Hello summoner! If you are here is because you are looking forward to learning how to play Rakan, in this guide you will find the best way of playing him, and master his gameplay in the most efficient way. All this guide information has been checked and proven several times by me, and I will continue updating this guide over the following patches, so whenever you read this you can trust this guide information. I can tell you for sure Rakan is a very fun champion to play, his incredible mobility makes him incredibly entertaining and fun to learn, if you are not a support main this is a great champion to get to know in-depth the support role since he's mobility will make him as fun as other non support champions

Note: If you are in champion selection I recommend you just looking at the top part of the guide, after the game you can check the entire guide for better results

PROS ✦High mobility✦ ✦Incredible survivability✦ ✦Flexible ways of playing✦ ✦Teamfight winner✦ ✦Huge peel potential✦ Rakan is a champion with incredible mobility, he got 3 dashes without counting Flash and a good amount of items that will let him move as fast as light over the map. Even though being really fast, he is not squishy at all, pairing him with Guardian and making use of his heals and shields correctly will make him almost unkillable, even if you don't like this type of playstyle you can adapt him to whatever you like the most, you can go for damage , roaming or just aim to peel your teamamtes and sit back waiting for opportunities. Also, if you get unlucky in early-game, you shouldn't worry much about it, since this guy scales perfectly into teamfights and can win them by himself

CONS ✦Low damage✦ ✦Not that easy to master✦ ✦Teammate dependant✦ ✦Weak if CCed✦ ✦Weak if solo✦ As all champions have that bad part, and Rakan also has his weaknesses, I can proudly say they are much less than his strengths. At least you go for an AP Rakan build your damage will be quite low, this will make you quite team dependant since you are not likely to kill anyone by yourself, making you especially weak at 1v1s. Also, to know this guy capacities at 100% you will need a lot of practice, especially learning all the builds, runes, tips, and tricks available for Rakan, in a way it makes it more entertaining to learn, but if you are a guy who just likes winning and doesn't care much about having fun, this may affect you

Knowing how to play Rakan and knowing how to build him is great, but you also need to know when to pick him, since he does his job great especially against some team compositions, and you can also squeeze his potential with some certain team compositions. If you are planning to be an OTP Rakan player then you can dismiss this part of the guide





-If at least 1 of these rules is fulfilled, then picking Rakan is an OK option, if 2 or more of these are fulfilled then you should definitely pick Rakan.

1.If the enemy midlaner is immobile then you should really look forward to roaming over there since this means your ganks will be more efficient



2.A good sign that indicates you when to pick Rakan is when you are facing a hook enemy support since this guy counters this champions thanks to all his dashes



3.If you see your ADC is going to play a scaling champion, then Rakan will be a perfect couple for him since both of you will scale great and usually late-game ADCs need your Battle Dance shield and Gleaming Quill heal in order to carry. I have to say you won't have much damage in early-game



4.If you see your team has no engage, then you should be considering taking Rakan since this guy has a lot of engage potential and will make it easier for your teammates to win a good teamfight that could lead you to victory.
A champion with no engage means a champion that is not likely to start fights, some examples of engage champions are Neeko with Pop Blossom and Leona with Zenith Blade since these two abilities are very good for starting fights







1. Since Rakan is not a champion with high points of damage, instead, your role in the game is to make your best try on getting your team fed, shielding them, and CCing the enemy team in order to add kill potential to your allies. And if you get paired up with ally champions that barely do damage your team won't be able to kill many enemies. If this happens and you still decide to play Rakan I recommend you building the AP Rakan build


2. I also need to mention that if the enemy support is a hard matchup for Rakan you will probably need to avoid this situation, this seems obvious but I sometimes find people desperate because they don't know why they lost the game, and it is as simple as the matchup type which made you lose



3. Rakan will be looking forward to scaling until teamfights arrive, so if the enemy team has better scaling champions you will have to risk in early-game, in this situations I also recommend building AP Rakan so that you can get some extra early-game kill pressure and try to stomp the enemy bot lane


4. This is similar to the 3rd point. As Rakan is a teamfight champion you will be trying to do everything you can in order to win teamfights, but if the enemy team for some reason has an even better teamfight than your team, you will be wanting to look for skirmishes so you will have to be all-game stuck to one of your allies in order to force 2v1s. In this situations is better to pick another support







Ability power or Attack damage?

