Rakan
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Lane harassment and consistent damage output.
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short
Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
All
Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain1% Move Speed .
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 less damage.
Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.
Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Offense
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Flex
+5 AD or 9 AP
Defense
+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Why Summon Aery
Aery on Rakan allows you to repeatedly apply the shield with [Q]'s heal and a spaced-out timing of both [E] shields, for tons of damage mitigation.
Why Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak synergizes fantastically with Rakan's [R], empowering your ability to hard engage a skirmish/teamfight at will.
Why Celerity
Rakan makes great use of the bonus Movement Speed from Celerity to get around the teamfight and the extra AP from your [R] movement speed means your engage damage and [E] shield's are that much stronger.
Why Scorch
Scorch allows you to poke and trade aggressively in during the laning phase if you are able to land [Q].
WhyBone Plating
Bone Plating's burst damage mitigation helps you to survive and withstand incoming damage after a hard-engage so that you're able to get in and get out.
WhyRevitalize
Revitalize is fantastic on Rakan as is empowers the heal from your [Q] as well as both shield's on [E] and your passive shield.
Let’s Dance
Lane harassment and consistent damage output.
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
adaptive damage.After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 less damage.
Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55sGain 5% Heal and Shield Power.
Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short
Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
While above 70% health, gain extra
adaptive damage .
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Offense
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Flex
+5 AD or 9 AP
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Defense
+6 Armor or 8 MR (match-up)
Why Guardian
Guardian on Rakan allows you to block a large amount of burst damage with a well-timed [E] and the bonus Movement Speed empowers you to follow that up with a strong counter engage.
Why Shield Bash
Shield Bash on Rakan gives you a decent amount of additional defensive power while your passive is on as well as a bit of additional all-in damage pressure.
Why Bone Plating
Bone Plating is great burst damage protection so that you're able to effectively engage and get out with your life.
Why Revitalize
Revitalize is great at empowering Rakan's heals from items, Font of Life, and [Q] as well as his passive and [E] shielding.
WhyNimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak synergizes fantastically with Rakan's [R] granting you the ability to hard engage teamfights easily.
WhyAbsolute Focus
The extra AP from Absolute Focus is great for sustaining in lane with [Q] poke as well as granting you a bit of extra up-front damage with you engage combo.