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On the current patch, why is Xayah considered to be a good pick regardless of the support, while Rakan is considered to be only good while supporting Xayah? What is it about their kits that makes them particularly good as a duo while making Rakan dependent on Xayah?

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Xayah has decent damage, CC and after level 6 guaranteed damage immunity making her a good ADC pick that can follow up on ganks with more CC, maintain damage and also have the occasional escape when needed.

Rakan on the other hand has abysmal range on his autos, needs to get right up to people to CC them and has a short ranged escape after CC that needs another champion nearby (Unless he's with Xayah, where he gets an absurd ranged escape).

So when laneing with Xayah, Rakan is able to pull off his CC, get his heal started and dash backwards to safety to get poke off, can zone enemies from farm while still having a safe escape available. This buff of Rakan/Xayah is increased as one of Xayah's abilities also procs off Rakan as well buffing the damage of the duo as a whole.

Keep in mind even though Rakan is a less than mediocre pick as of the current patch he is by no means a bad support, he just gets more utility with Xayah.

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    Not to forget their passive return skill - either can join the other when in the middle of returning to base, and only have to wait the remaining time. eg: if Rakan is backing, and has spent 4 seconds already backing, Xayah can join Rakan and back in 4 seconds as well.
    – Guy S
    Mar 9, 2018 at 11:28
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I think Rakan depends on Xayah because he is not tanky enough to engage alone, while Xayah would provide him a lot of damage with her W-Ability to kill the enemies fast enough. And Xayah is just strong atm, she is compatible with any kind of supp.

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