To know what to build with Rakan you will need to know if the enemy team is mainly dominated by AP or AD damage, against AP damage you will be always looking forward to building Magic resist and against AD damage you will be looking forward to building Armor , you can check Armor and Magic resist items on the Items section

If death, you can look at the top part of your screen the main damage type that was dealt to you before dying,


Ability power is mainly dominated by champions which damage main source is abilities, mostly mages , here you have a chart where you can check what champions deal AP damage, in order to know how you should build in-game



Attack damage is mainly dominated by champions main source of damage are basic attacks, like bruisers , here you have a chart where you can check what champions deal AD damage, in order to know how you should build in-game

When should i take each keystone?

Guardian ✦ When you get matchmaked with an hypercarry ADC ✦ ✦ Against an early-game aggressive botlane ✦ ✦ If you like having a safe playstyle ✦ ✦ Wanting to tank some damage and still living ✦ While running Guardian you are having a really safe early-game, this will be a second shield to you, since you already have Fey Feathers, making your early-game especially safe, and at least you get really unlucky you are not likely to die. Of course this rune works great when you are playing beside an hyper carry like Kog'Maw, Jinx or Vayne since this champions will really need that extra shield to survive and continue dealing incredible amounts of damage, also good if you are facing a bot lane which early-game is quite strong, like a Lucian ADC and a Blitzcrank support

Aftershock ✦ When there are no tanks in your team ✦ ✦ If the enemy support counters you ✦ ✦ If your team already has a bunch of damage ✦ ✦ Wanting to scale into late-game ✦ When running Aftershock you are for sure building full tank, this comes good when there are no tanks in your team, as in a teamfight you will be the front-lane, in this way you will have to constantly CC the enemy team with Grand Entrance and The Quickness. This comes also good when the enemy support counters you, so when you are playing against a Galio or Rell support you should take this rune , finishing, since you are going to build full tank you will scale really good into late-game so if your team out-scales the enemy team you can also take Aftershock

Electrocute ✦ When your team doesn't have much damage ✦ ✦ If the enemy botlane is weak early-game ✦ ✦ If your ADC has a strong early-game ✦ ✦ When you are the only AP user in your team ✦ If you are running Electrocute is because you want a lot of damage, so you should build AP Rakan. This is also really good when you are paired with an ADC with strong early-game such as Varus or facing an ADC with weak early-game such as Jinx in order to try to kill them with that extra damage Electrocute provides you. This is also a good rune when there are no AP champions in your team, so you will have to be the APC in the game, in this way you should build AP Rakan running Electrocute

RESOLVE

Demolish is not that worth, you won't get it to proc much with Rakan. However, Font of Life is a great option as your allies will heal when they attack an enemy hit by Grand Entrance or The Quickness, this rune scales great into late-game and you should run it 90% of times You can run Shield Bash only when you really need that extra damage, and you think you are able to kill any of their botlane before level 6, for example when you get matched with a Lucian in your side, and you are facing a Jinx as with this rune you will get an earlier source of damage

Conditioning is a very good choice, once you get to minute 12 you get a lot tankier, and also has synergy with Aftershock. You should always run Conditioning when the enemy botlane are not clear poke champions or all-in champions, for example against an Ashe + Blitzcrank Second Wind is also a really good choice but only if you are facing at least 2 poke abusers in the enemy bot lane, for example against a Varus + Karma, of course this rune has synergy with Guardian. Furthermore, Bone Plating is something you would like to run only when the enemy botlane has a great all-in such as a Tristana + Pyke botlane or a Yasuo + Blitzcrank

Overgrowth is only viable when you are running Aftershock and you want to tank as much as possible Revitalize is really good and synergizes with Guardian, makes your Fey Feathers and Battle Dance shields stronger, also good when you are playing with a hyper carry ADC in your team like Master Yi, Lucian or Twitch Unflinching is a very good rune against a hard CC enemy botlane such as Leona, Nautilus, Blitzcrank, Nautilus, Jhin or Ashe

