How to win lane as Alistar against Rakan · 50.49% win rate over 2,153 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Rakan | Rakan's level-1 boomerang poke and mobility edge chip you before your engage is relevant. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 evens out as your W-Q knock-up trades one-for-one with his Grand Entrance. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays skill-based with both engage tools online and body-blockable. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even, decided by who baits the other's dash. |
| Level 6 | Rakan | Rakan re-spikes at 6 because The Quickness lets him dodge your single-target knock-up. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item re-levels the lane as your sustain offsets his poke-and-disengage. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Two items stays a coin-flip skill duel of who lands their engage first. |
Level 1 tilts slightly to Rakan because his Q boomerang poke and superior mobility let him chip you while staying safe before your engage range matters.
The full Alistar vs Rakan report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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