The Breakdown with Zirene: The Power of Rakan (NA LCS Summer Week 1) 

Aphromoo really showed Rakan's potential in the matches against C9. Huge props to him.

"save their Ashe" LUL

"As they used Tahm Kench's Devour to constantly save their ASHE" - Zirene 2017

My name is Rakan and I am the fastest engager alive. To the outside world I might seem like an ordinary melee support, but secretly with help of my one true love Xayah I can engage from one screen away. I am Rakan.

Zirene's pun on constantly saving their "ashe".

He's Rakan the competitive scene right now

1:16 PRESENCE IN THE LANEEE

The commentary on this video definitely feels more relaxed than last time.

So proud of how far you have come Zirene!

Awesome breakdown, nice use of the practice tool, and you can tell Zirene's getting better at this, made me forget about Jatt in this episode !

I love how when he came out everyone was maxing his Heal Q despite it being his lowest cooldown. Then they started maxing his Sheild E; But why? you get two of them? \o/ Now finally months in Rakan has gained over a 1% winrate and you max his W knock up first. I've been doing this from the start; Got him lvl7 at the end of day 2. Rakan is now my second favorite Champ right after Diana. Dudes amazing; Way better then Xayah..

this is the type of champion i feel in love with playing as a support, I main Thresh and Rakkan now, the orgasmic feeling when you make a game winning play ..ohhh ahhh

Zirene is awesome too imo. He added a little more enthusiasm in this video, which is the way to go. Jatt cannot be beaten in that field tho.

The competitive community 'Rakan is really strong on the verge of op' Riot comments on 7.12 PBE notes 'Rakan appears to be a bit weak' :thinking:

"Essentially undodgeable unless you have- INHUMAN REACTIONS!"

I'm digging this sports science for league.

A great example of synergy with Rakan is Kalista which ROX TIgers Showed in the 2,1 win against KT Rolster it even further extends the range and allows for more muneverability then with Xayah as you can shoot in any direction with kalista ultimate and mid flight be able to catch people out it makes the engage even stronger and less predictable aswell as rakan can throw himself to the side then pull of the combo

Ok no shade to Zirene but Jatts voice is one of the things that makes this series what it is. His speech patters and cadence as well as how eloquent he is in his delivery of the breakdown, all come together to make this what it is. I understand he is a busy guy but plz let jatt do these.P.S. still love ya Zirene

Hi everyone! Jatt not here ;_;

Well done zirene. Loved this episode. Keep doing them!!!

Loved this episode

After seeing the play, Rakan is like Azir on release.the distance travelled for knockup is insane.

I really like this Video and Rakan as Champion. Here my two Favoritre Quotes of him if you understand ;) "Turn in, turn on, drop out." "The world isn't about collecting stuff, it's about seeing stuff."

omg that engage of aphromoo, its just so broken but also very well played

looking at this in 2022 as a player who only started in 2020 and wtf. This champ has changed. I literally blinked and missed his engage cuz it was that fast

Great video zirene! You really live up to the god Jatt himself

Excellent vid man

I miss this Rakan so much

The river ambush from CLG with aphro blew my mind... again! (I saw it live)

Hopefully they'll bring TheBreakdown back 😢

As a melee support.... so u guys agree he should be made melee

5:16 they utilized tahm kench's devour to constantly save their ashe pure GOLD

A buddy gifted him to me post-release and I struggled using him and now he's FotM again, time to practice!

2;30 There is also the possibility of an additional 550 units if he uses the second cast of E on an ally that isn't Xayah as well, tho he gives up the safety net of the disengage by doing this.

rakan is like the support version of lee sin. he doesn't need high scalings, his kit is just intrinsically strong with mobility and cc

we need brekdown series in 2020 too....please riot..

"Unless you have a god like reaction time" so that means everyone in SKT's not gonna be affected by rakan

rakan isn't just offensive, he's also defensive. In a pro game if the enemy picked kass or fizz and you have a hyper carry ad, all rakan has to do is sit on top of their ad, wait for the melee assassin to get on the ad, knock the kass up, then ult him. He's all-round op.

