Why NO ONE Plays: Xayah and Rakan | League of Legends

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  • @JoniWan77
    @JoniWan77 3 роки тому +4042

    This whole video sounds like a healthy champion design for the game automatically makes a champion unplayable. lol

    • @JoniWan77
      @JoniWan77 3 роки тому +432

      @renebaebae I was not reffering on their lore or sexuality? Sorry I don't quite get the implication you are hinting at.

    • @tsunamie1015
      @tsunamie1015 3 роки тому +449

      @renebaebae What does pride month have to do with anything?

    • @RaizerSkybreaker
      @RaizerSkybreaker 3 роки тому +70

      @renebaebae ?

    • @TCakes
      @TCakes 3 роки тому +118

      ​@renebaebae Gurl are you high? 😂

    • @quikrypt
      @quikrypt 3 роки тому +43

      @@N12015 r u calling vars a corporation? lmfao

  • @alicereid3308
    @alicereid3308 3 роки тому +1472

    "Lane bullies can be shut down by picking Malphite"
    _Furiously scribbles notes_

    • @PlatinumHntr
      @PlatinumHntr 3 роки тому +49

      Write that down! WRITE THAT DOWN!

    • @bloodraptor
      @bloodraptor 3 роки тому +14

      Huh, my rock boy surprises me once again.

    • @SquishyEggo
      @SquishyEggo 3 роки тому +12

      WRITE THAT DOWN!
      WRITE THAT DOWN!

    • @LoreGoshi
      @LoreGoshi 3 роки тому +22

      If you wanna counter everyone, pick Fiora

    • @bubster8670
      @bubster8670 3 роки тому +4

      @@LoreGoshi me, a poppy main: >:)

  • @theBigBeepo
    @theBigBeepo 3 роки тому +1220

    “Rakan can dash from a full screen away, charm you and knock you up in the blink of an eye”
    Oh my

  • @Danny_B13
    @Danny_B13 3 роки тому +2358

    They were clearly overnerfed. Even if they're not played as much as before, they still have pretty respectable play rates around 4%.

    • @duarteribeiro2558
      @duarteribeiro2558 3 роки тому +58

      The problem is their cooldown,which cant be buffed or else both would be too strong

    • @DavidVallner
      @DavidVallner 3 роки тому +208

      @@duarteribeiro2558 honestly with how much cancerous BS is available in the botlane these days, seems a bit too heavy on the nerf side. Both have fairly conservative kits compared to say Samira or Pyke, putting the combo at a slight numbers advantage vs. the meme of the week to make up for overstuffed kits and mobility creep. After all a 0/10 Katarina can probably nuke a 10/0 ADC in this cursed meta.

    • @Danny_B13
      @Danny_B13 3 роки тому +99

      @@DavidVallner I just don't get why Rakan can't have his r w combo again. We've gotten champs with better and easier engages (Rell, Fiddle rework).
      And Xayah was good for a while even after being nerfed, until preseason, new items are horrible for her and force her into weird buildpaths (essence reaver) , if they buffed her to be less mana hungry she could build her powerspike items earlier and be more impactful.
      And if these buffs would make them stomp lane if together, just make their synergies scale with lvl, so that they can balance their early game.

    • @tmarcz9800
      @tmarcz9800 3 роки тому +15

      @@Danny_B13 the reason why Rakan can’t have his r w combo is because he would simply have the best engage in the game and therefore would dominate the pro scene and at the same time he can get in and out of fights safe so his engage would be unstoppable and the problem is he is a jack of all trades so if he has everything in his kit and the best engage/mobility compared to tanks engage champ like Leona it’s would be fair for them since Rakan would be so much butter
      TLDR: he would be unstoppable again

    • @tmarcz9800
      @tmarcz9800 3 роки тому

      *wouldnt

  • @SSonyaeli
    @SSonyaeli 3 роки тому +3445

    I genuinely believe that the ONLY reason xayah is unpopular is that she is underpowered. I feel as if she weren’t nerfed due to pro play, she’d be a very popular adc.

    • @sspectre8217
      @sspectre8217 3 роки тому +330

      Both of them are super fun to play while also being hard to learn (not too hard though). It’s just that other adcs and sups are more reliable on your own.

    • @construct8295
      @construct8295 3 роки тому +230

      exactly. I used to love playing her, but like why continue to play xayah when ur not rewarded for being good at her. Why would i play xayah over kaisa when kaisa is legit better at everything lmao. Even with a rakan there are often better adc picks based on enemy team comp

    • @mahdihosseini5438
      @mahdihosseini5438 3 роки тому +158

      Its funny becouse pro plays are like 5 percent the lol comiunty but they gonna ruin every thing for others

    • @mahdihosseini5438
      @mahdihosseini5438 3 роки тому +101

      @@N12015 i just dont understand why every ok champion in low elo who is great in faker's hands shoulde get nerf

    • @tyleredwards9799
      @tyleredwards9799 3 роки тому +4

      @@construct8295 Try her mid... she's great.

  • @carbonbeaker409
    @carbonbeaker409 3 роки тому +1719

    Tbh I love playing Rakan, as his style just clicks with me. The whole point of his existence is to cause disruption, and with good teamwork, there's not much the enemies can do.

    • @elitefourfay4712
      @elitefourfay4712 3 роки тому +134

      Quite a charming playstyle if you ask me

    • @fanficologist6621
      @fanficologist6621 3 роки тому +87

      He is also one of the best roaming support. Whenever I see that my ADC is a dumb-dumb I just buy mobi boot, sweeping len and a couple of control ward and start ganking top and mid.

    • @jacekmaraj1774
      @jacekmaraj1774 3 роки тому +30

      Yes ! He is one of the few supports with good mobility , if ur good on him , the enemy team will never catch you

    • @carbonbeaker409
      @carbonbeaker409 3 роки тому +10

      @@fanficologist6621 I fairly regularly steal baron into a 5-man pit due to the engage, heavy on the ap of course.

    • @bastianokamiro5421
      @bastianokamiro5421 3 роки тому +13

      Same here, i love playing Rakan, as his gameplays is just like him, you must dance within the battlefield to disrupt the enemy and protect your allies

  • @AofCastle
    @AofCastle 3 роки тому +619

    Xayah has to play around the feathers to do damage and has a nice R that sets up a lot of feathers. The sad part comes when you realize that you are better off saving R as a defensive tool than using it offensively

    • @Illegiblescream
      @Illegiblescream 3 роки тому +43

      You can use it to turn around a bad duel though.
      ...
      Xayah top?

    • @NeocrimsonX
      @NeocrimsonX 3 роки тому +15

      @@Illegiblescream I like where this is going

    • @levy9595
      @levy9595 3 роки тому +11

      They nerfed the cooldown sooooo bad it was just insane. You can get Katarina ulted 3 or 4 times in between one xayah ult dodging it and thats just insane

    • @bobcat159
      @bobcat159 3 роки тому +3

      @@Illegiblescream PLEASE. GIVE ME THIS. I want to be able to farm and fight in my own world for a majority of the game.

    • @SarahMK1990
      @SarahMK1990 3 роки тому +1

      That's so me. Ulting rigth into Rakan's R, getting double kill, just to see jungle and mid coming for me, thinking "why didnt you greedy *** keep your R for defense?!"

