Champion sheet · Support

Rakan

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

17.3%#39 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.2%picked in 729 of 6,486 games
Ban: 6.1%199 bans over 3,246 games, against 0.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Support52.8% between 49.7% and 55.8% over 726 gamesSoloQ 51.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.1 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itGuardian, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Malignance, and Stormsurge: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of supports.FrontlineTeamfightLets allies carry
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.8%
SoloQ
3.0%
5.8% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.9%
SoloQ
0.5%
5.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 0.5% in soloQ over 129,307 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.1 min
SoloQ
27.4 min
Median of 29.1 min in amateur play, against 27.4 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Guardian, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Malignance, and Stormsurge: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGuardian76% · 17,161

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal63% · 14,171

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 101 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 2

Hextech Rocketbelt
Malignance
Stormsurge

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 93% of supports.

Lets allies carry killstop7%rank 93 of 100
Plays teamfightstop9%58% · supports: 54%
Absorbs damagetop17%801 · supports: 393

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Frontline
Teamfight
Lets allies carry

Like other supports

Map pressure
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 6 in lane, 11 in mid game and 11 in late game, out of 100 supports.

187-101 vs 288

225-117 vs 342

258-129 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Rakansupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 88% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 6 of 100 among supports187 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 11 of 100 among supports225 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 11 of 100 among supports258 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 12 of 100 among supports-117 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 12 of 100 among supports-150 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 71 of 100 among supports4.4 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 83 of 100 among supports801 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 92 of 100 among supports58% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 2 of 100 among supports12% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 93 of 100 among supportsrank 93 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 56 of 100 among supports1.1 · median 1
Team damage · rank 9 of 100 among supports6% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Malphite68.8% · expected 59.1% · 32 g+9.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ornn56.7% · expected 54.7% · 67 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -1.6

Gnar60.0% · expected 54.6% · 30 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Renekton51.4% · expected 49.7% · 35 g+1.8 ptSoloQ -2.5

Junglegap to expected

Wukong58.1% · expected 52.9% · 93 g+5.2 ptSoloQ +0.1

Vi56.3% · expected 52.3% · 64 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Jarvan IV54.9% · expected 53.6% · 82 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +0.7

Nocturne58.1% · expected 57.0% · 43 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -4.4

Midgap to expected

Ahri59.8% · expected 53.4% · 97 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +1.2

Locke52.9% · expected 47.9% · 34 g+5.0 ptSoloQ 0.0

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal63.2% · expected 53.9% · 57 g+9.2 ptSoloQ +2.2

Kai'Sa61.8% · expected 55.7% · 55 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +2.4

Yunara54.2% · expected 50.6% · 72 g+3.6 ptSoloQ -3.6

Sivir59.3% · expected 55.9% · 54 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -5.3

Caitlyn52.5% · expected 51.7% · 40 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -1.4

Supportgap to expected

Braum58.3% · expected 53.7% · 72 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +3.0

Karma62.5% · expected 54.8% · 40 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -2.0

Rell53.5% · expected 48.1% · 43 g+5.4 ptSoloQ +2.7

With

Topgap to expected

Sion60.0% · expected 54.2% · 45 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +2.1

K'Sante51.5% · expected 50.6% · 33 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.3

Junglegap to expected

Cho'Gath76.7% · expected 53.8% · 30 g+22.9 ptSoloQ -3.9

Vi59.2% · expected 53.2% · 71 g+6.0 ptSoloQ -2.1

Xin Zhao59.1% · expected 52.2% · 44 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -1.3

Nocturne48.6% · expected 48.5% · 37 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -1.7

Midgap to expected

Viktor60.0% · expected 53.4% · 75 g+6.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Ahri53.8% · expected 52.1% · 65 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

Xayah54.6% · expected 52.6% · 271 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Kai'Sa59.1% · expected 49.8% · 44 g+9.3 ptSoloQ -3.3

Ezreal53.1% · expected 51.6% · 32 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -3.6

Jinx51.6% · expected 50.7% · 31 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -1.7

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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