This is my first season playing this game and I am dumbfounded how much this Rakan guy made me climb. I am currently Gold 3, 200 games, sitting at a 55% win rate. Why is he kinda forgotten and underestimated?
I think I started OTP-ing him around mid Bronze? I was kinda bored out of playing the usual mages like lux, sera, and neeko. They never really clicked with me. Tanks and hooks for some reason only worked with me in ARAM. So I started testing out other supports, whether they were difficult or not micro wise and/or way too team reliant. When I went to practice tool to test his kit, damn, I fell in love.
I used to have no impact on the game, I don't what he did to flip a switch on my brain but I am suddenly everywhere. Enemy jungle is warded; objectives? warded sweat free; team fights? I am always present; sneaky timer to go mid, heck, even top? I blew enemy's mind.
Rakan is absolutely a joy to play with. Unless I am completely countered, but that's details.
Is this a honeymoon phase? Probably. But I had a blast with the time I had.