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Rakan with Illaoi

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How to Synergize Rakan and Illaoi

based on 1,861 Rakan with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.87
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Rakan has been on the same team as Illaoi in 1861 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Rakan play with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Rakan to play alongside Illaoi as teammates. This has only occurred in approx. 1.7% of games with Rakan.

Rakan Illaoi Synergy Summary

Rakan has done a ok job of synergizing with Illaoi. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.4% of matches the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Rakan when playing with Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceKnight's Vow

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSolstice SleighThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
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Second ability for Rakan to level upe
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Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
3
Q
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Illaoi

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.

Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Rakan Illaoi Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
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1.6
< Kills >
1.6
5.3
< Deaths >
5.3
13.6
< Assists >
14.4
0.26
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
32
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,240
< Physical Damage >
1,242
5,027
< Magic Damage >
4,970
788
< True Damage >
751
7,056
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
19,975
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,319
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.75
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,782
< Total Healing >
5,857
10,466
< Experience >
10,357
62
< Vision Score >
64
29
< Wards Placed >
31
187
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Illaoi as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Illaoi helps Rakan perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rakan is paired with Illaoi, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Illaoi supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Illaoi. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Illaoi.

Moreover, when Rakan plays with Illaoi on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of covering Rakan during team fights.

Synergies between Rakan and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Illaoi

Is Rakan better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no top companion for Rakan that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, Illaoi is a very typical teammate for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, she decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Illaoi that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Illaoi comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

Playing together, Rakan players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Rakan and Illaoi together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of AD. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Illaoi, we analyzed 1,861 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Rakan with Illaoi comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan in order to pair well with Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The best items to use in your Rakan and Illaoi synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Rakan incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Illaoi than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 50.4% when playing alongside Illaoi with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Ultimate Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Illaoi with Rakan are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.