DOMINATION

Taste of Blood will be your main rune for the extra sustain, as you gain a free heal while you are doing your combo, and you are always getting that heal as Taste of Blood has almost the same cooldown than your Battle Dance. This is also a good rune against poke lanes. Sudden Impact is an okay rune if you think you can kill at least one of the enemy botlane in early game, it has great synergy and you should run it with Shield Bash

Ghost Poro is the best rune here, it gives you free AP once scaled, if you are in a high elo where your enemy support puts a lot of vision you can run Zombie Ward. Further In the guide I will explain more about vision control.

Relentless Hunter is a great rune to run, it gives you +5 out of combat MS early game and around 45 once completed, this is great if the enemy botlane is hard to kill like an Ezreal + Yuumi and you will be looking to roam mid Ultimate Hunter is something you will need in most games, you need that extra cooldown on your The Quickness as a teamfight may occur at any moment and you need it to be ready to use

Other good secondaries

Manaflow Band is a good rune if you feel like you are running out of mana, this will help you much with your mana in early and mid-stages of the game and will let you spam your combo more often Celerity is a great rune in order to roam much faster, this has synergy with Shurelya's Battlesong, Knight's Vow and Turbo Chemtank and also gives you a +7 MS in all stages of the game which is really OP Gathering Storm will help you scale a lot, if the games go for 30m+ this rune gives you free 48 AP, really good rune if your team needs to scale for example a team composition such as Top: Cho'Gath Jungle: Master Yi Mid: Veigar ADC: Vayne. Also, this rune is great at low elos because games tend to get really long

Other good secondaries

Future's Market is a good choice when you are looking forward to building expensive items such as Hextech Rocketbelt or Rabadon's Deathcap. This rune allows you to enter in debt when buying items, and this debt will increase by 5 gold each minute, at minute 30 you will have around 300 extra gold Biscuit Delivery is a very good rune, it fits perfectly if you feel like missing mana, since it will give you +50 mana when consumed and another +50 maximum mana. You will get one of these every 2 minutes, until minute 6, for a total of 3 cookies, yummy! Approach Velocity is a rune that works especially well in teamfights, since whenever you use Grand Entrance or The Quickness on an enemy you will be gaining 15% movement speed for the time your enemy is CCed. This also gives you an additional 7'5% movement speed if any of your allies slow an enemy close to you. If you really like that extra movement speed when engaging then this rune is for you

Shards

This should be your main shards, 2 AP shards and 1 armor shard, since in the botlane there should always be an AD user. If are you facing a double AD botlane like Miss Fortune and Pyke or Jinx and Pantheon then you should take 2 armor shards, and if you are facing a double AP botlane (not very common) like a Ziggs and Brand, Karthus and Vel'Koz or Veigar and Xerath then you should run double magic resist shards

This will be your main summoner with Rakan, this will give you more kill pressure. You should always take this against peel supports such as Soraka or Yuumi. Also good if you are playing AP Rakan

Barrier is a good option versus a lane you don't fell sure against, in order to get extra survivability, Rakan already is not likely to die much but if you are new to him you can take this just to start learning him

Exhaust is a great summoner when wanting to play defensive, it is very good paired with a full tank build since you may suffer in the early-game and this will help you get off from dives and all-ins

This is a very situational summoner, if your ADC doesn't take Heal with them, like a Yasuo ADC, you may take this since this summoner will be even more effective with you, thanks for all the extra healing power you've got

Note: All the summoner spells that don't appear in this section are simply not viable and you shouldn't use them

Relic shield- - - - - - - - - - - 400 Gold

Relic Shield is the best option at the start of the game for Rakan as it gives you a lot of HP and 5 AP that will highly increase the ratio of your shields as they scale with your AP. Not to mention the wave-clear potential this item gives you, you can take out a cannon minion when it's at half of its full health, which will help you to roam and back in more effective ways Once this item upgrades to Targon's Buckler you should purchase Oracle Lens And once you get the final form of this item, Bulwark of the Mountain, you get a solid 250 HP

