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Vladimir with Rakan

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Mage
Support

How to Synergize Vladimir and Rakan

based on 3,486 Vladimir with Rakan pairs
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.47
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Vladimir has fought alongside Rakan in 3486 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, usable builds to help Vladimir play with Rakan. It is relatively rare for Vladimir to play with Rakan as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 3.1% of matches with Vladimir.

Vladimir Rakan Synergy Summary

Vladimir does a average job of playing alongside Rakan. Normally, he wins an acceptable 50.3% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Vladimir when playing with Rakan by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vladimir vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFiendish Codex

Core Vladimir Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapRiftmakerShadowflame

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffLiandry's TormentStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vladimir to level upq
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Second ability for Vladimir to level upe
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Last skill for Vladimir to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
SorceryTranscendenceGathering Storm
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Vladimir's passive ability p
Vladimir's q ability q
Vladimir's w ability w
Vladimir's e ability e
Vladimir's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Vladimir and Rakan

Tips for Playing as Vladimir with Rakan

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.

Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.

Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

Advice to Understand How Rakan Will Play

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.

Vladimir Rakan Synergy Stats

Vladimir Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Rakan Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.3
5.1
< Deaths >
5.3
5.9
< Assists >
5.9
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.42
187
< Minions Killed >
184
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,046
< Physical Damage >
993
23,825
< Magic Damage >
22,922
362
< True Damage >
371
25,234
< Damage Dealt >
24,287
33,069
< Damage Taken >
33,179
11,845
< Gold Earned >
11,730
1.98
< Towers >
1.95
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
28,680
< Total Healing >
28,099
14,784
< Experience >
14,839
15
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
120
< Time Dealing CC >
120

How to Play with Rakan as Vladimir in LoL

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

Overall, Vladimir sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Rakan helps Vladimir perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Vladimir plays on the same team as Rakan, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Rakan helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played with Rakan on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Rakan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Rakan.

Moreover, when Vladimir plays with Rakan on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Rakan does a decent job of protecting Vladimir during teamfights.

Synergies between Vladimir and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Vladimir
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vladimir
Rakan

Is Vladimir better when played alongside Rakan?

There is no top champion pairing for Vladimir that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Rakan is a very typical companion for Vladimir. By being on the same team as Vladimir, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Vladimir and Rakan that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Rakan has a lower difficulty than Vladimir. That means Vladimir players don't need to be very careful when arranging Rakan comrades to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Vladimir and Rakan together, you will not be providing your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Rakan ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vladimir Players

How We Calculated Our Vladimir Rakan Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vladimir and Rakan, we analyzed 3,486 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 Vladimir with Rakan 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 learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to pair well with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to get in your Vladimir and Rakan synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Shadowflame. When Vladimir incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Rakan than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average win rate of 50.3% helping carry Rakan with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Rakan with Vladimir are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.