Right now, if there is not an allied Xayah on the team, Rakan's dash feels very short and weak. I think that the dash range should be maybe about 1.5 times longer, with Xayah dash range staying unchanged at 2 times longer. It would make him much more impactful and feel better to engage and disengage with.
All i want for rakan is for him to be able to use relic shield.
I agree. I've been calling for this since day 1. I'd rather have just that then the changes they made.
I mean it's all cute and stuff that they are a champ couple....but come on...for actual play, her bonus shouldn't be double. I think 1.5 would be good too.
If they buffed it by 50 units i think it would be satisfactory. So many times I'm just barely outside of dashing to an ally that its rediculous lol
Easy solution leet him ward hop
I find his Dash range is ok really. There just need some clarity to your teammates that you want to dash to them really.
Honestly, this is my problem with Rakan and Xayah, and it is that the synergy is just way too forced, and while I hate using this word, it is in fact unhealthy™ for the competitive longevity of the game. I feel like they looked at Cho'Gall from Hots, they said "We need this sort of "coop" design champion in the game. DO IT NOW!" and then they made these 2 separate champions that feel weak if they're not paired up together.
Here's what they needed to do: Create two champions that had abilities that synergize with each other's abilities by design, and not by numbers. For instance, if you put 
and 
in one game, Yasuo can ult off of Wukong's knockup. This is the kind of design philosophy that 
and 
needed, complimenting kits.
It's literally supposed to be that way. The champions are SUPPOSED to be weaker without each other.
I agree with this. If Rakan isn't paired up with a Xayah player, he just feels underwhelming.
I'm sorry and I know a lot of people are desperate to make rakkan viable but isn't this his counter play? he get's caught he's done? This is what a ton of champions have to deal with it's rather unfair he get's an extra easy way out after his already above average way out. Point is rakkan has an incredible amount of potential plays with his kit and you are asking to make this a nightmare to fight against? I have little trouble fight rakkan with champions that directly counter him like 
but what if i don't have that villager what if i'm playing 
and I land my bubble? should he be allowed to just dash to safety through such a distance? maybe his partner should risk their neck to save him too and call that teamwork and plays not just walk off and be like yeah i deserved to live. No you got caught most champions would die, why should him? I don't get a safe way out if i get caught by his knock up and then ult? why does he on champions that take more precision to pull off? This would indirectly hurt other champions if his range is increased.
Absolutely. Thought I was gonna main this guy, the number of times I got stuck in a bad trade because my adc ran away as I Wd in convinced me otherwise.
Make it 1.5x, keep the extended range for pairing with Xayah. Hell, I don't even need 1.5x, just a bump from the range it presently is (without Xayah). I too often find myself pinging a teammate JUST outside of it's range, and they don't understand to quickly backstep before walking off.
To be honest, if anything, rakan need buff on Q but nothing else as it's kinda at the same spot as taric Q. (and need to make tradeoff for it elsewhere in the kit)
W/E/R are already really powerfull spell, touching them can broke the champ who is already at the top as a followup support
considering it is 80% ap scaling able to be cast twice, its pretty good enough, its not meant to be long range, its to help an ally in need closely and jump around on the feild
To be fair, I kind of feel like the only 'synergy' needed between Xayah and Rakan is the B synergy. Everything else could probably be added directly to Rakan's kit and it'd work out of the best.
Also the relic shield thing, yeah.
I honestly think he needs to be reworked a little. All of the couple bonuses are for Rakan, so he is only balanced when with Xayah. Xayah doesn't actually get anything from him, so she's just fine as a champion on her own.
