Talk:Rakan/@comment-4834593-20170924093346/@comment-3391671-20170927023404

Unevent covered all the spots that I would disagree on in regards to how his kit works. TAG also does cover other areas that would make him not so optimal as an offensive champion.

As a front-line support, I can agree, Rakan does have a bit of damage so that he can pay some dues in a fight. However, even if he is against melee champions, I wouldn't think his kit compensates enough to deal full-top with melee champions. He doesn't have reliable on-hit gameplay to support playing top either. Overall, without an allied champion, you aren't really using the best of his kit, which are the CC and utility for allies: his E is unused if solo top, and that Q is better used when you are not the only champ in lane (you say reliable, but that Q isn't as much as Unevent mentions; the "if you can't hit it, don't play him" logic is a screwball logic for any champion).