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Viego vs Rakan

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How to Beat Rakan as Viego

based on 4,295 Viego vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our data, Viego did battle with Rakan 4295 times. Including so many matchups for Viego vs Rakan gives us confidence in our capability to produce actionable statistics and a solid build to obliterate Rakan. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Viego is forced to battle against Rakan in only 2.9% of their rounds.

Viego vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Viego has done a dismal job of beating Rakan. Normally, they wins a acceptable 49.1% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Viego vs Rakan games, Viego’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Rakan.

Best Viego vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTrinity ForceKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Sterak's GageSundered SkyEclipseDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level upq
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Second ability for Viego to level upe
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Last skill for Viego to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Viego

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.

Viego vs Rakan Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Rakan Image
6.6
< Kills >
1.5
6
< Deaths >
5.1
6.6
< Assists >
14.2
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
34
< Minions Killed >
31
1.67
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.49
13,992
< Physical Damage >
1,216
1,764
< Magic Damage >
4,870
822
< True Damage >
741
16,579
< Damage Dealt >
6,827
31,553
< Damage Taken >
19,016
11,707
< Gold Earned >
8,149
1.37
< Towers >
1.82
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,771
< Total Healing >
5,605
13,223
< Experience >
10,230
22
< Vision Score >
63
5
< Wards Placed >
30
223
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Counter Rakan with Viego in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some strategic Viego vs. Rakan counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Rakan. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Viego normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. On average, they receives more damage than Rakan. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Viego and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Rakan

Who is Better, Viego or Rakan?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rakan, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Viego makes an ok counter to Rakan.

While Viego does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when facing one another, Viego also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viego into Rakan.

Additionally, Viego has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viego vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Viego is a somewhat poor counter for Rakan. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Viego against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

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Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Viego, we analyzed 4,295 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 Viego 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 Viego to counter Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Viego versus Rakan build consist of Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better vs Rakan than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Viego boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Rakan with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rakan as Viego, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Viego vs Rakan battles, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rakan as Viego are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.