Rakan·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Rakan Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Guardian as your keystone, followed by Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, as well as Ultimate Hunter and Zombie Ward in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Armor in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Bulwark of the Mountain as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Radiant Virtue. For your last 3 items, you should build Redemption, Knight's Vow and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - E - Q. Right now, this build has 54.4% winrate over 94 853 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Rakan Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Glacial Augment as your keystone, Perfect Timing, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Ultimate Hunter with Zombie Ward in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Cooldown Reduction in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Armor in defense. The items for the build are Bulwark of the Mountain, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Radiant Virtue as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Redemption, Knight's Vow and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is W - E - Q. In the current patch, this build has a 53.8% win rate over 23 268 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Guardian as your keystone, Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching in the primary tree, and Ultimate Hunter with Zombie Ward in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Armor as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Shurelya's Battlesong as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Zeke's Convergence as a third item. You want to finish the build with Chemtech Putrifier, Redemption and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - E - Q. This build is currently sitting at a 68.6% win rate across 1 124 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Rakan Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating and Unflinching as your primary rune tree, and Zombie Ward with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Armor as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bulwark of the Mountain as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Radiant Virtue as third item. The last 3 options are Redemption, Knight's Vow and Vigilant Wardstone. The ability order for this build is W - E - Q. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.0% win rate over 817 matches played.

Situational Rakan Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Rakan build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.