Who's more OP alone ?

Not enough statistical proof to reasonably say either. Rakan has the POTENTIAL to be more broken with all of his utility as opposed to Xayah's fixes being just plain numbers. However, that doesn't mean I do consider him broken or not.

Not enough time for anyone to have gotten sufficiently good at them yet to show how strong they are. And they're not immediately cancerous like release Camille or immediately trash like release Taliyah.

Not saying that Rakan is an easy champ, because I think his skill cap is pretty high. But I do think he has alot built into his kit to be a fairly safe champion to play.There is alot there to cover up mistakes.

Where as Xayah takes a bit more to be successful and requires some setup. Her ult is great but she will struggle a bit if opponents position right.

I wouldn't say that anyone of them is broken alone.

But as to who is better, that depends. Rakan has a low skill floor and a high skill ceiling while relying on his team to follow up and coordinate on his movements as his damage is laughable compared to other supports. Xayah on the other hand has a pretty standard skill floor and ceiling (reminds me of Ashe's personally) while being able to dish out tons of damage even without her teammates with all of her roots and invincibility in her ult.

Rakan has potential to be more useful for a team than Xayah, but don't expect anything good out of him in SoloQ unless you're Diamond+. He will play much better in LCS and FlexQ with an ADC friend. Xayah would be better in SoloQ where you don't always get to rely on your teammates.

Neither are "OP."

I think they are good in their own way, but they do not surpass each other in usefulness to the game

How about neither?

I am so sick and tired of people labeling everything as "OP" on here. Do you even know what "OP" means? It means OVER POWERED! Something that neither Xayah nor Rakan is.

Xayah is PAPER! An immobile piece of paper, and if focused down she will be useless. Learn what her weakneses are beofre declaring she's "OP" because you lost to her twice.
And watch her ult. It's her only defence tool.

Now let me tell you something about Rakan.

"I think his CC and utility is in a crazy spot right now"

Umm, the only utility he has in the laning phase is a heal, a shield and a knockup. Something did long before Rakan's champ designer even worked for Riot.

He can dash to allies? say "hi".

He can charm your entire team? Stay away from him while he's in ult. Or get a and cleanse it.

And that heal that you barely feel in ealy levels because IT SCALES WITH CHAMPION LEVEL? It can only be activated if Rakan hits an enemy champion or an epic monster (Herald,Dragon,Baron)

Oh, and here are some counters for Rakan:

Don't get bitter, just get better!

P.S You spelled Rakan wrong in the first sentence.

Almighty.

If anything, I feel Rakan hit what would be the good middle between versatility and balance.

He has a 'lot' of tool on paper and is indeed the first real mobile support who can be very versatile but he got a ton of weakness in fight.

Rakan has no inherent tankyness other than a shield that is weak at early level. He is dependent of the defensive mastery tree to get more stat and a shield that allow his all in to be more safe.

Whilz he got a heal and a shield, his heal scale with lvl and ap, while asking for you to hit this low range skillshot AND hit a champion If anythinf, his q is max last because of how ureliable and weak the scaling feel. It has good base dmg but it is mandatory if you think of the range and the fact ir only hit one target.

His W is very powerful and a major part of his power budget. It give him aoe hard cc along with mobility. But the hitbox is actually not gigantic and the delay make it actually fairly easy to dodgz. Rakan need to predict the movement or to follow up to make strong plah. A well balanced powerful spell.

The E is super good, the shield is good and it allow him to make very slippery play. Of course it will frustrate people to have a support who can get awqy from his mistake but what he gain on this part, he loose it in term of tankyness and dmg. Rakan doesnt trade like a nami (the other 'versatile' support).

His R is actually underestimated. It is like his kit, very versatile and disruptive. It ls an excellent engage, a very good peel, a good escape. You can engage on someone, see the ennemy jungler appear and turn to charm him while you w or e to escape.

What make him strong is his capscity to make the choice on his play. he get fairly bullied in lane by poke comp, early bully (karma) and hard engage. BUT he can also work fairly well against all of them. He truly shine in organised play and I can see him be a good pick on lcs.

Xayah is more simple to describe. Her massive stength is her minion wave control, which automatically make her good for lcs/pro play as she promotes rotation well. Her lack of escape is made up for strong dmg input and scaling, she snowball actually quite hard and is a good duelist. she is good, solid but doesnt excel so much that other top tiers adc will be ignored for her. she just has a massive waveclear control which also come with some good poke and easy trade. Even if her ult has such long cooldown and she isnt a mobile adc, adding she can also require proper feather set up to maximise her dmg input in duel (even with her W), I think she can pick in the lcs.

