Rakan/Trivia

General

Rakan's and Xayah's dual release is the first one since V1.0.0.72.
Rakan's and Xayah's loading screens always align themselves to the rightmost side before a game starts and when picked on the same team (to mirror their shared splash art).
Rakan's cloak is actually his wings disguised by Vastayan magic in order to blend in with humans.
Rakan has the lowest basic attack range amongst ranged champions (300 units).
Rakan's placeholder model during production was a pink SSW Thresh with a giant pink Braum mustache for wings.
Rakan's favorite human food is chocolate; even though chocolate's theobromine may poison Rakan due to his half-bird physiology, his human half may help metabolize the compound & alleviate its effects.
When Rakan auto attacks from a far distance he hits his target with his cape, if he is closer, he will punch them instead.
His name resembles the Malay noun rakan "friend, relative".

Rakan and Xayah share unique interactions depending on the situation.
- Both are the first champions to feature ping-related lines.
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story" and "Challenge accepted!" reference Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother.
"I've been kicked around since I was born. It's alright! It's ok! I'm staying alive!" reference to the song Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees.
One of Rakan's recall quotes, "Let's go! Baby! Baby? Baby? Baby!", may be a reference to a phrase from YouTube personality Markiplier's Silent Hill (Playable Teaser video).
One of Rakan's movement quotes, "Ha! I'm, G to the D! Golden Diamonds, boy! Woo!", may be a reference to the song Crayon by G-Dragon (G-DRAGON - CRAYON(크레용) M/V).
One of Rakan's movement quotes, "Name one genius that ain't crazy.", is a referance to a the song Feedback by Kanye West.

His bird features combine those from many colorful male Galliformes, like roosters, peacocks, pheasants, and the mythical Phoenix.
He wears a shoulder pad made from a Template:Mois skull and adorned with a couple of Xayah's feathers (she wears an identical one adorned with a couple of his)

Rakan is a Lhotlan Vastayan in his mid-late twenties who travels Ionia as a wandering entertainer. After meeting and getting in a relationship with Xayah, both travel Ionia to preserve Ionia's natural magic from being controlled by humans.
- Rakan and Xayah fought Zed and his Order of the Shadow to prevent them from harvesting a magical grove (sabotaging the Kashuri Armories, the creators of Jhin's Whisper and other firearms by using Ionia's abundant magic reserves, might be next)