Can completely shut down your engage with a well timed E, bait our her E or wait for her to use it before engaging, play aggressive early, if you dodge her E you have more damage
Anivia
A GOOD Anivia player can shut you down, however it'll require a lot of timing for the anivia player. Pretend like you're going up to farm, she'll guaranteed cast her Q, you can W through it and combo her from there, guaranteed kill if you're one item in
Aurelion Sol
He can stun you and combo you in lane, and lategame he can fuck you up with his cc and combos, but earlygame he needs a LOT of setup to work. Punish that.
Azir
HE EATS YOUR ASS IN LANING PHASE AND PREVENTS YOUR ENGAGE LATEGAME AZIR MAINS ARE EVIL
Brand
He has no direct cc, so he can't prevent your combo, however it can be dangerous to get close to him due to his R and his ability to stun you AFTER you engage. Make sure he dies if you engage on him.
Cassiopeia
Can REALLY fuck you over, if she places her W on you in lane, ALWAYS W out of it. Either on her or away. Don't ever fight her, she's deadly as fuck, and bait out her ulti so she doesn't hit you while you engage.
Diana
She just kinda shields and kills you, unless you're somehow super ahead and oneshots her
Ekko
CAN be majorly difficult, but can also get oneshot by you. If you land your full cc combo (r-w-aa-q) lategame, he WILL die. But if you don't finish him, you'll probably be the one to die.
Fizz
He actually isn't too bad, wait for him to engage on you in laning phase then just W him to win the trade.
Lategame do all you can muster to dodge his ult, shield in then out to whoever gets caught by it, DO NOT get hit by it
Galio
You won't kill him, but he won't kill you either. I mean if you get a gank he'll die. But if you don't use your W stupidly he can't catch you out.
Heimerdinger
People still play this guy, lol? I'm revamping these threat descriptions after 2 years and his place hasn't changed at all loool
either way avoid his E for all that is holy, if you do it's easy, just run away once your combo is done
Irelia
Disgusting champion, beats your ass in lane, but at the same time you can oneshot her before she starts building tanky items when she's just at BOTRK
Kassadin
Very dangerous, can absorb most of your burst and kinda just doesn't want to die most of the time, can dodge your w if you don't pop ult before engaging, but he's weak in laning at least
Katarina
Disgusting katarina players sucking their own d*ck for the trillionth time, you don't beat her in lane, you don't beat her after lane, you don't beat her, you don't, you don't
LeBlanc
Can dodge your W with a well timed W and engage on you and ruin your day, just pop r before engaging
I hate leblanc i hate leblanc i hate leblanc i hate leblanc i hate
Lissandra
Eats your entire ass both in lane and after, doesn't oneshot you but has enough cc to easily lock you down for a while to completely deny your burst
Lux
A good lux will NOT let you farm. Also lux is so fucking broken like seriously riot 30 second cooldown on an ability that can singlehandedly oneshot squishies???
Your passive shield makes this not the worst in laning phase, just focus on playing very very safe and picking up what little farm she lets you.
Malzahar
God i hate him, personal bias here, he can instantly ult you if you go in, and with a spellshield up you won't be able to r-w him.
Neeko
For the love of god dodge her E, but other than that it's a pretty even lane
Orianna
Poke mages are lethal to you in laning phase, and a good Orianna player is terrifying i stg
Qiyana
Eugh, why can't she be too busy stepping on her simps for her to actually be played in game, god damn dashing all over the place Akali 2.0
Rakan
Rakan mid is like basically trolling bro LMAOO reported in champ select bg ez
Sylas
Difficult matchup but not completely unwinnable, he can dodge your W with his E, AND he can yoink your entire ultimate which really benefits him. Try and predict when he'll engage in lane, sylas players always play like it's their last day on earth
Syndra
Can push you away, but if you hit her she's dead meat, she's not that OP right now
I WROTE THIS IN SEASON 10 WHY CAN SHE ONESHOT ME WITH JUST R AFTER THE DURABILITY PATCH
Talon
Ouch, my earlygame
Push when he roams, 80% of the time he's gonna reach the other lane faster than you even if you follow, and oneshot everyone before you can help
Twisted Fate
Oof ouch owie get cc'd once and you're fucking dead as hell, THOUGH if you can hit him BEFORE that HE'S the dead one.