  • @varnageT
    @varnageT 3 роки тому +1181

    give them another passive when theyre single. just a different set of augments to make up for the missing ones when theyre together

    • @jackiem5703
      @jackiem5703 3 роки тому +218

      this would be super interesting!!! you could also base them off their relationship, something like a small movement speed buff during Rakan R in the spirit of "the faster i deal with those guys, the faster I can return to Xayah" or attack speed buff during Xayah W. Or maybe something with vision, as if they were looking for each other. Maybe even something like Bard's chimes, but feathers? so you can collect them as if they were clues with which they can find the other one. Though that would force a roaming playstyle so idk if it's a good idea

    • @jerrypie1230
      @jerrypie1230 3 роки тому +120

      @@jackiem5703 collecting something to make up for the buffs they have together is an interesting idea tho!! maybe more like kindred's hunts? or like kai'sa's living weapon! or well senna's passive too lol there are literally so many possibilities but thats a good idea. if they are apart they have to work up to becoming as strong as if they were together basically.

    • @alexanderfranco5458
      @alexanderfranco5458 3 роки тому +8

      Example in programing it could be an pasive "IF" rakan/xayah activates pasive

    • @joakimeltocho5312
      @joakimeltocho5312 3 роки тому +37

      @@jackiem5703 you have to also think what to do when they are on opposing teams tho, it would be kind of weird to see rakan all confused trying to find someone who's right on front of him

    • @popatudor4547
      @popatudor4547 3 роки тому +9

      That's exactly what I was thinking
      And that passive name could be "You're bot my feather" and would also explain seeing them on opposite teams =))

  • @something..4087
    @something..4087 3 роки тому +267

    I like playing Xayah because of her ass-kicking atitude and her interaction. I also love it when I root the whole enemie's team and then everyone just jump into that feast.

    • @jerrypie1230
      @jerrypie1230 3 роки тому +9

      yeah same, i love playing both of them because i just love them is characters sm and both their playstyles are so much fun. however it sucks that they are just not doing great atm... i do think they both need a mini buff in some way

    • @levy9595
      @levy9595 3 роки тому +6

      Nothing more satisfying than a massive aoe feather recall in a choke rooting 3 or 4 people and doing 60% of all their hp bars

  • @ekko5596
    @ekko5596 3 роки тому +795

    it sucks cause they have the potential to be strong, but since the nerfs started coming through (as well as new champions) they've kinda been outclassed

    • @duarteribeiro2558
      @duarteribeiro2558 3 роки тому +28

      The problem is their huge cooldown,which cant be buffed otherwise they became too strong

    • @ekko5596
      @ekko5596 3 роки тому +62

      @@duarteribeiro2558 another issue is the fact that riot can't decide if rakan should keep his old niche of being an engage support, or to water him down as an enchanter
      being a jack of all trades means he's dogshit at being good in all of them

    • @japes_l
      @japes_l 3 роки тому +39

      @@ekko5596 Yes, and as for Xayah she needs too many items to spike bcs she needs AD, Crit, attack speed, haste and mana, the mythic system isn't great on her since none of the AD mythics favour AD casters and ER has been nerfed

    • @lanternno8491
      @lanternno8491 3 роки тому +12

      @@ekko5596 I play Rakan mostly as an engage support and it feels good.
      Hybrid tank/suportive stuff with some AP also is quite good, in fact, it's what I consider his Meta build.
      Enchanter Rakan just... Feels wrong.

    • @ekko5596
      @ekko5596 3 роки тому +2

      @@lanternno8491 i can't fathom how people main aery rakan. it just sucks and feels bad in general lol

  • @librastellium185
    @librastellium185 3 роки тому +262

    It's sad that Xayah had to be nerfed because of Pro-Play and Rakan's Passive had to be nerfed bc of Yuumi.

    • @cursedwyvern3044
      @cursedwyvern3044 3 роки тому

      Wait his passive was needed? When?

    • @cursedwyvern3044
      @cursedwyvern3044 3 роки тому +1

      Nerfed*

    • @adrien4269
      @adrien4269 3 роки тому +1

      Because of Yuumi ? What ? I don't see the link here.

    • @alex2005z
      @alex2005z 3 роки тому

      Bc of yummi? What does that have to do with it

  • @eissq
    @eissq 3 роки тому +318

    I feel very bad for my girl Xayah because for this whole season she has had a 47% win rate so I pray everyday for Riot to just buff her already.

    • @altaria082
      @altaria082 3 роки тому +13

      sadly she probably will not be buffed (similar to lillia) due to the pro play scene.

    • @eissq
      @eissq 3 роки тому +7

      @@altaria082 very sadge

    • @moltrescompany
      @moltrescompany 3 роки тому +25

      The 20 sec. cooldown nerf on the R still hurts me :(

    • @ΔημήτρηςΛάππας-θ7η
      @ΔημήτρηςΛάππας-θ7η 3 роки тому +13

      I have to say those that Xayah is one of the few adcs that has some sort of cc in their kit and the only one that actually has a form of untargetbability. Both of these on paper should make her really broken so buffing her could actually be playing with fire for rito

    • @construct8295
      @construct8295 3 роки тому +34

      @@ΔημήτρηςΛάππας-θ7ηthat’s sick and all but it doesn’t matter when you get outscaled by late game adcs, out traded by early game ones, and lose duels to mid game adcs lmao

  • @thecouncilofbruh7854
    @thecouncilofbruh7854 3 роки тому +565

    *Sees the duo*
    Me who plays Xayah: *Cries in Hobby Lobby feathers*

  • @strxwberrymochi9271
    @strxwberrymochi9271 3 роки тому +161

    I love the way Xayah plays, aswell as her kit it just really feels comfortable to me and I love playing her. It’s just at the moment with her 47% win rate she just isn’t delivering. Riot really need to buff the pair.

  • @daltongibson1033
    @daltongibson1033 3 роки тому +376

    The Xayah buff I've always wanted is just a 550 attack range. Even if her clean cuts feathers have the same range they do now, I think that an increased attack range is the most useful buff she could get.

    • @amilo5
      @amilo5 3 роки тому +94

      And her ultimate cooldown down to 120 sec from 180 sec and so forth. Like make it so she can spam her ult like any other adc not waiting 3 whole minutes to just peel herself for 2 sec.

    • @RobertoGonzalez-kl3it
      @RobertoGonzalez-kl3it 3 роки тому +15

      @@amilo5 also maybe some built in dashes that reset on kills

    • @floraflowergarden
      @floraflowergarden 3 роки тому +14

      @@RobertoGonzalez-kl3itno she really doesn't need that even though it would be fun and cool

    • @jacktom3799
      @jacktom3799 3 роки тому +14

      @@floraflowergarden he is joking

    • @joshc.8489
      @joshc.8489 3 роки тому +13

      Or something like for every enemy champ she roots with her E, the cooldown is reduced by 1 sec.

  • @ResseD
    @ResseD 3 роки тому +76

    "... These two were realeased at the same time just a little over 4 years ago" holy shit this hit me like a truck.

    • @sylaskett167
      @sylaskett167 3 роки тому +9

      Same it only felt like maybe 2 years at most to me. Geez time flies...

