Support Matchup

Rakan vs Pyke

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Rakan

Rakan

The Charmer
Support
Rakan Support Overall Win Rate
49.66%

Matchup Win Rate

51.7%
Rakan vs Pyke Wins
⚔
48.3%
Pyke vs Rakan Wins
Pyke

Pyke

the Bloodharbor Ripper
Support
Pyke Support Overall Win Rate
48.83%

Rakan vs Pyke - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Rakan Support vs Pyke Support - Who is stronger?

Rakan Support has an advantage against Pyke (51.7% win rate) based on 1602 games. The matchup leans toward Rakan.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Rakan Support vs Pyke Support in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Rakan (4.9% pick rate, 16th most popular out of 51 Support champions) versus Pyke (6.4%, 9th place). These two support titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Even tiers, uneven results: Both champions sit at B+-tier, but Rakan claims a meaningful 51.7% vs 48.3% advantage. Rakan's kit synergizes better in this specific head-to-head matchup. Optimize for consistency: Guardian paired with Font of Life (55.0% win rate, 47.1% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Locket of the Iron Solari > Knight's Vow > Zeke's Convergence with Ionian Boots of Lucidity delivers 70%+ win rate against Pyke.

Lane wins, vision lags: While winning the matchup (51.71%), Rakan trails in vision control (0.87 vs 0.96 wards/min). Better map coverage could unlock even greater team advantages. Quality over quantity: Rakan wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (262 vs 412/min), the 51.7% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Rakan leads in both matchup win rate (51.7%) and KDA (2.90 vs 2.20) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Rakan vs Pyke - Support Stats Comparison

Rakan Support
Rakan Support		Versus
Pyke Support
Pyke Support
B+TierB+
51.7%Matchup Winrate48.3%
49.66%Role Winrate48.83%
#27Winrate Rank#36
4.9%Pickrate6.4%
2.9Average KDA2.2
279Gold per Minute361
0.87Wards per Minute0.96
262Damage per Minute412

How to Beat Pyke as Rakan (Support)

While statistically Rakan is slightly stronger than Pyke as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

The magic damage that Rakan deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Pyke deals mainly physical damage (77.16%), additional items against this damage type may be required against snowballing or aggressive play.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Pyke, ranking 9th (versus 29th for Rakan) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.2 versus 2.9) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Rakan Support versus Pyke Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Rakan player to maintain constant pressure on Pyke, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Rakan vs Pyke: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
55.4% Win Rate52.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
55.4% Win Rate52.7% Pick Rate

Rakan vs Pyke: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Guardian
GuardianGuard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While Guarding, if you or the ally take more than a small amount of damage over the duration of the Guard, both of you gain a shield for 1.5s.

Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds
Shield: 45 - 120 + 12.5% of your ability power + 8% of your bonus health
Proc Threshold: 90 - 250 postmitigation damage

Guardian

Guard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While G…

Font of Life
Font of Life Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you and the lowest health nearby allied champion.

70% effect for Ranged Users.

Cooldown: 20s

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Domination
Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

This effect has a 250 second Cooldown.

Sixth Sense

Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the tea…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

55.0% Win Rate47.1% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Guardian
GuardianGuard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While Guarding, if you or the ally take more than a small amount of damage over the duration of the Guard, both of you gain a shield for 1.5s.

Cooldown: 90 - 40 seconds
Shield: 45 - 120 + 12.5% of your ability power + 8% of your bonus health
Proc Threshold: 90 - 250 postmitigation damage

Guardian

Guard allies within 350 units of you, and allies you target with spells for 2.5s. While G…

Font of Life
Font of Life Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you and the lowest health nearby allied champion.

70% effect for Ranged Users.

Cooldown: 20s

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Domination
Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

This effect has a 250 second Cooldown.