Veigar
CAN cuck but mostly won't, can't quite poke you hard enough due to your ability to Q for heals and your passive shield. Plus he's immobile and SO squishy.
Vel'Koz
Eh, easy. Dodge his shit in lane, predict his flash so you don't end up getting towerkilled
Viktor
Foul evil champion, he pokes you so damn much and scales so damn much like WHO DESIGNED THIS but if you get a good gank he's dead cause of his lack of direct cc
Vladimir
Fuck you if you play vladimir.
Xerath
Major threat in lane, but if you reach him he is almost always dead.
Yasuo
Predict his dashes and dodge his tornadoes, he's not the worst but he can be damn annoying if he's smart
Yone
What's with twunk male champions being released after 2020 that are absolutely bonkers broken
Zed
Lategame can dodge your combo with a well timed R, but at the same time you can pop R while he's on you to guarantee at the very least your charm on him. You can also combo him from there, which mostly leaves him on 10-20% HP or dead. Is a pain in lane though.
Zoe
Why do you exiiiiist
RIOT WHY DID YOU MAKE THE LOLI 4000 YEARS OLD I CAN HEAR THE WEEBS JERKING OFF
Akshan
WHAT IS THIS CHAMPION? WHAT IS THIS CHAMPION?? WDATS IS THSI CMAHPAMOIN???????
Akali
You can ONLY kill her level 1-3, once she's past that, or god forbid past level 6, you have zero chance of killing her. She will be the one killing you 100% of the time.
Akali
Why can you add multiple of one champ lol
Akali
Lmao
Rell
Sexy bi girl, we stan a queen with a strong AOE pull who can engage for us
Amumu
Very good jungler, can basically guarantee you a takedown
Jarvan IV
Oh my god if he catches multiple enemies inside his ult and your w is up.
Kayle
Can put ult on you before you engage for extra damage
Orianna
BEAUTIFUL ult, perfect for you.
Yone
Sexy sexy sexy ult, lines all the enemies up for a big wombo combo
Diana
The most ideal if the enemy has little movement, pulls them all together so you can easily pop all 5 enemies
Synergies
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Rell
Sexy bi girl, we stan a queen with a strong AOE pull who can engage for us
Amumu
Very good jungler, can basically guarantee you a takedown
Jarvan IV
Oh my god if he catches multiple enemies inside his ult and your w is up.
Kayle
Can put ult on you before you engage for extra damage
Orianna
BEAUTIFUL ult, perfect for you.
Yone
Sexy sexy sexy ult, lines all the enemies up for a big wombo combo
Diana
The most ideal if the enemy has little movement, pulls them all together so you can easily pop all 5 enemies
This build turns Rakan into a legit assassin with teamfight winning potential. You WILL be able to oneshot champions below 2500 hp with less than 100 mr lategame by just landing W and R on them. You WILL be able to get the enemy enchanter supp from 100% to 40% hp by just landing a Q with Luden's on them. You WILL be able to heal for 500 hp every Q you land lategame.
Additionally, the points below will be assuming you actually play good, Rakan is a squishy engage champ, similar to Pyke, if you mess up or get hard cc'd you will most likely die no matter how good you are. Blame this on the champ and the player, not the position the champ is being played in.
Strengths vs Weaknesses
Pros
+ Great at trades in lane due to shields, heals and cc
+ HEFTY damage, lategame scaling monster
+ Situational but great engage
+ Also great followup
+ Can help control the earlygame with roams
+ Becomes tanky AF with P shield
+ Extremely mobile
Cons
- Gets hit by hard cc, ****ing dies
- Like any assassin, lacks damage when behind
- Can get zoned hard in lane
- Impossible to engage first on certain comps
- Please ally walk into my E range PLEASE PLEASE JUST WALK- E, PLEASE JUST- NOOO
WIP
Reworking the guide chapters to be better since mobafire apparently deleted 80% of my old stuff lol
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