    • @turhakuolla6078
      @turhakuolla6078 3 роки тому +1

      yeah man i literally main this new champion kindred (/▽\)

    • @joshc.8489
      @joshc.8489 3 роки тому +1

      I still feel like they're are new champs, along with camille who was released before them

  • @Gitsyy
    @Gitsyy 3 роки тому +137

    Tbh it’s surprising for me that Rakan has such a low pick rate because he really fun to me
    Like how can you not like sprinting into a whole team with Shurelya’s

  • @areallytiredsimp2774
    @areallytiredsimp2774 3 роки тому +250

    Vars: Why NO ONE plays Xayah and Rakan
    Me: *sad rakan main noises*

    • @crboreas7869
      @crboreas7869 2 роки тому +17

      When im sad i stop being sad and I start being awesome instead

    • @NormanGaming196
      @NormanGaming196 2 роки тому +2

      @@crboreas7869 True Story

    • @layyymoon
      @layyymoon 2 роки тому +3

      Me too with Xayah:((

  • @alextimmins8426
    @alextimmins8426 3 роки тому +1219

    Me being a Rakan main: Is this some sort of human joke that us Vastaya can't understand?

    • @doublechocolata4247
      @doublechocolata4247 3 роки тому +48

      Same, and now I'm trying to main xayah because both of them are my favorite champions

    • @alexandretremblay120
      @alexandretremblay120 3 роки тому +6

      Do you have a duo Xayah

    • @to3d
      @to3d 3 роки тому +35

      You can’t call Rakan mains furries, does that make them featheries?

    • @tjorben_7722
      @tjorben_7722 3 роки тому +7

      You have to know i play rakan too but most of the time i play rakan Wizh my brother who plays xayah and we have a 100 Prozent ein rate after 20 games

    • @alextimmins8426
      @alextimmins8426 3 роки тому +7

      @@alexandretremblay120 I play with people who Play Xayah but I don't know any Xayah mains

  • @inky6988
    @inky6988 3 роки тому +482

    When I first started playing league of legends I instantly fell in love with Xayah, everything about her resonated with me and when I had enough BE I immediately bought her. But it's been a real struggle, not only finding someone that even remotely likes to play Rakan, so we can duo, but also with the nerfs she got, the new store and right now it seems like almost all the ADC are getting some type of buff besides her.
    Seeing so many Rakan mains in the comments is honestly a huge surprise, like where have you been all the time, do you hide or something 😂
    We should seriously create a discord server or whatever for all the Rakan and Xayah players across the servers to gather around to.

    • @mariostoynov
      @mariostoynov 3 роки тому +16

      Xayah is my most played champ, yet I hadn't played her in a very very long time until I decided to play her one game just now. Terrible. I'm giving up on this champ, just no point in playing her if I'm gonna be on a constant disadvantage.

    • @レゴシ-r4f
      @レゴシ-r4f 2 роки тому +9

      My main support is actually Rakan, but i don't play support that often in general, I'll usually go with Yasuo in mid. But when I happen to be playing support i always pick Rakan.

    • @The0Snake1960
      @The0Snake1960 2 роки тому +12

      @@mariostoynov I love Xayah too. She is so cool but you have mostly a hard time against other enemy ADCs. The worst thing is, if you are playing against an ADC, who is your counter. You have to hope that he does a really big mistake or you get help by your jungle, or you are loosing in your lane. This is most of the time so annoying, because you get countered by so many champs. She really needs a little buff, or she will stay out of the game.

    • @eeeeeeee.e
      @eeeeeeee.e 2 роки тому +10

      I love the discord server idea lmao add me

    • @thesillyzebra5293
      @thesillyzebra5293 2 роки тому +1

      There are discord servers, I am in both! You just need to search on the internet “official xayah/rakan main sever”

  • @andrewzephyr8262
    @andrewzephyr8262 3 роки тому +110

    I remember the good old days when i learned how to play the game, i picked rakan while my friend picked xayah, i was really bad and she was really good, somehow she never get mad at me, and i end up improoving really fast

    • @RegahP
      @RegahP 3 роки тому +30

      good friends who introduce new people to league of legends should never flame and treat them like what they are, new to a super complex and full of content MOBA, start slow, get the basics out of the way, be patient, etc. if you're gonna flame your friend for doing something they don't even know what is, then you're not a good friend and you're also toxic and uncomprehensive. BTW not an attack, just saying, like, i a friend who i played with once when i was starting would keep flaming me for taking cs as support, and i didn't even know what it was, lol.

    • @syzygy02
      @syzygy02 3 роки тому +12

      @@RegahP yeah. i got flamed by my friend when i first started as well. as soon as he finished teaching me the very basics, when we got into actual matches, he constantly flamed me for the littlest things, like keeping track of what items your enemy bought.

    • @НикитосВладиславович
      @НикитосВладиславович 2 роки тому

      same here

  • @Rekoyuu
    @Rekoyuu 3 роки тому +60

    The fact that Rakan and Kai'sa got matching world championship skins in season 2019 says a lot about how the Xayah-Rakan duo is doing PS: they didn't fix it since then

  • @PenguinFire195
    @PenguinFire195 3 роки тому +299

    the comparison between Rakan and Leona’s CDs told me that Leona needs longer CDs

    • @dariobseuw
      @dariobseuw 3 роки тому +22

      leona doesnt have the mobility rakan have, one thing in sacrifice for another, rakan excel in mobility, leona on cc, that is.

    • @haveaniceday7080
      @haveaniceday7080 3 роки тому +6

      Rakan is one of the champs with the most mobility in the game. And tbh, its very easy if your against a leona as rakan

    • @rabadonsdeathcap5922
      @rabadonsdeathcap5922 3 роки тому +1

      That would make her useless in lane and in teamfights

    • @catherinel.rosewood2095
      @catherinel.rosewood2095 3 роки тому +9

      Doesn't leona have more dmg than rakan and at the same time more life if built correctly?

    • @rabadonsdeathcap5922
      @rabadonsdeathcap5922 3 роки тому +2

      @@catherinel.rosewood2095 I wouldnt say much dmg. If u go full ap leaona its the same thing as full ap cho. U might do some good dmg, but u r way to squishy and no longer a real tank

  • @thebrokuyasu4733
    @thebrokuyasu4733 3 роки тому +37

    “He can charm you and knock you up in the blink of an eye”
    Promise?

  • @justinapolonio3754
    @justinapolonio3754 3 роки тому +47

    They could buff their base stats for a start like Xayah's basic attack range and Rakan's health and/or armor and magic resist.

    • @GameDogLeader21
      @GameDogLeader21 3 роки тому +2

      remove their passives together, add new passives together that they always get when near eachother and situationally get when not.

