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Rek\u2019sai, on the other hand, was busy three-shotting carries with her Q after building two items, and she needed nerfs. After paying close attention to the two following last week\u2019s release, Xayah and Rakan fall somewhere in the middle of that scale.XayahThe rebel seems to be in a relatively healthy state, possibly leaning more towards OP than weak, but not quite there right now. Her maneuverability and high damage are only countered by her inane squishiness and lack of reliable survivability. Xayah is at her weakest point when a support isn\u2019t nearby to lend a hand in the crowd control department, as she performs best when someone can distract an enemy team while she dances around the outside and sets up her feathers.It\u2019s relatively easy to isolate her since her positioning is so tricky, and for that, she doesn\u2019t seem that strong despite her consistently high AoE damage. It is strange that her kit seems like a more-effective version of Kalista\u2019s though. She\u2019s more mobile in general, and her mobility isn\u2019t inconvenient to use, unlike Kalista\u2019s passive. Xayah is definitely up there in terms of difficulty, but when you master her and you position yourself correctly, her power really shines through.Her win-rate is pretty meager right now, sitting at 48 percent according to Champion.gg, a League stats website. Take that at little value, though, since she\u2019s only been out for a bit and there are so many people flocking to learn how to play her. It will take a couple more weeks for her win-rate to reflect more accurately, but for now, it doesn\u2019t seem like Xayah needs any work done.Related: Rakan and Xayah likely won't see changes until after the Midseason Update.RakanWhere Xayah leans more towards being a bit too strong, Rakan has the opposite problem. He isn\u2019t exactly weak, but he\u2019s closer to that than being OP. His win-rate is a measly 44 percent, which is very low even for new champions, and in fact, he\u2019s the second-lowest winning support champion in the game, behind Miss Fortune at 43 percent. His problem? He\u2019s so squishy.His abilities promote being a diving disruption tank, but his E allows him to get out of danger quickly so he doesn\u2019t get blown up too easily due to his naturally low health and resistances. The thing is, though, his E\u2019s range is very short if he isn\u2019t using it on Xayah, and since she gets banned in almost 10 percent of games, he suffers often for it. If anything happens to Rakan in an upcoming patch, it\u2019ll likely be a little bit of range on his E, or higher natural resistances to compensate.Other than his squishiness, Rakan is in a decent spot. 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