Spellthief's edge- - - - - - - - - - - 400 Gold

Spellthief's Edge is a very niche item on Rakan you can barely proc it, the only way you could is with your Gleaming Quill, but it is really hard since you have to find a way to hit it through the minion wave. Even though this item stats seem really good it will last forever for you to upgrade it to Frostfang If for some reason you decided to build this, after you upgrade it to Frostfang you should purchase Oracle Lens

Health potion- - - - - - - - - - - 50 Gold

You should always buy Health Potion this along with your support item. In the early stages of the game it will grant an incredible amount of sustain , you don't need to waste it if you did a bad trade, only when you really think its necessary, since you will be only having 2 of this at first

Boots- - - - - - - - - - - 300 Gold

Boots are a great item for a first back, when you get an inefficient recall with little gold and you need to get back to lane ASAP this item is of great use. Also good if you want to roam to midlane in the early stages of the game since 25 movement speed for 300 gold is insane Finally, if you are facing a poke support like Vel'Koz, Xerath, Lux, or Seraphine this item helps you a lot for dodging their skillshots. Also works against poke ADCs like Caitlyn or Varus

Sapphire crystal- - - - - - - - - - - 350 Gold

You can buy this item in your first back if you feel you need some extra mana, since this will be giving you 250 mana. After buying this you should build as normal and then continue building Glacial Buckler into Zeke's Convergence or Frozen Heart. You can buy this against easy matchups, in order to spam more your abilities and look for a kill on them

Dark seal- - - - - - - - - - - 350 Gold

Dark Seal is an extremely OP item with Rakan it grants you 15 AP + 40HP for only 350 gold, and for every assist you get it will give you an additional 5 AP. I don't recommend upgrading this into Mejai's Soulstealer unless you are going for an AP Rakan build, instead, you can also sell it for 140 gold once you finished building your second or third item. Even if you are not snowballing that hard, this item works great, without any stacks this item has an incredible gold efficiency

Kindlegem- - - - - - - - - - - 800 Gold

Kindlegem is probably the best option after a first back it will grant you 200 extra health points in order to survive in lane, in addition of 10 ability haste that will make Grand Entrance and Battle Dance cooldowns much lower and you really need this. Of course this item is great if you are looking forward to building Shurelya's Battlesong, if you are going a full AP build then this is not a good item. This item also builds into Imperial Mandate and Moonstone Renewer so if you get this for first back you can still adapt your build at what the games needs the most

Bandleglass mirror- - - - - - - - - - - 950 Gold

Bandleglass Mirror is probably the best AP item you could buy in your first recall it gives you all you need, AP, Ability haste and some mana regeneration which is pretty nice. Of course this item is only viable when you are looking forward to building Imperial Mandate or Moonstone Renewer

Hextech Alternator- - - - - - - - - - - 1050 Gold

Hextech Alternator is definitely not the best item for Rakan, it will grant you tons of damage but Rakan's is not a damage champion. This item costs 1050 gold which is fairly expensive, an advantage is that you could build it into Hextech Rocketbelt or Night Harvester so depending on how the game is going you can decide. Summing up, this item is also good if you are really feed, and you got at least 2 assists on your first back

Bami's cinder- - - - - - - - - - - 1100 Gold

Bami's Cinder its the best tank option, this will make you really tanky since it will give you 300HP and you will passively deal damage to enemies close to you, which makes it great for clearing waves or dealing some extra damage to an enemy when trading. This item builds into Turbo Chemtank which is the main reason of why you should build this. A disadvantage of this item is its high cost since in order to get 1100 gold before backing you will need to wait a lot or get lucky and get an assist

Shurelya's Battlesong- - - - - - - - - - - 2500 Gold

Shurelya's Battlesong is a wonderful item for Rakan it grants you 200 health , 20 ability haste and it gives you 5 ability haste for each legendary item. This item's active is great for teamfights engaging or disengaging, all this for 2500 gold. Remember using this item's active before engaging, and around your teammates, this item will also give you and your allies some ms whenever you Battle Dance giving you even more engage or disengage potential

