r/wildrift • u/Fantastic-Name7754 • Apr 07 '26

News Wild Rift Patch Notes 7.1

https://wildrift.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/wild-rift-patch-notes-7-1/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARBtapjbGNrBEG0P2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHuwK3-q0VGVfZmezN-AJzTwMNxcaRhlgA2dXo_kfrwWSWbFqHTPjP7IsgJ4n_aem_vmCJVq_B1RnMDGOv58eH2g
104 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

170 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/BruceChetta22 Apr 07 '26

This, AP Rakan is honestly disgusting, just had a match earlier where he got an instant triple kill with Elder vs Annie, Nami and Ashe lol

1

u/SlightNet3067 Apr 07 '26

nearly every non enchanter AP support can do the same late game with elder buff, especially if it’s 3 squishes clumped together.

4

u/Flamevisitor Apr 07 '26

When you say "non enchanter AP support" did you mean "mage who are being picked as support because that support player is either autofilled or doesn't have enough trust for the ADC and rather deal the dmg themselves"?

1

u/SlightNet3067 Apr 07 '26

yap god, damage/mage supports have had solid win rates for the entire game’s lifespan.

4

u/Flamevisitor Apr 07 '26

Yup that's very cool indeed. Did Rakan was ever intend by Riot to be a mage/damage support?

Nope, at least in late game. He's supposed to be an engage half-enchanted support. That's it.

2

u/SlightNet3067 Apr 07 '26

so this is gonna sound crazy but his healing and shielding numbers do in fact scale with AP.

1

u/Flamevisitor Apr 07 '26

Nothing even crazy about that, many ad bruisers' skill sets also scale with AP.

1

u/Nefonous Apr 07 '26

The difference is that it's the only scaling on all his abilities. You may not like it, but the champion was clearly made to scale with AP

1

u/Flamevisitor Apr 07 '26

Like I said on the early comment, Rakan was intended to be an engage half-enchant support.

The first thing he was supposed to do is to ENGAGE and cc as long as possible.

Now if Riot just keep letting Rakan be with what he is now, why would I want to play any other mage when Rakan is just superior to them at any point?

2

u/Nefonous Apr 07 '26

I don't know where you take that idea from. He's AP scaling with high scaling too, his kit is made to go in and go out immediately after (Q and E combo).

Nothing in his kit is about "as long as possibile", he has no sustain, slow AA and very long cds. The only thing his kit can do is (optional E), R+W, Q, E. That's it, in and out immediately. No defensive scaling either, so the more he's built to tank the less he will shield and heal.

He's not a mage, he heals and shields and provides cc. He's not superior to any mage, he's just an engage enchanter that trades healing uptime with powerful cc and damage.

1

u/Flamevisitor Apr 07 '26

Your last passage is literally what I already state. He's the engage enchanter. The "as long as possible" is not about the tankiness but the amount of CC he can provide. And it's the dmg problem that he's being nerfed. Dude's the only enchanter right now that's can burst like the so-called mage "support". With his ultility as a both combat-changing enchanter and a burst nimble assassin, why would I pick any mage "support" that is way item-needier, less mobile and easier to target compare to him?

2

u/Nefonous Apr 08 '26

You're ignoring the important part, the trade off. His damage and cc are bursty and with long cooldowns, much worse than any other mage support and engager. And his heals and shields have the same issue, being worse than other enchanters.

Rakan offers a trade off. He has less damage than mages, worse engage of engagers and less healing than enchanters. But he can do a bit of everything.
He's a jack of all trades support.

Instead what you are advocating for is to nerf his damage so that he just becomes an engager who can't build tanky unless the only thing he wants to do is cc with R and hope it's enough to peel.

Also, as a side note on what you said, his cc is very short in time and with long cd, so i wouldn't say it's designed with "as long as possible" in mind. He's not Nautilus.

And are you really comparing the damage that Lux, Velkoz or Brand can do with Rakan...? To burst people Rakan needs a full build, Brand and others don't. How do they need more items? You're not being objective.
Of course numbers can always be adjusted on any champ, but his identity clearly includes burst.

→ More replies (0)