"As a melee support" so, is that why the melee only effects dont work on him? good to know.

it took me a couple games to get used to rakan but I finally learned how to use him

could you guys do community breakdowns? where you go over particularly strange or well played team fights and go over how they happened?

5:20 GOOOTTEEM!

This was great

check out SKT vs Longzhu. That series was intense and on a razor's edge for 30 minutes

I feel like we need a kennen ADC breakdown after Rekkles' performance today

Do a breakdown on the Longzhu vs SKT games!

Too much ty for this video

Where's the Longzhu vs SKT breakdown?

Where's my boy Jatt?

I can dig that

"to constantly save her Ashe" rofl'd n sub'd after that real quick XD

aaaaand rakan nerf inc. GJ rito

CC you forever in a blink of an eye..... Every Carry Nightmares

Remember when Breakdown was about teamfights?

Can't wait to main him.

You guys made a small typo at the end of the video, its LoLZirene

Imma go ahead and put in some of ny money to get this champ. Dont you dare nerf him or im coming for you Zirene!

Rakan the Usain Bolt of the rift :D

this guy got me from silver 2 to plat 3 in like a week. Rakan is broken.

Yeah. Let's buff Rakans Great Entrance.

2:39 Holy balancerino batman!

The unit calculation is flawed because battle dance always puts Rakan on the opposite side of his ally, effectively adding the width of the allies' model to the range of the next ability.

I laughed at the presence in lane part haha SUPPORT IS SO EZ DUDE

rakan is actually ranged but has a really tiny range proof: he cant build tiamat since you have to be melee to build it

one thing is sure "its one of the best engages in the game"

I liked the way Zirene explained but is there any specific reason why Jatt isn't doing this anymore? just wondering :0

WTFFFF THAT IS SO OP

No! Where is the breakdown with Jatt. Cmon my boi1

He is actually a ranged support

he miss spoke. He meant to say more banned not more frequently.

If he's "a melee support" then why the heck doesn't Relic Shield work with him? His autos involve him actually walking up and hitting something.

Apparently no counter-play outside of a single champ is something worth highlighting

And here I am still struggling to play him

we need that back to rakan

When I last played league, no one played Galio and now he's reworked and one of the most picked in pro? k

i just really like jatt's voice :)

You can travel more range because you can use e two times

PLEASE JATT COME BACK !!!!

*"Hi everyone Jatt here" RIP*

Rakan is flat out broken, been saying it since he came out. He can safley engage and has 2 dashes in case it backfires. Throw in that bs ultimate you're asking for nerfs.

POGCHAMP

Rakan is a ranged support. He can't use Tiamat or its respective items that it builds into. Just want to correct the narrator.

Funnest champ I’ve ever used

He is considered as a ranged champ with a range of 300 so targon's execution doesn't work and he can even pop the blast cone at the bottom red side over the wall

Thumbnail.... WSJ !!!!!

Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no. I'm having #TheBreakdown right now *blblblblbl like a fish*

1:05 Rakan isn't melee. He is ranged. his range i just short.

Sadly, there's no way Riot can let Rakan's insane engage potential stay like this. It's literally broken.

Save their ashe and a grand total Pun Genius

So you agree to nerf because a 2200 engage range is ludacrisly op for a MELEE support? Atleast ,that is what u told us.

5:33 as more pros invest time into him , expect to see him perma banned

:( they are so going to nerf Rakan. gonna be so sad, I love him atm. I'd imagine they will extend the delay for grand entrance knock-up to give window of opportunity to get out of Quickness/Entrance combo

brb learning rakan

do a xayah breakdown

"first taste of the new support Rakan" humm

He's not a melee support. He's ranged.

"melee support" but doesn't proc relic shield minion execute passive same as thresh but without an aa buff

Bring back Jatt

Best engage tool in the game, so why is his early game so good too? Basically bragging about how op Rakan is

Where is the counterplay against an almost 3000 range engage in only slightly over 1 second?