDagger

Core Sivir Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterKraken SlayerNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Rapid FirecannonInfinity EdgeStormrazorPhantom Dancer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Sivir's passive ability p
Sivir's q ability q
Sivir's w ability w
Sivir's e ability e
Sivir's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Rakan as Sivir

Tips for Playing as Sivir against Rakan

Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.

Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.

Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.

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.

Sivir vs Rakan Counter Stats

Sivir Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Rakan Image
5.1
< Kills >
1.6
5.6
< Deaths >
5.1
8.1
< Assists >
14.6
1.18
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
196
< Minions Killed >
32
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.5
19,362
< Physical Damage >
1,272
625
< Magic Damage >
4,930
386
< True Damage >
801
20,374
< Damage Dealt >
7,005
18,978
< Damage Taken >
20,242
11,941
< Gold Earned >
8,315
2.6
< Towers >
1.79
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,702
< Total Healing >
6,246
12,823
< Experience >
10,559
18
< Vision Score >
64
9
< Wards Placed >
30
30
< Time Dealing CC >
171

How to Counter Rakan with Sivir in LoL

The stats provided here feature some significant Sivir versus Rakan matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Rakan. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Sivir typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Rakan. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sivir and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Sivir
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sivir
Rakan

Who is Better, Sivir or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes a bad counter for Rakan.

While Sivir does have a lower winrate compared to Rakan, when they face off with one another, Sivir also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Sivir into Rakan.

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

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

Sivir is a trash counter to Rakan. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sivir against Rakan.

Additional Information for Sivir Players

How We Calculated Our Sivir vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Sivir, we analyzed 1,412 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 Sivir 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 Sivir in order to counter Rakan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sivir often racks up much more CS relative to Rakan. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Sivir versus Rakan build consist of Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Rakan than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 47.5% battling Rakan with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Rakan as Sivir, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Sivir vs Rakan counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

If you want to see Sivir x Rakan tips and builds for a a specific division rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using all matches with data with these champions.