Rakan Support Guide
Welcome to a comprehensive Rakan guide for the latest patch, where we'll teach you how to charm your way to victory, dance around danger, and make your enemies wish they'd swiped left!
Champion Overview:
Rakan is a support champion known for his mobility and crowd control abilities. His primary role is to protect his allies and disrupt enemies during team fights.
Summoner Spells:
- Flash: Essential for escaping or initiating fights.
- Ignite: Useful for securing kills and reducing healing.
Runes:
Primary Path - Inspiration:
- Glacial Augment: Slows enemies, enhancing Rakan's crowd control.
- Perfect Timing: Provides a free Stopwatch for stasis effect.
- Future's Market: Allows you to go into debt to buy items.
- Cosmic Insight: Provides cooldown reduction and item haste.
Secondary Path - Domination:
- Zombie Ward: Provides vision control.
- Ultimate Hunter: Reduces the cooldown of your ultimate ability.
Stat Shards:
- 8 Ability Haste
- 9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
- 15-140 HP (levels 1-18)
Starting Items:
- Relic Shield & 2x Health Potion & Stealth Ward
- Spellthief's Edge & 2x Health Potion & Stealth Ward
Early items:
- Boots
- Faerie Charm
- Ruby Crystal
- Amplifying Tome
- Cloth Armor
- Null-Magic Mantle
- Control Ward
- Oracle Lens
Recommended Full Build Items:
- Ionian Boots of Lucidity
- Bulwark of the Mountain
- Shurelya's Battlesong
- Knight's Vow
- Zeke's Convergence
- Vigilant Wardstone
Ability Skill Order:
- Level 1: W (Grand Entrance)
- Level 2: E (Battle Dance)
- Level 3: Q (Gleaming Quill)
- Max Order: W -> E -> Q -> R (Upgrade R whenever possible)
General Playstyle:
Rakan is a playmaker support who excels in engaging and disengaging fights. He is best paired with an ADC who can follow up on his crowd control abilities. His mobility allows him to roam and help other lanes as well.
Farming:
As a support, Rakan does not focus on farming. However, he can help his ADC freeze the lane by only last hitting minions and matching minion damage with the opponent. This is especially useful when ahead or in a difficult matchup.
Laning Phase:
During the laning phase, focus on protecting your ADC and setting up kills with your W and Q abilities. Use your E to shield your ADC from damage.
Mid Game:
In the mid game, look for opportunities to roam and help other lanes. Use your ultimate in team fights to charm multiple enemies.
Late Game:
In the late game, stick with your team and use your crowd control abilities to protect your carries and disrupt the enemy team during fights.
Team Fights:
In team fights, use your mobility and crowd control abilities to engage or disengage fights. Your ultimate can charm multiple enemies, setting up kills for your team.
Dragon/Baron Objective:
Secure vision around the Dragon and Baron area with wards. Use your crowd control abilities to disrupt the enemy team during the objective fight.
Matchups:
Good Matchups: Champions with low mobility or weak early game.
Bad Matchups: Champions with strong poke or disengage.
Rakan is a versatile support champion with strong engage and crowd control. Understanding his abilities, knowing when to engage or disengage, and coordinating with your team are key to mastering this champion. Practice your wave management, positioning, and decision-making to become a formidable Rakan player. That’s it for our comprehensive guide of Rakan in the latest patch.