Pros x Extra engage potential x Incredible teamfights

Cons x Weak if alone x Useless if caught by CC

Moonstone renewer- - - - - - - - - - - 2500 Gold

Moonstone Renewer is the best peel item with Rakan, it grants only 40 AP, but that's enough. The greatest strength of this item is the huge amount of peel it gives your allies, this item grants you a charge for every 2 seconds in combat for a max of 4, when fully stacked it will give you +20% extra shield/heal power. This item works great with hypercarry ADCs like Jinx, Twitch, Kog'Maw and Vayne as these champions want to be buffed as much as possible. This item is not so good in teamfights though, but it is great in a 2v2 or 2v1 situation

Pros x Good peel potential x Incredible 2v2

Cons x Low carry potential x Hard to stack passive

Imperial mandate- - - - - - - - - - - 2500 Gold

Imperial Mandate gives you quite more damage than Moonstone Renewer but you won't get that much ability haste in order to spam abilities in a teamfight and that really feels in-game. Since you will get more AP your shields will be a little bit stronger and you can deal more damage by yourself. If the enemy team has better teamfights than your team and you will look for skirmishes then this is a good item, this item will give you AP for every legendary item you have, which is the main reason why it is so valuable

Pros x Great 2v1 x Increased carry potential

Cons x Low damage if alone x Quite squishy

Turbo Chemtank- - - - - - - - - - - 2800 Gold

Turbo Chemtank is a really OP item right now, it is similar to Shurelya's Battlesong since its active will give you increased movement speed. This item makes you incredibly tank, plus giving you engage/disengage potential, you should always build this when running a full tank build, but you can even build it with Guardian when your team needs an engage, and you don't like building Shurelya's Battlesong. This also lets you spam your abilities sooner thanks to the huge amount of ability haste it grants you

Pros x Extremely low cooldowns x Much tankier

Cons x Really low damage x Bad item components

Hextech rocketbelt- - - - - - - - - - - 3200 Gold

Hextech Rocketbelt is like an Imperial Mandate but better, it gives you increased mobility, more damage, and more HP. A disadvantage of this item is that it is quite expensive, since its 3200 gold, to compensate for this you can run Future's Market. I have to mention this item gives you no mana either, but in exchange you will have even more mobility, since you will get an extra dash every 40 seconds, you can also make use of this dash to get closer to your enemies once you use The Quickness

Pros x Great mobility x Much tankier

Cons x Really expensive x Bad item components

Boots of swiftness- - - - - - - - - - - 900 Gold

Boots of Swiftness are a very good option when you are facing champions with slow abilities like Ashe with Volley and Frost Shot or Miss Fortune and Make it Rain since this boots will reduce those slows by 25%. Additionally, boots of swiftnesss gives you 60 points of movement speed for 900 gold, making them the cheapest and fastest boots of the game when in-combat

Ionian boots of lucidity- - - - - - - - - - - 950 Gold

These boots are a very good option if you like spamming abilities, since it will give you 20 Ability haste , apart from 12 summoner spells ability haste that will let you use Flash and Ignite sooner than expected, this boots only costs 900 gold making them a great option when you are behind. If you are the kind of person who likes being in constant movement and spamming combos such as I am, these boots are great for you

Mercury's treads- - - - - - - - - - - 1100 Gold

Mercury's Treads are only viable when building full tank and the enemy team has a lot of AP damage or CC, this gives you an exceptional 30% tenacity, I don't recommend building this when going Guardian or Electrocute, since if the enemy team has a lot of CC you can go Unflinching instead. These boots can be bought for 1100 gold so they aren't that cheap and you should think at least 2 times before building them

Mobility boots- - - - - - - - - - - 1000 Gold

These boots are awesome, when out of combat this will give you 115 extra points of movement speed which is insane, these boots work great for roaming, splitpushing, or chasing an enemy. I do have to say these boots are completely useless in combat, since they won't grant you any damage or tankiness and they will be giving you only 25 movement speed points, these boots cost 1000 gold so it's a good price to pay

