Rakan with Olaf
How to Synergize Rakan and Olaf
based on 999 Rakan with Olaf pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Olaf Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Olaf
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Olaf
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 Olaf Will Play
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
Rakan Olaf Synergy Stats
How to Play with Olaf as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan Olaf synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Olaf, 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 Olaf. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Olaf helps Rakan perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rakan tries to synergize with Olaf, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Olaf does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Olaf on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Olaf.
Additionally, when Rakan plays with Olaf on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Olaf does a decent job of covering Rakan in teamfights.
Synergies between Rakan and Olaf
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Olaf?
There is no ideal synergy for Rakan that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Olaf is a very typical companion for Rakan. By locking into the same side as Rakan, he increases their win rate by 0.5% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Rakan and Olaf that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Olaf has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Olaf allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working together, Rakan players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by aligning Rakan and Olaf together, you may not be giving your other allies enough cover. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Olaf ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will 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 Rakan in order to synergize with Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Rakan and Olaf synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Olaf than with most other common builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 51.1% helping carry Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.
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