Many of us are really enjoying playing Rakan mid. He honestly feels pretty balanced, once you understand how to play against him. He remains just as viable as a support, just also happens to work as a midlaner. Just like Karma or Lulu. Just like how AD Carries like Ezreal and Lucian and Varus are played mid. Riot, please don't take this away from us. I love playing this.
jocomotion2 votesWell, if Riot holds up its vow to expand champion roles they shouldnt
Mysticman891 votesDo you have any reason to believe they're going to take it away? I don't see any changes to rakan listed on S@20.
Tormentula1 votesSometimes when a pick becomes dominant in one position it gets nerfed either for its strength in the off-role, or nerfed in its main role which affects the off-role. (rakan is pretty high on the support pick/success too)
Riot kills playstyles all the time as a result of balance something around 2 positions. They try not to if the off-role is healthy for the game but if its annoying they kill it or don't bother trying to preserve it in future balance updates to the champ.
Mysticman891 votesWhile I understand this, I don't believe rakan is a dominant pick mid (and I'm not even sure it's played enough to be on riots radar), and not super out of line as support.
He can have some spicy burst for sure when built full ap (I do have an account that has a dedicated spicy rakan page), but tbh so can a lot of traditional mid laners currently, so it's not clear to me that theres any current cause for concern.
Shárpie1 votesI just know that Riot has a habit of finding off meta stuff that has huge success and giving it a solid nerf because they don't like it. Bjerg agreed with this sentiment for Rakan mid on stream the other day.
Colte1 votesi love rakan and sona mid assuming they know what they're doing, they are such a fun pick to have on my team instead of the generic caster / assassin / yasuo mids
Rexxiee1 votesJust the fact that hes good mid means hes insanely broken.
It goes to show how unbalanced supports are atm.
Quil Evrything1 votesbizzare. kinda like playing galio mid when his ult is useless solo lane. but instead, rakan's E is useless solo lane. AND his ult is useless. Except defensively if enemy dives tower I suppose
jocomotion1 votesYou forget you can W and Ult at the same time for better burst (120% AP scaling near instantly)
Zethro1 voteseverything comes and goes. if you think a champion, especially an aggessive one, will be meta for more than a year or so then... idk what to say
The Sword Saint1 votesSure, take it mid. If you bring that shit top lane though we are going to have problems.
IxtaliKing1 votesI hate when people use Karma as an example of a support who CAN play mid. She was DESIGNED to play mid lol.
I agree though, Rakan should be allowed to flex mid.