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How to Synergize Rakan with Nidalee on the Same TeamRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan with Nidalee

How to Win With Rakan and Nidalee Paired TogetherRakan is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Rakan and Nidalee

based on 706 Rakan with Nidalee pairs
Win Rate
43.2 %
K/D/A
2.92
Pick Rate
0.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Rakan has gone into battle with Nidalee in 706 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data from the publishers of League, we have complete confidence that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Rakan play with Nidalee. It is very rare for Rakan to play alongside Nidalee as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 0.6% of matches with Rakan.

Rakan Nidalee Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a awful job of fighting on the same side as Nidalee. On average, he wins a dismal 43.2% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Rakan when playing with Nidalee by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Nidalee Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Locket of the Iron SolariCelestial OppositionTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
>
Second ability for Rakan to level upe
>
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
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Nidalee

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 Nidalee Will Play

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

Rakan Nidalee Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
43.2 %
VS
Win Rate
56.8 %
Nidalee Image
1.5
< Kills >
1.6
5.2
< Deaths >
5.3
13.7
< Assists >
14.4
0.23
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
32
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,217
< Physical Damage >
1,242
4,726
< Magic Damage >
4,970
698
< True Damage >
751
6,642
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
19,772
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,072
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.66
< Towers >
1.79
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,652
< Total Healing >
5,857
9,966
< Experience >
10,357
63
< Vision Score >
64
30
< Wards Placed >
31
161
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Nidalee as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Nidalee synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nidalee, 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 Nidalee. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nidalee helps Rakan perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Rakan tries to synergize with Nidalee, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Nidalee does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Nidalee 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 synergisticly with Nidalee.

Additionally, when Rakan plays with Nidalee on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Nidalee does a decent job of covering Rakan during teamfights.

Synergies between Rakan and Nidalee

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Nidalee
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Nidalee

Is Rakan better when played alongside Nidalee?

There is no top champion pairing for Rakan that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Nidalee is a very bad companion for Rakan. By locking into the same team as Rakan, she drops their win rate by -7.4% to 43.2%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Rakan and Nidalee that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Nidalee has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means you must be careful when finding Nidalee comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Rakan players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Rakan and Nidalee together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Nidalee ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan Nidalee Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Nidalee, we analyzed 706 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 Nidalee 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

To truly master Rakan in order to synergize with Nidalee during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Rakan and Nidalee synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 43.2% when playing alongside Nidalee with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Rakan players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Rakan and Nidalee pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 43.2% winrate overall.

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