Would it make sense to have Rakan cleanse on R?

crzymdscntst·10/24/2017, 1:14:46 AM·1 votes·625 views

Or maybe have some sort of CC resistance when he hits that first enemy for the speed boost.

I get that he's strong, but this skill really tends to be a big miss because you can get locked down too quick.

6 Comments

Moooose210/24/2017, 1:18:11 AM1 votes

why are you running around with your ult lol. RW, or if you're saying that you're getting stunned during w, wait for flash since you'll engage from a longer distance people won't expect as much.

WngNut10/24/2017, 1:58:59 AM1 votes

Rakan is my second best, most played, and favorite support, and I have to say, he doesn't need his ult touched at all in my opinion. It has a fair amount of damage (100-300 +50%AP), the potential to hard cc the entire team for 1-1.5 seconds, and a good amount of mobility. As Moooose2 said though, just because it gives you movement speed doesn't mean you should rely on just that to hit everyone, you have a w and e for more mobility, flash, and/or protobelt if you want to be really hyped (I wouldn't personally recommend this though), so don't just rely on running into them. Looking at your match history it seems like you stick to the recommended build most of the time, a few things I'd try out to see if you like better would be:

item 3009 over item 3111 , merc isn't bad, but I personally prefer the in combat movespeed over the tenacity.

I know they were changed to synergize more with tanks and enchanters instead of both but item 3190 and item 3107 still work great with him and a item 2045 for the bonus health for item 3190 and the item cooldown for both.

item 3301 is easily the best choice for gold, anditem 3069's movespeed active can help start off your engage, or get you out quickly.

The last item is the most flexible on what and when you build it. Obviously item 3504 is in a pretty busted state atm, but if your adc is shut down or simply bad it's just going to waste an item slot. If this is the case item 3193 to pair with item 3190 makes you nearly unkillable in a teamfight, item 3102 can work as well depending on the enemy, or item 3083 to get out and back in multiple times within a fight.

As you can probably tell, I play Rakan as a high mobility, CC distraction, keeping the enemy focused on stopping me from stopping them, the tank helps make sure I can be a distraction long enough for my team to do their jobs and with item 3190, item 3107, and your e (q too I guess, it's not great but sometimes a little heal is all you need), you can make sure your allies can still do their jobs if your distraction fails. Hope this helps!