Jarvan IV with Rakan
How to Synergize Jarvan IV and Rakan
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Jarvan IV Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Jarvan IV and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV with Rakan
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Jarvan IV in LoL
The Jarvan IV Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Jarvan IV sees a very large drop in his 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 Jarvan IV perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Jarvan IV tries to synergize with Rakan, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Rakan helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Jarvan IV is played with Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rakan.
Additionally, when Jarvan IV plays with Rakan on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Rakan does a decent job of covering Jarvan IV during teamfights.
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Is Jarvan IV better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Jarvan IV that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Rakan is a decent companion for Jarvan IV. By being on the same side as Jarvan IV, he improves their win rate by 1.5% to 50.1%. This signals that there is a somewhat important synergy between Jarvan IV and Rakan that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Jarvan IV. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Rakan allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by bringing Jarvan IV and Rakan together, you may not be giving your side a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Rakan ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to synergize with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Jarvan IV and Rakan synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Rakan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing alongside Rakan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating your oponents, you should take 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Rakan with Jarvan IV are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.