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Rakan/Xayah added in synergy is gimmicky and limits the potential of Rakan himself.

Vallalan·6/4/2017, 11:59:23 PM·197 votes·10,760 views

Rakan is an amazing champion design. he's mobile with clear upsides and downsides and a poor lane phase to go with a monster mid game/roam/pick potential. He's also fun as hell to play.

but he's gimped without Xayah. he can't dash as far, but with Xayah his ability to make full screen big time plays is HUGE. there needs to be a middle ground and their gimmicky forced synergy removed. (except for the sync'd recall.)

I'm sure it was intended for Rakan's dash bonus to xayah to not be a big deal, but it IS. its what makes him good.

look at the pro matches so far as well. Xayah/Rakan go together. but if Xayah is banned teams do not go for Rakan as by himself he is not great, but teams are still willing to play Xayah without Rakan.

its because of the useless gimmick tied to their couple lore. please remove it and just keep the sync'd recall which has way less gameplay impact.

having him have the same dash distance with all champs will allow him to be properly buffed around that rather than be hideously op with xayah in terms of engage threat and mediocre without her.

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Nahui6/5/2017, 12:02:30 AM48 votes

They did drop the ball there to be honest. All Rakan offers Xayah is an extra bit of damage in the form of that extra passive spell thing. What Xayah offers Rakan, however, is the ability to do a full range dive or a full range escape which is so much more valuable. It feels like without Xayah, anyone needs to essentially get into the fight themselves just to save him.

TotalJerk6/5/2017, 4:14:16 AM9 votes

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look at the pro matches so far as well. Xayah/Rakan go together. but if Xayah is banned teams do not go for Rakan as by himself he is not great, but teams are still willing to play Xayah without Rakan.

Liquid picked a Rakan/Jhin bot lane yesterday. Also, nobody is banning Xayah.

Hay5eed6/5/2017, 9:32:06 PM5 votes

I think that if they just give a slight boost to his base E range then it would be fine.

Xayah's interaction with Rakan isn't much since if he is a support he wont be auto attacking much. But Rakan on the other hand gets TWICE the range when dashing to Xayah. It's insane.

Base range = 550 Xayah range = 1100

I say pump up base dash range to 700, lower Xayah range to 1000

SociopathFriend6/6/2017, 12:47:56 AM4 votes

but he's gimped without Xayah. he can't dash as far, but with Xayah his ability to make full screen big time plays is HUGE. there needs to be a middle ground and their gimmicky forced synergy removed.

Bear in mind, a significant portion of the LoL fanbase has asked, at one time or another, for a two-part champion set like those two to exist.

but if Xayah is banned teams do not go for Rakan as by himself he is not great, but teams are still willing to play Xayah without Rakan.

Because as an ADC she stands alone as having an untargetable state and stands among a niche of having her own CC. All ADCs that have CC have been contested picks in pro play at some point.

Rakan, for all his usefulness, is still only a support and furthermore; a melee support- which makes him inherently less wanted.

VoraciousX6/5/2017, 1:12:13 AM4 votes

Well he could keep the interaction with Xayah's W and still be okay I think. Just make his dash be somewhere around 880 units(80% of the range) or 825(75% of the range) for everyone.

UnboundHades6/5/2017, 12:17:42 PM4 votes

when people still don't understand that if your dieing due to low e range you aren't playing rakan correctly

DevlinCrow6/5/2017, 10:48:31 AM3 votes

Why does every champion have to be viable and powerful? Why can't there be any champions purely for fun or gimmicks?

jawd556/5/2017, 9:46:12 PM3 votes

I think the problem is that Rakans Xayah bonus makes him stronger and Xayahs Rakan bonus makes Rakan stronger as well. Either Xayahs interaction needs to be changed to make her stronger or Rakans needs to be changed to make her stronger. Both interactions benefit Rakan which means he will be weaker alone. My first though is to remove the range bonus from his e to Xayah and make it shield more when junping to her? Just a thought. That way it provides a bonus to Xayah instead of rakan. Then you can compensate buff better other places.

Sexy Jack Rabbit6/5/2017, 2:06:20 AM3 votes

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