    • @levy9595
      @levy9595 3 роки тому +1

      Gotta be careful with buffing marksmen base attack ranges. Even 25 range let alone 50 would be a massive (and I mean MASSIVE) buff

  • @alecco2944
    @alecco2944 3 роки тому +57

    As an m7 Xayah and Rakan player, I have to say that I love how accurate this video is to my own thoughts, I had always thought Rakan felt like he was more of a jack of all trades and that xayah's feathers make it very difficult to do much against targets that aren't locked down, and I'm glad to see that somebody who has covered half my champion pool in WNOP is still pointing out shortcomings that I have noticed, and it isn't just me playing the game wrong

  • @bryanoneill9658
    @bryanoneill9658 3 роки тому +224

    Rakan is the embodiment of "A jack of all trades is a master of none" : l

    • @KingAarronn
      @KingAarronn 3 роки тому +9

      Well , how can i say this , HE IS MEANT TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOW, w and r make him do that , q imo is just a range ability necesarry for suport item, and e is literally how he comes to xayah.

    • @KingAarronn
      @KingAarronn 3 роки тому +8

      + early game sucks for him and late game with CDR and Tank items (usuless suport items) he is a monster that can tank , deal dmg and protect/heal too , rakan is litarally meant for late game , and in low elo is very ez to cary with him and yasuo XD

    • @bryanoneill9658
      @bryanoneill9658 3 роки тому +4

      @@KingAarronn All you said its true, but in smaller scales : )
      (Never is THAT tanky nor never deal THAT dmg)
      He does have very good engage BUT this only becomes amazing the higher you climb as players learn how to follow him.
      With all this I wouldn't recommend playing him in solo Q, unless u are Diamond+
      He is super fun tho

    • @bobbobobob9054
      @bobbobobob9054 3 роки тому +5

      @@bryanoneill9658 rakan is basically discount bin edition of leona i hate to say it but it's true

    • @cestlabitche1368
      @cestlabitche1368 3 роки тому +1

      @@bobbobobob9054 after trying both for the first time, this is also my thoughts

  • @carsonperry6443
    @carsonperry6443 3 роки тому +152

    We need a “Why people SHOULD play this champion.”

  • @yeon-woojung5923
    @yeon-woojung5923 3 роки тому +13

    I just realised this vid can help xayah and rakan mains meet and duo together. Thats so big brain

  • @devforfun5618
    @devforfun5618 3 роки тому +57

    i still see a lot of xayah, she does something other adcs cant, her ultimate is an amazing protection against assasins if you have a support to react during the invulnerability

  • @teddycorpus6595
    @teddycorpus6595 3 роки тому +22

    I main support and love Rakan but I feel like the Xayah Rakan synergy goes deeper than just their ability bonuses. For example, Rakan highly appreciates the root xayah gives him for an easy engage set up. Xayah also appreciates how Rakan can go in then go out to assist for her if she was in danger :)

  • @henryjones3232
    @henryjones3232 3 роки тому +356

    If they’re too strong together then just nerf the buffs they get for being together. Just nerf the bonuses they get for operating as a pair so it’s more of a cute gimmick than a crucial part of their function as champions.

    • @AHueman
      @AHueman 3 роки тому +67

      the problem wasn't the buffs they get for being together, it's that their kits complemented each other extremely well to the point that there was almost no room for counterplay when they were together

  • @Solarix1991
    @Solarix1991 3 роки тому +162

    I would give them a soft rework:
    Xayah: gets +50 attack range when holding feathers. This attack range buff is permanent when playing with Rakan on the same team and she doesn't need feathers for it.
    Rakan: Keeps the +300 increased dash range when playing with Xayah, and it's just always-on with her. However, he also gets that same dash range buff if he or an ally has less than 50% health.
    They both can also continue to recall together.
    These kinds of synergies are just: these champions can get the buffs normally, but just more consistently or permanently when playing together. It's still unique to them, but I do not think that the increased uptime of that will severely impact their viability to the point where they NEED each other to be viable.

    • @kikikillian1208
      @kikikillian1208 3 роки тому +21

      The ideas on its own are great, but a constant +50 range buff when a Rakan is in the team is probably too strong. The idea to make Rakan's E have longer range on his allies too if low does seem great though, and maybe make Rakan's Q drop a feather when a champ got hit :D just make it adapt to his skin (golden for standard for example) and scale of his AP

    • @RegahP
      @RegahP 3 роки тому +7

      @@kikikillian1208 yeah maybe not hold the 50+ range foverer with rakan but i do think her feathers autos could have maybe a little bit additional damage so she has better synergy with essence reaver, and the rakan q dropping a feather behind the enemy hit sounds really cool, i like the range thing but im imagining playing with it and it could feel a little clunky unless you have enough CDR, with essence reaver and navori, to always have abilities up to use before you run out of feather autos, without enough CDR you'd be constantly having to get closer or farther like when you have high attack speed but also a fire cannon, you auto fast, one auto and then you gotta get closer, etc. But i'd love another ADC with a bit more range than average, literally caitlyn bullies every other adc there is just because of her range advantage, there needs to be more of them, or none, not just one who gets free 100+ range and pokes and kites other adcs.

    • @kikikillian1208
      @kikikillian1208 3 роки тому +12

      @@RegahP actually just make her W give her extra range, ends up practically the same and Rakan would benefit too

    • @RegahP
      @RegahP 3 роки тому +1

      @@kikikillian1208 right! that would work too

    • @pokeystick5952
      @pokeystick5952 3 роки тому +5

      Maybe they can make it so that Rakan can still dash to her while Xayah is ulting?

  • @Stressconducive
    @Stressconducive Рік тому +4

    bro I’m a support main that has m7 on Rakan and have for a while now and that’s because he’s amazing, but when you play with a random Xayah it feels like you just met your childhood crush who just said they like you back, it feels bloody amazing

  • @kingofgrunder5494
    @kingofgrunder5494 3 роки тому +33

    What if they had a different bonus/change when they were without their partner? It could reflect their personality when they are alone. Like sure, they get stronger when together, but maybe when alone and missing their second half, another part of their kit works differently?
    Something to just make it a choice, do you want them paired together or do you want them apart?

  • @tmarcz9800
    @tmarcz9800 3 роки тому +118

    Yo I’m so hyped I was just thinking about xayah and rakans popularity

    • @arissigma2031
      @arissigma2031 3 роки тому +3

      they both have 3% play rate combined i think

  • @kyriakos02
    @kyriakos02 3 роки тому +166

    As a Xayah main, there's nothing more frustrating than watching someone pick rakan when they have no idea how the champ works, just because they think the lane is "OP".
    IT'S OP WHEN BOTH PLAYERS KNOW WHAT TO DO....

    • @thatredkite8310
      @thatredkite8310 2 роки тому +6

      as a rakan main i feel the same but for xayah players (good that i can play them both pretty well)

    • @kevinroberts781
      @kevinroberts781 Рік тому

      Absolutely right!! The odds of both players knowing how to team up like that is next to none! I'd be willing to join a clan that focuses on learning this with every match. But expecting other random people to understand all of this is pure stupidity. Not the players fault. Lol fault

  • @artemiswillhelm2633
    @artemiswillhelm2633 3 роки тому +21

    “A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

  • @sipofsunkist9016
    @sipofsunkist9016 3 роки тому +312

    “And because, you know they’re a couple” so I should be expecting a why everyone plays senna and Lucian?!

