Annie with Rakan
How to Synergize Annie and Rakan
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Annie Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Annie vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Annie with Rakan
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Advice to Understand How Rakan Will Play
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.
Annie Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Annie in LoL
The Annie Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rakan helps Annie perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Annie is paired with Rakan, she observes a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This may signal that Rakan supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played alongside Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Rakan.
Additionally, when Annie plays with Rakan on the same side, she usually receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Rakan does a decent job of covering Annie in teamfights.
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Is Annie better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no top champion pairing for Annie that will always be her ideal ally. Yet, Rakan is a very typical ally for Annie. By locking into the same side as Annie, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 49.8%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Annie and Rakan that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Annie. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Rakan allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Annie and Rakan together, you will not be giving your team enough AD. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Annie to work well with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Annie and Rakan synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Annie included at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Rakan than with most other typical builds. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 49.8% helping carry Rakan with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Annie players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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