Sixth Sense

Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the tea…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

55.0% Win Rate47.1% Pick Rate

Rakan vs Pyke: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
54.6% Win Rate76.2% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
54.9% Win Rate64.9% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
50.9% Win Rate11.5% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
47.9% Win Rate11.0% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste
->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence (2200 gold) 300 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Frostfire Tempest
Casting your Ultimate summons a storm around you for 5 seconds. The storm deals 30 magic damage per second to enemy champions and Slows them by 30%.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen
Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
62.3% Win Rate12.3% Pick Rate
Final Build
Force of Nature
Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
55 Magic Resist
4% Move Speed
Steadfast
Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
49.4% Win Rate20.2% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Boots
Boots (300 gold) 25 Move Speed
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
67.3% Win Rate0.4% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes (1100 gold) 12 Magic Penetration
45 Move Speed
73.6% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
69.0% Win Rate3.8% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
54.9% Win Rate64.9% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste
->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen
Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence (2200 gold) 300 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Frostfire Tempest
Casting your Ultimate summons a storm around you for 5 seconds. The storm deals 30 magic damage per second to enemy champions and Slows them by 30%.
98.5% Win Rate2.4% Pick Rate
Final Build
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
100.0% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Other Items
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
99.1% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass (3250 gold) 105 Ability Power
50 Armor

Time Stop
Enter Stasis for 2.5 seconds.
100.0% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
100.0% Win Rate10.0% Pick Rate
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor
Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
0.0% Win Rate9.8% Pick Rate

Rakan vs Pyke: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Q
Gleaming Quill Flings a magical feather that deals magic damage. Striking a champion or epic monster enables Rakan to heal his allies.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Grand Entrance Dashes to a location, knocking up nearby enemies on arrival.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Battle Dance Flies to an allied champion granting them a shield. Can be re-cast for free for a short duration.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
The Quickness Gains Move Speed, charming and dealing magic damage to enemies touched.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > E > Q
49.5% Win Rate38.2% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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2
3
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5
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R
Q
Gleaming Quill Flings a magical feather that deals magic damage. Striking a champion or epic monster enables Rakan to heal his allies.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Grand Entrance Dashes to a location, knocking up nearby enemies on arrival.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Battle Dance Flies to an allied champion granting them a shield. Can be re-cast for free for a short duration.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
The Quickness Gains Move Speed, charming and dealing magic damage to enemies touched.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > E > Q
74.8% Win Rate2.0% Pick Rate

Rakan tips:

  • Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
  • Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
  • Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Playing Against Pyke

  • Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
  • When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
  • Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

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+3.6%
Mel

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+3.0%
Braum

Rakan vs Braum

Rakan
+2.6%
Tahm Kench

Rakan vs Tahm Kench

Rakan
+2.5%
Nautilus

Rakan vs Nautilus

Rakan
+2.1%
Zilean

Rakan vs Zilean

Rakan
+1.9%
Alistar

Rakan vs Alistar

Rakan
+1.7%
Neeko

Rakan vs Neeko

Rakan
+1.5%
Blitzcrank

Rakan vs Blitzcrank

Rakan
+1.4%
Pantheon

Rakan vs Pantheon

Rakan
+1.3%
Xerath

Rakan vs Xerath

Rakan
+1.3%
Yuumi

Rakan vs Yuumi

Rakan
+1.3%
Karma

Rakan vs Karma

Rakan
-0.7%
Zyra

Rakan vs Zyra

Rakan
-1.1%
Nami

Rakan vs Nami

Rakan
-1.2%
Thresh

Rakan vs Thresh

Rakan
-1.5%
Leona

Rakan vs Leona

Rakan
-1.5%
Rell

Rakan vs Rell

Rakan
-1.5%
Senna

Rakan vs Senna

Rakan
-1.6%
Shaco

Rakan vs Shaco

Rakan
-1.7%
Swain

Rakan vs Swain

Rakan
-1.8%
Janna

Rakan vs Janna

Rakan
-2.2%
Bard

Rakan vs Bard

Rakan
-2.3%
Poppy

Rakan vs Poppy

Rakan
-2.3%
Vel'Koz

Rakan vs Vel'Koz

Rakan
-2.4%
Lux

Rakan vs Lux

Rakan
-2.5%
Lulu

Rakan vs Lulu

Rakan
-3.5%
Milio

Rakan vs Milio

Rakan
-4.1%
Soraka

Rakan vs Soraka

Rakan
-4.1%
Seraphine

Rakan vs Seraphine

Rakan
-4.6%
Fiddlesticks

Rakan vs Fiddlesticks

Rakan
-4.6%
Morgana

Rakan vs Morgana