    • @AstervoidHestray
      @AstervoidHestray 3 роки тому +53

      Funny enough, every Senna Lucian comp performed poorly whenever I played against them

    • @Skaypegote
      @Skaypegote 2 роки тому +15

      Senna Lucian are a garbage tier duo bot unfortunately

    • @kaiogiovanni
      @kaiogiovanni 2 роки тому +1

      Senna got cucked by Nami tho

    • @cesar6447
      @cesar6447 2 роки тому +9

      @@Skaypegote of course not, Senna ADC and Lucian Support are a good duo

    • @Nuclearburrit0
      @Nuclearburrit0 Рік тому +2

      *Thresh and Senna

  • @phoenixflamegames1
    @phoenixflamegames1 3 роки тому +80

    Xayah requires you to play around your feathers and why make it so difficult when you can play kai’sa, samira or tristana to instantly have a much bigger chance of winning?

    • @lemonlizard3831
      @lemonlizard3831 3 роки тому +48

      Xayah was the only adc I played for months, played sivir once and felt like I had been cheated the whole time. Xayah just sucks man. Why would I even bother having to set up all my feathers if I can just spam sivir q from a distance and kill everybody? It's a shame that the most unique adcs are also the worst.

    • @KingAarronn
      @KingAarronn 3 роки тому +1

      Samira , idk about that ...

    • @doublechocolata4247
      @doublechocolata4247 3 роки тому +7

      Xayah's main damage ability is W, the feathers or her E is just for stun/damage to assassins or anyone who comes too close to her (most of the time) because the closer the enemy is the more feathers will hit the enemy(most of her feathers even if the feathers are scatters so no need to set up), and her q is just to set-up a stun also ultimate as well (but also u can dodge with her ult). So it's not completely playing around her feathers tbh

    • @ferchemac180
      @ferchemac180 3 роки тому +27

      It's not that Xayah is harder to play than others, she is just weak. Look at her ult cooldown for a 1 second of untargetability, it's just too high she can't do shit

    • @kurikiarizeth2990
      @kurikiarizeth2990 3 роки тому +7

      It feels the same with Ezreal tbh. Landing every single skill shot just to deal damage. I played Jhin for one game and ran through the enemy team, right click to win. Wish the more fun/unique/skill based champs were at least worth the effort compared to other champs

  • @porhaltavaneppe
    @porhaltavaneppe 3 роки тому +28

    I love the design of Xayah and she is one of my favourite adcs to play whenever I'm looking to mess around with friends. Riot could maby reduce the ult cooldown on xayah because that is what I most often strugle with. Not having ult up. It is such a long cd for an ability you need to survive 3 seconds if the enemy team has any kind of hard engage or assasins.

  • @MAMAJUGO
    @MAMAJUGO 3 роки тому +34

    They could give them some more broad synergy, the same way Yasuo can ult from any knockup, Samira can extend any stun and Seraphine can improve any CC the enemy already has, stuff that can work with any character, but just so happens to work well with each other.
    Like "Xayah grants buff to the last person who shielded her" or "Rakan gets extended cast range based on ally attack range" and "each can teleport back with any ally, but only if they recall within the first 2 seconds of channel, and if together, the passive stacks with itself, extending it to 4 seconds"
    Plus, it would be funny seeing either Xayah or Rakan awkwardly dance around a recalling ally.

  • @whoknows7415
    @whoknows7415 3 роки тому +8

    What I like about Rakan is that he can fulfill the role of an engage support all while technically being an enchanter. I really love playing enchanters but sometimes I really need a good engage when I get an aggressive adc like Vayne or Kai'Sa and Rakan just really helps a lot in those situations.

  • @keyman3131
    @keyman3131 3 роки тому +73

    Rakan is 90% of who I've been playing lmao

  • @babynevi6113
    @babynevi6113 3 роки тому +11

    I main Xayah and I love her :3 The funny thing about this video is that you can easily setup feathers because most of the people don't care about where your feathers are and just get rooted out of nowhere XD.. but i loved the video :)

    • @babynevi6113
      @babynevi6113 3 роки тому

      (I mean in teamfights, in laning phase most adcs do notice your feathers and try to play around it)

  • @kirbymakesmusic
    @kirbymakesmusic 3 роки тому +12

    Hi, i've been playing both Xayah and rakan for a while and here's what i tell my friends everytime we talk about these characters
    i think the best course of action to help the couple perform better is to allow them to put their unique passives on anyone, similar to Kalista
    the idea is that at lvl 6- if Xayah or rakan is being played without the other- they should be awarded a feather of trust, which would be a one time use item similar to knights vow that would give one person on your team your special passive (does not have to be the adc, if rakan wants to dash to a tank he could i guess). However, if rakan and xayah ARE played together, they will both get their unique passives from level 1

  • @sofiabruun2240
    @sofiabruun2240 3 роки тому +10

    i have never loved a champ as much as i love xayah.
    she is extremely fun to play and ends up dealing so much dmg, so tbh idc about the low winrate as long as i can have a fun game with a champ i love playing.
    her personality, the mechanics and her kit is amazing

  • @itsOllardo
    @itsOllardo 3 роки тому +6

    As a Rakan main, I can't wait to watch this. I love my boy.

  • @PhageMika
    @PhageMika 3 роки тому +11

    A couple of days before this video got released I started spamming Xayah. I'm currently at a 70% win rate with her and have played her for roughly 30 games :3 I'm absolutely in love with her design! My best friend who's a support main decided to try out Rakan and atm it's our absolute favorite combo to play! I'm almost mastery 5 only missing about 1K mastery and once my friend reaches mastery 5 too we plan on gifting each other the star guardian skin for the other's champ :3

  • @VG_Yugi
    @VG_Yugi 3 роки тому +8

    THIS EPISODE FEELS DEDICATED TO ME AND IM SO HAPPY

  • @mariavilhena8462
    @mariavilhena8462 3 роки тому +19

    Xayah is my main and i love the fact that i have to keep track of the feathers, is fun XD. I see the problem, but me and my bf play a lot and if u play them well u can really have a good game. But its true that they are weaker separately. I think Rakan is more easy to play with other Adcs then Xayah with other supports

  • @tainadeoliveira
    @tainadeoliveira 3 роки тому +16

    Xayah is my favorite champion in lol and one of my mains, too bad she's been in a bad spot :(

  • @yoshi3025
    @yoshi3025 3 роки тому +9

    I feel like small changes to xayah could be increasing her range so she can peel a bit better, or like at 5 stacks of feather she throw out to feathers so she can root better on her own.
    With Rakan maybe his w does like health percent damage so he can build tankier for more sustain.

