A twenty-minute Rakan practice routine
A concrete practice-tool routine for Rakan, built around its real cooldowns and ability costs.
Minutes 0–5: the passive, alone
Rakan periodically gains a shield.
Do nothing else for five minutes. The passive is the piece nobody isolates, and it is the only part of the kit that is always available.
Minutes 5–15: each ability, then the sequence
Fey Feathers
Rakan periodically gains a shield.
Gleaming Quill
Flings a magical feather that deals magic damage. Striking a champion or epic monster enables Rakan to heal his allies.
Grand Entrance
Dashes to a location, knocking up nearby enemies on arrival.
Battle Dance
Flies to an allied champion granting them a shield. Can be re-cast for free for a short duration.
The Quickness
Gains Move Speed, charming and dealing magic damage to enemies touched.
Use the cooldowns as a metronome
Practice tool lets you reset cooldowns, which is useful for learning a combo and useless for learning a champion. Turn the reset off and cast on the real timings — knowing what an ability's downtime feels like is most of what separates a comfortable champion from a new one.
Rakan is mana-gated, which is the real limit on how often you can contest a wave early.
Minutes 15–20: last-hitting under tower
Unglamorous, and the highest-value five minutes of the routine. Ranged champions have completely different tower-farming patterns, and this is where you find out which one you are actually playing.
Riot's own notes on playing Rakan
These are the designers' words, not ours — the tips shipped in the client for Rakan.
- 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.