Plated steelcaps- - - - - - - - - - - 1100 Gold

Plated Steelcaps is a situational item, and you should only buy this when you are going for a full tank build and the enemy team is full of AD users, or even if there is any on-hit AP champion like a Kayle or AP Twitch since this item will lower the damage from auto-attacks on a 12%. This item costs 1100 gold so remember to purchase this only when necessary

Sorcerer's shoes- - - - - - - - - - - 1100 Gold

This item is the way to go when building AP Rakan since it will give you some magic penetration that would help you deal some extra damage, also great if you are the only AP user in your team since the enemy team won't be building any magic resist . I have to say this item cost 1100 gold, so you should only build it only when building an AP build

Ardent censer- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

Ardent Censer is a really good item with Rakan, it's pretty similar to Staff of Flowing Water, but when you shield/heal an ally it gives you attack speed instead of AP, this makes your shield a bit weaker and you deal some less damage but makes your ADC stronger, if you are running Electrocute this item is great since you will make your combo faster. This item also synergizes greatly with hypercarrys as you are buffing their attack speed too, and you should build it whenever there are at least 3 champions in your team whose its main damage source are auto-attacks

Chemtech putrifier- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

This item is incredibly good with Rakan it gives you AP and AH which is what you most want with him, Morellonomicon instead, will give you an extra 250 HP and 25 AP for only 200 gold, but you won't have access to the Ability haste , The main job of this 2 items is to apply grievous wounds to enemies in order to stop from healing You should always build this item on a Utility build, even if the enemy team doesn't heal much, if you are facing a good amount of champions that heal on the enemy team and you are going for a full tank build, then Morellonomicon is a better option

Morellonomicon- - - - - - - - - - - 2500 Gold

Morellonomicon is not as good as Chemtech Putrifier for utility Rakan it gives the extra 250 HP which feels nice, but it doesn't give you any AH. When building Morellonomicon make an effort to take at least half of your enemy's health since your grievous wounds will transform into 60%, this item will apply grievous wounds for 3 seconds, so consider dealing damage at least every 3 seconds in order to stop their healing , however, unless you are going for a full tank or full AP build, or you just personally prefer the HP more than the AH, you should build Chemtech Putrifier

Knight's vow- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

Knight's Vow is a great item with Rakan you should only build it when building full tank tough, its 2300 gold for 400 health so even if you are not getting assists this item will give you a lot of tank potential. With this item passive you can choose any ally, considering you chose your ADC, this will mitigate 15% damage taken by your ADC and instead you will take it, and if your ADC is below 50% of his max HP you gain 35% movement speed, you don't really need to use this passive always, but I do recommend it using it when any of your allies are below 50% of their max health, for the extra movement speed. Make sure building this in a full tank build with Aftershock against an enemy team with splitted damage between AP/AD

Redemption- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

Redemption is a very good item to build, it makes your heals and shields 20% more stronger which is pretty nice, also gives you 15 ability haste letting you spam your abilities more often, same as 200 of health making you tankier. This item is extremely strong for teamfights, and you don't really need to throw it alive, once you are dead you can use it anyways, so you can still heal your allies from heaven >:D Remember this item active gives vision so it's also perfect to seek on an objective , it also takes 10% of the enemies HP, making it great against tanks. Buy Redemption instead of Chemtech Putrifier when your team needs an extra buff to win teamfights

Staff of flowing water- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

Staff of Flowing Water is a nice item with Rakan, it makes your shields and heals 10% stronger, passively you gain 50 ability power and when you shield with Battle Dance or heal with Gleaming Quill an ally, this item will give you 25 to 45 extra AP (based on level) plus 20 Ability haste for 4 seconds which is insane, this item also gives you some mana regeneration which feels quite good in-game. For 2300 gold that's incredible, consider buying this on an AP Rakan build as a second item, or on any build if your team is mainly dominated by AP users or your team lacks damage. The high con of this item is that it gives no ability haste