  • @arissigma2031
    @arissigma2031 3 роки тому +1

    i main xayah and i've been asking for a while for a no one plays xayah,thanks bro

  • @crowmajester6947
    @crowmajester6947 3 роки тому +11

    I don't know how to change Xayah, but if Rakan got a shield when using his e, it might help to make him slightly less squishy

    • @Waxotoo
      @Waxotoo 3 роки тому

      maybe make that if he lands a Q he gets cooldown reduction on his passive

    • @crowmajester6947
      @crowmajester6947 3 роки тому

      @@Waxotoo I mean it already kind of does, but I know what you mean

  • @tilkilit
    @tilkilit 3 роки тому

    I discovered your channel a few days ago when "Why no one plays Quinn" popped on my youtube homepage. This channel is literally one of the best League channels ever

    • @VarsVerum
      @VarsVerum  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you! It means a lot hearing that :3

  • @bonedryry6191
    @bonedryry6191 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a xayah main and I wish more people picked her up she is amazing once you get the hang of her her feathers feel so fun to land

  • @danielgoncalves2784
    @danielgoncalves2784 3 роки тому +1

    I miss the old ROTMG days but i'm so proud of what you have achieved with your new league vids, hope you're happy with your new video style vars

  • @Raykushi
    @Raykushi 3 роки тому +5

    I'm a big fan of the character. Even if their gimmick ends up making them niche, they fulfill a really cool unique role in the game unfilled by anyone else. Kind of like how Yuumi brings a whole new gameplay element to league (even though a lot of people don't like Yuumi lol)

  • @exhibitx2089
    @exhibitx2089 3 роки тому +34

    I know this is about PC League of Legends, but ever since I started playing Wild Rift, Rakan has been my main and now I'm Platinum. I don't know the power difference between games, but Rakan is absolutely viable in WR.

    • @Vizible21
      @Vizible21 3 роки тому

      He probably meant as a duo.. and not as solo with a different support or adc.

    • @consta2831
      @consta2831 3 роки тому +1

      In some tier lists Rakan is in S tier in wild rift and he is getting some buffs next patch, also some runes he uses well are getting changed to a better version too while on league pc he is really down the list because of nerfs and supports who can fight better in the meta

    • @mttssst
      @mttssst 3 роки тому +3

      he is good because there arent many champs in wr

    • @dinconium2570
      @dinconium2570 3 роки тому +5

      mobile champions like rakan is better in wild rift bcs the map is smaller and mobile champions in a smaller map always have advantages, in league pc however the map is bigger and dashes barely cover any distance which gives space for immobile champions to avoid engages and catches

    • @devforfun5618
      @devforfun5618 3 роки тому

      i solo carried vs a duo with allistar in wild rift, the power balance is way different in wild rift, every one dies faster, which means a tank can kill a carry simply by not dying before he can do that

  • @wintergreen3mc
    @wintergreen3mc 3 роки тому +4

    This video really perfectly details the reason why this duo needs some sort of change. Even just a minor change to them individually and rework one of their synergies as a result. Pro play also is a big part of why they got nerfed so hard, unfortunately.
    I have onetricked/mained Rakan for 3.5 years - I started out by maining Xayah when they came out, because I was an adc main in Season 7. When I became a support main, and discovered how fun he was, I became so much better at League and I learned the flow of League so much more easily through playing him. However, the past year or so has been pretty rough on him, and it feels like he has hardly any agency anymore - and I'm not just talking about the W speed/Flash combo nerf. His armor isn't what it used to be, as you stated, and everyone walks out of his abilities before they can catch up to him unless you are using 1000% of your brain power and outplay every single time. I still love Rakan, and will continue to play him regularly, but it's a shame to see the two champions struggle for so long and Riot is just ignoring it.

  • @veronika3119
    @veronika3119 3 роки тому +5

    I instantly fell in love with xayah when she was released... it was really sad to see her downfall and that she's unplayable rn

  • @jacekmaraj1774
    @jacekmaraj1774 3 роки тому +105

    Rakan is underrated af , only Xayah is problematic imo

    • @katarinalavoie6476
      @katarinalavoie6476 3 роки тому

      In and out of their relarionship? Jk xD

    • @okgrorkultiv5356
      @okgrorkultiv5356 3 роки тому +14

      That's absolutely right. As a Rakan and (tried to) failed xayah main, I can say that Rakan rocks with enough skill, but xayah's tough to carry with...

  • @immagoingbacktobed1742
    @immagoingbacktobed1742 3 роки тому +5

    I'd say the best way to help Rakan is tweak his passive to increase his ability to survive. Maybe they could improve the scaling and cooldown or they could make it give extra (Scaling) MR and Armor while its active.

  • @georgegkoumas5026
    @georgegkoumas5026 3 роки тому +3

    11:36
    As a Rakan primary main and Xayah secondary, I would like to note that even if Rakan cannot W or Flash after R he still can engage out of screen as quick as he could before because his E doesn't get that nerf. Of course it is riskier for Rakan since he needs to R way earlier and can miss the combo much easier but it is still somewhat there.
    The old combo would be: E R Flash W and E for disengage if needed
    and the new now is: R E Flash W and E for disengage if needed
    All that assuming he is the second engage, so he can use E first, else he is much weaker since he needs to W R instead of R W which means that he needs to give the opponent a window to escape his W instead of using R to secure it.

  • @jakkuzakku9694
    @jakkuzakku9694 3 роки тому +1

    Me just chilling as a Rakan Main. Good video!

  • @Rogue_kat
    @Rogue_kat 3 роки тому +14

    i love these two champs. i literally ask friends to play either of the two and i will play the other.
    they are so adorable and cute i just love them both so much.
    i do however love playing rakan the most of the two because i am support main and also his playstyle is hella fun.
    also tho anytime i do see a rakan or xayah being picked on my team and im support/adc i just have to pick the other.

  • @jjef8706
    @jjef8706 3 роки тому +13

    I've seen literally 1 rell outside her release week, can't tell if I have wonky luck or she REALLY needs an episode lol

    • @proxi315
      @proxi315 3 роки тому +2

      I've been thinking the same thing. I don't know what on the world happened but she's worse off than skarner before seraphine was released

    • @banyani4048
      @banyani4048 3 роки тому +2

      nono trust rell is super fun to play and sometimes actually pretty annoying to go against... I am an adc/sup Main but I can imagine that if you're an assassin jumping on the adc and get insta stunned by an aoe stun it's pretty annoying...
      her W is canceled pretty easily with the right Champs and timings but if she hits it its a big BIG OOF
      basically she has a ton of cc [pain]
      I tbh don't see too many rells as well but I feel like ppl don't play her too much because while for example a Leona can easily 1v1 an adc for example rell can't, her attack speed doesn't allow it and she doesn't provide enough instant cc on her own
      shes like I'd say mhmhmhmhm bad example porbbaly but taric who's just a tanky tank who can't really do flashy things on his own (tho his stun can be cast on himself which is a difference but I hope you get me kinda)

    • @sweetillusions5495
      @sweetillusions5495 3 роки тому +3

      As said above Rell is worse Leona in terms of solo queue. Not only that but Rell requires a lot more cooperation from the ADC due to the fact she's much slower and vulnerable after her engage. If your ADC fucks something up you suffer twice as much as another tank support would.

    • @robertharp16
      @robertharp16 3 роки тому +1

      Rell imo is the more feast and famine version of Leona,IF she hits everything and she gets the follow up she honestly feels broken but it goes both ways, is she goes in and something goes wrong or you get counter engaged your screwed plain and simple

    • @Pelmite
      @Pelmite 3 роки тому

      in pro play shes solid but in my plat games I never see her

  • @rolandakaecak9332
    @rolandakaecak9332 3 роки тому +5

    Well maybe riot should just add a passive effect, when they're played seperately that'd help them overcome their weaknesses whitout eachother. They could even call it something sweet like "missing loved one" or somethin idk

  • @ILcrash1993
    @ILcrash1993 3 роки тому +8

    They could make their passive sinergies a quest instead, something like senna vs thresh... Idk rakan could heal a certain amount of hp to xayah to gain some bonus healing and so on

    • @lanternno8491
      @lanternno8491 3 роки тому

      I wouldn't lock it behind his heal.
      Better behind his E.

