Champion sheet · Support

Rakan

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.7%#67 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.9%picked in 235 of 2,644 games
Ban: 2.8%55 bans over 1,958 games, against 0.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Support54.7% between 49.3% and 60.0% over 234 gamesSoloQ 50.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 27.9 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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, Stormsurge, and Abyssal Mask: 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 draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

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
4.5%
SoloQ
2.3%
4.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
0.3%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 0.3% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
27.9 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 27.9 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGuardian73% · 8,304

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal55% · 6,212

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 236 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 3

Hextech Rocketbelt
Stormsurge
Abyssal Mask

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.