She is also fairly easy to balance, it is all about the number on her E is she scales too quickly and also lowering the dmg made by the feathers early on secondary target if her pushing power early is too much.

Overall, two very fitting and fun kit that dont feel overbearing to fight. They are fun to play as and against. for me, it is a very very good release by Riot

Don't know why people think Rakan is so strong. His shields and heals rely heavily on AP to be on par with other supports', which he doesn't build much of considering he has to build tanky to survive his playstyle. His sustain can be countered by hiding behind minions, making him have to go really far out of position to land a short range and slow skillshot. Just punish him if he even tries to do that. Punish him when he goes in to W (which can also be dodged relatively easily) and lock him down so he can't get away. A single slow or immobilize when he starts his ult gimps his potential massively. Seriously just punish him for trying anything and bring some lockdown and he'll be gimped. Take Janna, Zyra, Malz, Brand, or Veigar in lane against him and he'll have a bad time.

Both of their unique ability interactions only buff Rakan too. Giving him more damage and mobility. Without a Xayah to dash to he can't be nearly as aggressive and their adc will often be juuuust too far away from him for him to get out instantly after a W.

Xayah has amazing aoe damage and kiting potential, and her damage after a few items can swiftly delete entire teams.

Both are decent, but Rakan feels the worst when played alone of the two.

His Q is too short for a single target skillshot and his E without Xayah has half the range. Now, I can understand making him stronger with Xayah and vice-versa, but this is a huge ammount of power locked behind his E skill.

Increase his Q a bit (or make it AoE) and relax on the base E restriction, this is silly.

Xayah

Rakan is HEAVILY reliant on a good, skillful, agressive ADC, who he can protect. He's far stronger alone than Xayah is.

Xayah is an ADC who really likes a support to defend her as she plays like she plays, but she can play like she does without Rakan.

Rakan is more dependent upon Xayah, but is more powerful a champion as well. Xayah doesn't depend on Rakan, but really needs someone to give what he offers.

Got to give it xayah, I feel like she has the ability to really stall out lane until she hits her power spike, and when she hits they spike, absolutely insane at times, but that's just how my games have went, I'm sure eventually my opinion will change.

I would say Xayah is more op on her own. Rakan gets self benefits from being with Xayah being longer Dash range. Rakan doesnt buff Xayah any more than he buffs other champions besides the maybe faster recall

I think rakan has a touch too much mobility for the cc he brings

Rakan is balanced in a particular way.

His midgame skirmishing and lategame teamfight are insane, he can be a huge playmaker, initiating here, charming a couple guys, then jumping back and charming to peel for the ADC, crazy.

But his lanephase is outright pathetic, he's too easy to poke down, has a negligible heal and deals almost no damage (Unless backed up by Xayahs W), he's like Leona in that he must all-in to do anything, but he has less CC and less damage, so he simply feels less threatening.

As of right now I would consider Xayah more powerful but if the meta shifts, Rakan should generally be more consistent as is the nature of supports

To those of you who say Rakan is weak, you probably don't understand the full extent of his kit.

Mobility is his raison d'etre, he's like the Ahri/Yasuo of supports, because all he needs is his mobility to get the job done. Understand how his E works, and everything else in his kit falls in line to make it work seamlessly. While lacking the safety Ahri has. Rakan boasts better mobility in fraction of seconds. This means he is extremely strong when you play around his mobility rather than his ratios.

Those ratios are going to get nerfed, just watch and see. Riot probably gave him high ratios to start with because they predicted players will have a harder time mastering him. But his kit is straightforward for beginners to make a subtle impact. Mobility even after nerfs will always have a strong impact.

Xayah on the other hand, just has high damage. Her ult is probably a bit too strong in that it provides invulnerability, but she's slightly above focal point of balance. The reason she's almost pick/banned now is only caused by the fact that Rakan is paired with her. When either one gets nerfed, the other suffers. Xayah is strong, but she has very clear weaknesses to capitalize like what the rest have mentioned.

Probably Malzahar/Annie/Anti Dive supports will destroy Rakan in matchups. But Rakan basically excels at making plays against the rest. Squishy supports like Sona, Soraka, Janna, Karma, Zyra are peas to Rakan if he plays his cards well.

I ban rakan every game!!