    • @ILcrash1993
      @ILcrash1993 3 роки тому

      @@lanternno8491 yeah, it was just an example, it could be on everyone of his abilities and same for her

  • @cohoslash5893
    @cohoslash5893 3 роки тому +27

    I would comment on Xayah and Rakan but the fact that somebody like Xayah is in a relationship makes me sad and alone

    • @hypebeastuchiha9229
      @hypebeastuchiha9229 3 роки тому +7

      Me too I hate xayah such an unlikable turd acting like a moody 14 year old girl

  • @generalv.1891
    @generalv.1891 3 роки тому +1

    Im a Xayah main, played over 500 games with her and if there is one thing I wished for her, it would be for her Ult. It seriously needs shorter cooldown, because R in itself does little to no dmg, in order to do dmg, I have to position myself and use my E. There are 3 things to do and from experience, I can’t really use her R to escape, she is not very fast in the air and can’t go over walls. If her R had shorter cooldown, it would help so much.

  • @ghostmaker4283
    @ghostmaker4283 3 роки тому +39

    Lemme guess
    Raken: Too reliant on coordination to be a soloq champion, too easy to punish since he can't tank, terrible numbers bcs he's a Jack of all trades.
    Xayah: She's always in the low side of the charts because Riot keep her numbers low so she won't become dominant on pro play, she misses the old Essence Reaver, not as simple to execute like other marksmans

    • @DIRTkat_ofc
      @DIRTkat_ofc 3 роки тому

      What the fuck rakan that can't tank XD
      I tanked 5 man, ult and w on everyons my adc only had to press R and got that sweet penta

    • @ghostmaker4283
      @ghostmaker4283 3 роки тому +5

      @@DIRTkat_ofc Even an ADC can tank if he's feed and build some tanky itens, what I mean is that Rakan doesn't have any tool for this. Most of the time Rakan wants to go in, CC chain people and go out before getting deleted

    • @martindevin798
      @martindevin798 3 роки тому +3

      @@DIRTkat_ofc even a Janna can tank if she build tank items
      The point is that Rakan has doesn't have self-resistance buff like Leona, Alistar or Rell, so he is harder to tank hit.

  • @Space_Bones
    @Space_Bones 3 роки тому +2

    YAY A RAKAN ANALYSIS!! One of my favorite champs in the whole game! I agree with many of the statements made here. Rakan is a Jack of all Trades, Master of None kinda guy. I miss the old engage a lot and wish it could be brought back (I absolutely love the crazy light show of his R > Flash > W combo), but I know that ain’t happening. I’d say a CD change on his W and E would be nice so he could more reliably be in and out of a fight, but that’s just because I play Rakan focused around his Speed, some players build him Tanky or even Full AP. While I was really active in league, I did not have a Xayah GF (or a Xayah Main) with me most of the time. I heavily relied on Vision Score, Macro, and Mobility to catch out my opponent or surprise them in the middle of a team fight. Basically, I roamed a lot.

  • @pebblebrowser
    @pebblebrowser 3 роки тому +51

    I'd rather have them be just ok than Riot removing their synergies, ruining the whole point of their identity

  • @Liquidskwid
    @Liquidskwid 3 роки тому +2

    Maybe an anti-synergy system would work. If Xayah/Rakan are on the same team but one is dead they get a "heartbroken" debuff. Less attackspeed for Xayah, reduced jump range for Rakan, or something to that effect. This would allow both champions to exist without each other on the rift, yet be more powerful as a duo. The counterplay is simple, kill one and the other looses some power.

  • @docnatigee
    @docnatigee 3 роки тому +4

    Being a Rakan main in Season 10, it’s really hard to return to him. I love the man, but the little problems with him (cool downs being long, weird buffer times between casting and landing W, and R being practically useless at times) really get me down. My boy needs some love, but, “Love is SO cruel” -Rakan

  • @taitioballish3805
    @taitioballish3805 3 роки тому

    finally, someone spoke up about xayah and Rakan's issues in laning, also, I just want to point out that when you try to use the color setting to see where xayah's feathers will land just tell riot they need to get better at adjusting the color setting a bit.

  • @kamrud700
    @kamrud700 3 роки тому +3

    Simple deal, if they are alone, they have a buff, but less strong than when they are together, and when they are together, they just lose that buff to get their synergy buffs, tadaa

  • @Singingshadowgirl
    @Singingshadowgirl 2 роки тому +1

    Ahh- I love both of these champs. Rakan helped me with anxiety about making plays and going in, he made it fun, and okay if I failed with his confidence.
    Xayah is just fun- especially with attack speed items 💕

  • @thexlonewolf671
    @thexlonewolf671 3 роки тому +3

    Honestly, their synergy is the problem imo. By designing the champions so explicitly to work with each other, their numbers (Xayah's at least) have to be intentionally crippled to keep them from dominating on their own. I think the best thing to do here is to distribute power away from the abilties that buff each other in exchange for higher base numbers. That or remove the synergy entirely.

  • @Katherine-fh3ro
    @Katherine-fh3ro 3 роки тому +2

    Well, u forgot something: “Jack of all trades, master of none, but better than a master of one."

  • @goblano4981
    @goblano4981 3 роки тому +5

    Xayah main here: Rakan aside, being able to dodge and peel for yourself means everything in everything in solo que. The root can make a world of difference in a season with such strong assassins.
    Even with Rakan, I never saw too much of a difference positively speaking as opposed to other engagement supports.

    • @ihavecrabs56
      @ihavecrabs56 3 роки тому +1

      something i dislike about rakan is his effect on adcs... i dont want an adc to play xayah just because i pick rakan... i would rather they play their main. i dont need a xayah to work. if they main xayah, great, but rakan does fine with almost all adcs... he has a very adaptive playstyle and can choose to peel, pressure, and engage. theo nly thing he struggles with is poking.

    • @carbonbeaker409
      @carbonbeaker409 3 роки тому

      @@ihavecrabs56 and honestly, if the enemy cc is on cooldown, he can poke just fine by w-q-e combo, which also heals

    • @goblano4981
      @goblano4981 3 роки тому +1

      @@ihavecrabs56 I totally agree and it is similar the other way around. If you are comfortable playing Leona and I pick Xayah, there shouldn't be pressure to pick Rakan. Imo, the buffs as a duo are kind of small whereas playing champions you are comfortable playing far outweighs the...Attack speed buff on your support? Longer dash range by a small amount? I'll be honest, I can't tell the bloody difference in either champion whether or not they are buffed or not. I don't even know what the buffs are, they are so small in the grand scheme.

    • @ihavecrabs56
      @ihavecrabs56 3 роки тому

      @@goblano4981 the dash range is very nice tbh lol but not a necessity. i do wish they buffed rakans shield range but a small amount though. so many times allies r just barely out of range :(

  • @MikuscarShiro
    @MikuscarShiro 3 роки тому

    I was able to found your channel because I saw your WNOP: Azir and I used to be an Azir main. This series is so informative and I really like your criticisms in every champ that you put in the series.

