Rakan with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Rakan and Jarvan IV
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Rakan Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
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.
Rakan Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Jarvan IV helps Rakan perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rakan is paired with Jarvan IV, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Jarvan IV helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played alongside Jarvan IV on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jarvan IV.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Jarvan IV on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Jarvan IV does a poor job of protecting Rakan during teamfights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Rakan that will always be his ideal ally. However, Jarvan IV is a very typical ally for Rakan. By locking into the same side as Rakan, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 50.1%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Jarvan IV that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Jarvan IV has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Jarvan IV comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by aligning Rakan and Jarvan IV together, you probably will not be giving your team much attack damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Jarvan IV ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to work well with Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Rakan and Jarvan IV synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Jarvan IV than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Rakan players should use 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 champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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