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Rakan with Samira

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How to Synergize Rakan and Samira

based on 6,804 Rakan with Samira pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
3.09
Pick Rate
6.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Rakan has fought alongside Samira in 6804 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the hosts of League, we are completely sure that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Rakan synergize with Samira. It is somewhat uncommon for Rakan to play alongside Samira on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 6.1% of matches with Rakan.

Rakan Samira Synergy Summary

Rakan does a decent job of synergizing with Samira. On average, he wins an acceptable 51.0% of matches the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Rakan when fighting on the same team as Samira by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Samira Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Force of NatureKnight's VowKaenic RookernThornmail

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
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Samira

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Samira

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.

Rakan Samira Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Samira Image
1.3
< Kills >
1.6
5.3
< Deaths >
5.3
15.1
< Assists >
14.4
0.2
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
31
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,207
< Physical Damage >
1,242
4,805
< Magic Damage >
4,970
728
< True Damage >
751
6,741
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
19,336
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,156
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.8
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,700
< Total Healing >
5,857
10,218
< Experience >
10,357
61
< Vision Score >
64
29
< Wards Placed >
31
174
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Samira as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Samira helps Rakan perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Rakan is paired with Samira, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Samira does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played with Samira on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Samira. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Samira.

Additionally, when Rakan plays with Samira on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Samira does a decent job of covering Rakan in teamfights.

Synergies between Rakan and Samira

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Samira
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Samira

Is Rakan better when played alongside Samira?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Rakan that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Samira is a very typical teammate for Rakan. By being on the same team as Rakan, she increases their win rate by 0.4% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Rakan and Samira that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Samira has a greater difficulty than Rakan. That means Rakan players should be cautious when lining up Samira teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Fighting together, Rakan players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Rakan and Samira together, you may not be granting your team very much cover. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Samira teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan Samira Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Samira, we analyzed 6,804 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 Samira 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 to work well with Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to have in your Rakan and Samira synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Rakan used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Samira than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average win rate of 51.0% helping carry Samira with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Samira with Rakan are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.