  • @CRAFTERGOD21
    @CRAFTERGOD21 3 роки тому +3

    There was a Rakan OTP in na that hit challenger in S10 ~ Dice Bot, guy was Smurf

  • @DrixIngara
    @DrixIngara 2 роки тому +2

    when I play rakan tank: I feel like I'm running out of mana and the skills don't do much for the allies.
    When I play rakan support: I heal and shield well, but engage is the death of me.
    mixed: I can't do anything well.

  • @saillok4923
    @saillok4923 3 роки тому +8

    What about why everyone plays Lux next?

    • @aegela
      @aegela 3 роки тому

      i want this too

  • @jackiem5703
    @jackiem5703 3 роки тому +2

    as someone who plays rakan regularly - the extra dash range is a super big deal. at the same time i don't want to admit it because i'd love a buff to the pair without removing their synergies lol

  • @taijibeker5489
    @taijibeker5489 3 роки тому +3

    6:18 can we talk about how long it took them to kill that kayn??

  • @thecanadiankiwibirb4512
    @thecanadiankiwibirb4512 2 роки тому +2

    I think they should get a buff while apart as well, call it "Lover's melancholy" or something
    Rakan - small amount of tenacity
    Xayah - small range boost while clean cuts are avalable
    The tenacity on Rakan would help him not blow up without Xayah's peel and the bonus range would help Xayah get feathers without Rakan's CC

  • @KingMordon
    @KingMordon 3 роки тому +3

    Frankly, I'd just remove the bonus synergy on their basic abilities, keep the paired backing and buff their base kit accordingly. While the added synergies are fun and all, the cost in their power budget just plain isn't worth it.

  • @neptune9804
    @neptune9804 3 роки тому +1

    I agree that they're hard to play on their own but I think that they just deserve more love and a chance. Most people ONLY think they're good together. As a Rakan main right now yes, the Xaylah dash range makes a huge difference but you learn to play around it. I love the feel of dancing around the fight no matter my range. He's a great champion but you need to know your limits on positioning so you have an easy get away. (Also I recommend using conditioning instead of bone plating which gives him a bit of tank to help when he goes in - nimbus cloak is great for escapes if you need that extra boost too)

  • @sebwalk8179
    @sebwalk8179 3 роки тому +7

    The largest problem with ADCs this season is that DPS crit based carries got totally screwed over by the new items and crit damage changes. The most dominant carries (Kaisa, Senna, Jhin, Vayne, Tristana) have built in % health damage and/or crit modifiers, and they rely on burst damage and outranging the enemy. Compared to other carries', Xayah's bread and butter combo takes too long to set up, and doesnt deal a ton of damage until you're 3-4 items deep. By that point, Jhin has probably already snowballed with Galeforce +Collector.

  • @jackson-lb9lq
    @jackson-lb9lq 3 роки тому +1

    ideas as a rakan support main:
    Rakan:
    W- cool down is reduced by 1-1.5 seconds (scaling with ability level) for each enemy hit. this rewards more skillful uses and makes the engage tool more accessible.
    E- recast now gives rakan a shield for 10-30% (with ability level scaling) that lasts for 4.5 seconds and if broken, knocks enemies back in a 200 unit area. the purpose being useful as a way to engage making the process of escaping more difficult. you either go in with your bot and shield them to protect yourself or you take the risk of going in unprotected to have a faster escape.
    Xayah: ( i dont fully understand the champ but going off my expirence)
    W- initially this gives xayah +30-50 move speed and 20-35 armor (both scaling with ability level) lasting up to 6 seconds. however, when attaching a player, jungle monster, or tower, you lose 10% of given move speed and 10 of the given armor (with this ability) and receive +10% attack speed per feather hit (abilities count) and have a +30-60% attack speed cap (scaling by ability level). each stack of attack speed lasts 6 seconds. the point is to turn this into an engage ability so that xayah can do well on her own while the ability still keeps the core purpose.
    jointed passive: when in a 1400 unit radius of each other, they each receive a +10% crit chance with abilities and a +20 move speed buff. they can also recall together.
    i feel like this is a bit op but with the right numbers i feel like this fixes some of their major issues. this also doesn’t count items because i dont really understand how they factor into the numbers because i’ve only been playing a few months.

  • @alejandropetit6573
    @alejandropetit6573 3 роки тому +15

    oooo double champion
    well they're meant to be played together so it makes sense

  • @Ouibot
    @Ouibot 3 роки тому +2

    I am a rakan main so some bias but I think they should just make them total mosters together and just not tell anyone

  • @emptyptr9401
    @emptyptr9401 3 роки тому +3

    I think the hole "get advantages when they are together" is really cute, but from a competitive standpoint its a disaster. SO I think they should tone their team-effects down a bit and buff them individually. I think having them as a Threat when play together, so that u kinda have to ban one when someone pick the other, is cool for competitive and clash, but obviously not so much for normal ranked. So: I would tone down their team effects a bit, and try to change them, so that they are effective in coordinated teams, but not that much individually, and then buff individual aspects, that are more effective in soloq. Obviously they should still be viable individually in competitive though. That would need a lot og fine-tuning obviously but I think its doable. The goal would be to make them individually more viable (While still keeping SOME, even though very small, advantages for playing them together), while doing the same for competitive, just that, because of the ban format, its ok if they are very strong together there and it introduces an interesting dynamic. If that doesnt work I would just say that they should weaken their together-bonuses overall and buff them individually, the competituve thing would be more of a cool extra if it is doable.

  • @RedstoneRailroadRR
    @RedstoneRailroadRR 2 роки тому +1

    Something Ive personally noticed as a rakan main (since release) and a dabbler of Xayah. It almost feels like that when you hover or pick either rakan or xayah (or both), the enemies instantly have to react to counter (even if its just xayah with soraka). And in all honestly, a LOT of champions in botlane can make Rakan suffer (Examples : Caitlynn - her traps just ruin his day. Any all in champion that dives the ADC, aka most of the tank meta, etc.). Plus Rakan simply just doesnt fit any cycle. He's not a tank, he's not an enchanter, he's not a healer, etc. So when the stats swap and metas shift, he doesnt really get to flow with the tide. (He does better VS most enchanters, but those metas usually make him too squishy).

  • @nahravky3885
    @nahravky3885 3 роки тому +7

    While we are here, any Xayah mains, mid silver on EUNE, Im a Rakan main looking for a duo xD

    • @jerrypie1230
      @jerrypie1230 3 роки тому +1

      sadly i'm on EUW but i main both rakan and xayah and am/was in mid silver

    • @nahravky3885
      @nahravky3885 3 роки тому +1

      @@jerrypie1230 im thinking of making an euw acc, do u have discord where I could add u xD

    • @jerrypie1230
      @jerrypie1230 3 роки тому +1

      @@nahravky3885 sure! it's jerrypie#2377 on discord

    • @caybex3575
      @caybex3575 3 роки тому

      Add CaYbeX i have 240kbpounts on her

    • @nahravky3885
      @nahravky3885 3 роки тому

      @CaYbeX okay I will, when I get home on Sunday!

  • @simeks4187
    @simeks4187 3 роки тому +1

    As a rakan main , i did know this video is coming , but im not ready . You will probobly soon talk about my other main xerath too