Taric vs Rakan Counter Pick

Rakan edges this matchup, though the gap is slim and holds steady: across 311 games on patch 16.13.1, Taric wins 47.9% of the time, a figure calculated on a Hard basis. Both are short-range supports who build around hard engage, and both sit toward the easier end for execution, Taric at 3 and Rakan at 5. Each is competing for the same opening inside a fight.

Movement is where the balance tips. Grand Entrance carries Rakan forward and launches enemies into the air on landing, Battle Dance leaps him to an allied champion while attaching a shield, and it can be cast again at no cost for a brief window. The Quickness marks anything he touches and boosts his speed as he moves. Dazzle is a delayed beam that requires anticipating a target who changes position twice in the same engagement, and Taric’s 150 attack range leaves him with nothing to pressure from beyond it. Rakan’s 300 range is modest, yet it is twice as far.

On raw stats Taric is the tougher of the pair: 645 base health against 610, 40 base armour against 30, and 2,328 at level 18 compared with 2,293. Bastion also grants armour to whichever ally is holding it. Rakan deals magic damage, which goes straight at Taric’s weakest defensive value of 28. Against a champion committing to an ultimate, Cosmic Radiance is still the strongest answer, as long as it is activated before the charm lands rather than after. See the Rakan champion page.