Vigilant wardstone- - - - - - - - - - - 1100 Gold

Vigilant Wardstone is a great item on any support but it works even better on Rakan since he will need that extra stats, this item increases your bonus health, AP and AH by 12. Vigilant Wardstone may confuse some at first, but it's as easy as buying Watchful Wardstone and in order to upgrade it to Vigilant Wardstone you need to complete bulwar of the mountain and be level 13, once its upgraded you'll be able to place one more control ward and stealth ward . This works perfect as a fifth item, once you are level 13, and is especially nice in higher elos

Dead man's plate- - - - - - - - - - - 2900 Gold

Dead Man's Plate is a very good item if you are looking forward to building full tank and the enemy team are mainly AD users. This item has incredible mobility, passively you will get an additional 5% movement speed, and when moving this item gain stacks, once you reach 100 stacks you will gain an additional 40 movement speed which is pretty nice, this item has synergy with Mobility Boots but as you are building full tank you should attach this item with Plated Steelcaps. Additionally, when you get to 100 stacks your next attack will deal additional physical damage, at the cost of losing the stacks

Frozen Heart- - - - - - - - - - - 2500 Gold

This item is really simmilar to Zeke's Convergence, but it gives you more Armor and Mana, but less health and a different passive. You should build this item instead of Zeke's Convergence when the enemy team has at least 3 AD users or 2 champions which main damage comes from auto-attacks like Yasuo, Yone, Master Yi, Azir and almost every ADC . This is because this item's passive lowers the auto-attack speed from anyone close to you for 15%, this also makes the damage from auto-attacks decreased if dealt to you

Zeke's convergence- - - - - - - - - - - 2400 Gold

This item is core with Rakan since it will make you tanky and giving you mana at the same time. This item has everything you need, just remember clicking its passive on your ADC before engaging, this item works especially well with your ADC since he will be dealing extra damage for every auto-attack . This item main job is to increase your mana, so if you don't like wasting your gold in an item that gives no AP, you can just buy Glacial Buckler and continue with your usual build since this single item will give you the essential parts Zeke's Convergence gives you

Zhonya's hourglass- - - - - - - - - - - 2600 Gold

Zhonya's Hourglass is a very good item with Rakan, especially if you are building AP Rakan and the enemy team is full of AD dealers, as this item will give you AP and AD at the same time. Zhonya's Hourglass active will make you invulnerable for seconds, incredible for teamfights, after you engaged in a teamfight and thrown your main combo, you can activate this item in order to get your team to follow you and wait for your cooldowns this item also gives you 10 ability haste so it will help you get your abilities sooner

Abyssal mask- - - - - - - - - - - 2700 Gold

Abyssal Mask is a very situational item, its ok if you are building full tank , and if the enemy team are full AP users. Even though this item gives no damage, this item is great for teamfights as all the enemies affected with Grand Entrance or The Quickness will receive 15% more damage from all sources which is pretty good, it's also quite cheap but Abyssal Mask itself costs 900 gold, making it quite difficult to finish

Banshee's veil- - - - - - - - - - - 2600 Gold

Banshee's Veil is a good option on full AP Rakan especially when there is a lot of AP users in the enemy team, this item also gives you some ability haste which is pretty cool. Banshee's Veil passive gives you a shield that blocks any enemy spell (40 out of combat seconds cooldown) this means this item is great against enemies with 1 outstanding ability. This means its great against Blitzcrank and Rocket Grab, Nautilus and Dredge Line, Nocturne and Paranoia and Ashe with Enchanted Crystal Arrow. This are some examples of abilities that can be blocked with Banshee's Veil

Mikael's blessing- - - - - - - - - - - 2300 Gold

Mikael's Blessing is probably one of the best magic resist items in the game, and it fits great to Rakan. This item is 126% gold efficient without its active which is INSANE, for only 2300 gold you get 50 magic resist , +20% shield and heal power, and 15 ability haste letting you spam more often your abilities. This item active will let you remove some CC once you or an ally of yours get CCed, the same as healing them, this means this item works great against Zoe and Sleepy Trouble Bubble, Lillia and Lilting Lullaby and Morgana with Dark Binding

