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How to Win Warwick vs Rakan Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Warwick

based on 4,428 Warwick vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Rakan as Warwick came out of an examination of 4428 ranked rounds where both champions clashed against each other. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Warwick has to counter Rakan in only 2.7% of his games.

Warwick vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a poor job of beating Rakan. Typically, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Warwick vs Rakan games, Warwick’s side is 0.1% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Warwick vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSterak's GageTerminusSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick'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 Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Rakan

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick vs Rakan Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Rakan Image
7
< Kills >
1.6
6.9
< Deaths >
5.3
7.1
< Assists >
14.6
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
55
< Minions Killed >
32
1.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.49
7,368
< Physical Damage >
1,291
8,799
< Magic Damage >
5,148
805
< True Damage >
770
16,973
< Damage Dealt >
7,209
39,033
< Damage Taken >
19,494
11,389
< Gold Earned >
8,229
1.4
< Towers >
1.81
0.26
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
21,021
< Total Healing >
5,656
12,910
< Experience >
10,339
19
< Vision Score >
60
6
< Wards Placed >
28
288
< Time Dealing CC >
180

How to Counter Rakan with Warwick in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Warwick versus Rakan counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Warwick usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Warwick and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Rakan

Who is Better, Warwick or Rakan?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a poor counter to Rakan.

While Warwick does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Rakan.

Additionally, Warwick also has some 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 lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick 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 teammates during teamfights.

Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Rakan. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Rakan.

Other Champion Matchups Against Warwick

Warwick Loses Against

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Warwick Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.1% winrateGwenGwen54.7% winrateZoeZoe54.6% winrateLee SinLee Sin54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Warwick, we analyzed 4,428 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 Warwick 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

Warwick Build Rakan Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Warwick 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 tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick often picks up more CS compared to Rakan. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Warwick versus Rakan build include Experimental Hexplate, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Rakan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Warwick had an average winrate of 48.7% when countering Rakan with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Rakan as Warwick, Warwick players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Warwick vs Rakan battles, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Warwick vs Rakan tips and builds for a a distinct division rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and strategies shown are calculated using every round played with both champs.