Spirit visage- - - - - - - - - - - 2900 Gold

Spirit Visage is a very good item when you are building full tank Rakan and the enemy team is full AP. Even though this item grants you only 40 magic resist it also gives you 450 health points which is great in order to tank damage. The best part of this item is its passive, it increases all shields and heals received by 25% this will increase your healing from Gleaming Quill and your shield obtained from Fey Feathers. This item is very good, but Abyssal Mask is slightly better, at least you would personally need to get an extra 10 ability haste I would recommend building Abyssal Mask and of course Mikael's Blessing which is much better than this 2 items

Cosmic drive- - - - - - - - - - - 3000 Gold

Cosmic Drive is a great option with Rakan it gives you, passively, 20 ability haste and if you get to 85 AP before building this item you will get an extra 20 AH and 10 to 30 extra movement speed. As many other AH items this works great, making you able to spam abilities sooner and the movement speed will make you better on roaming, enganging or escaping. Since you will need at least 85 AP before building this item, you should build this as 6th item on a utility build or as 5th item on an AP build

Demonic embrace- - - - - - - - - - - 3000 Gold

Demonic Embrace is very good item with Rakan it gives you an incredible amount of stats, making you tanky and giving you more damage. Passively, when you attack an enemy you get 10 bonus armor and 10 magic resist , making your trades better. This item also works great against tanks, as when you hit them with an ability they will burn for a percentage % of their maximum HP . In general, this is a great item, if you are looking to be tankier in-game without losing any damage feel free to build it

Horizon focus- - - - - - - - - - - 3000 Gold

Horizon Focus is not a good option with Rakan, it will give you tons of damage, but no utility, I don't recommend going this item almost never. If you really like playing Rakan with tons of damage and it will improve your playstyle then you can build it, but consider you will be weaker in general. Horizon Focus increases your damage after you use Grand Entrance and since this is your main source of damage it's passive is kinda useless, if you've built this item, use first The Quickness and then Grand Entrance in order to make the best use of it's passive, this item passive makes you deal more damage to an enemy once they get hit by Grand Entrance or The Quickness

Lich bane- - - - - - - - - - - 3000 Gold

Lich Bane is a good item with Rakan it gives you 10% movement speed which is really good on many different tasks, you should only build this when you are building an AP Rakan since it fits perfectly with Electrocute. This item passive will make your next auto attack stronger whenever you cast an ability, so you will be using this with your main combo, especially a good second item so you can build it instead of Staff of Flowing Water if you are snowballing really hard. Build Lich Bane when fed on a full AP build with Rakan or when looking forward to splitpushing

Rabadon's deathcap- - - - - - - - - - - 3600 Gold

Rabadon's Deathcap is a very powerful item, a single item that gives you 120 AP, and increases all your AP by 35% seems great, but its high price makes it hard to build, if you are really feed then this is a very good item, since will make your Fey Feathers and Battle Dance shields incredibly stronger, and of course you will deal much more damage. Also, a very good item if you are the only AP user in your team, since the enemy team will build full armor, and you will be the main damage dealer on your team

Rylai's crystal scepter- - - - - - - - - - - 3000 Gold

Rylai's Crystal Scepter is a nice item to build, it gives you 90 AP and 350 health points, this seems like the perfect item at first, but its passive is almost useless with Rakan, once you hit an enemy with an ability you will slow him for 30% for 1 second, this is useless with Grand Entrance and The Quickness since you are already CCing them Rylai's Crystal Scepter won't take effect. It does work with Gleaming Quill though, but as Rakan is not a mage this is not a great passive. If you build this item just make it for the stats

Void staff- - - - - - - - - - - 2700 Gold

Void Staff is a good item when going AP Rakan, as this will give you a lot of AP, and mainly because it grants you 40% magic penetration, this means this item works great against tanks since you will be ignoring a big part of their magic resist . Of course this comes good with other anti-tanks items like Demonic Embrace A good strength about this item is the whole item composition, since Blighting Jewel will be giving you 25 AP and 15% magic penetration, for only 1200 gold

Note: All the items that don't appear in this section are simply not viable and you shouldn't buy them