Why is Rek'Sai pick/ban in Korea ATM?

DorkunedAuras·5/31/2016, 6:51:16 AM·2 votes·611 views

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I've been watching esports, and noticed that suddenly Rek'Sai is meta again. She's more or less pick/ban, and I can't seem to figure out why.

She's had no changes in months. Nothing's become different, so why is she suddenly so amazing?

Google doesn't seem to be helping me either, which is huge.

Can anyone explain exactly what's going on?

Edit: Thanks a lot guys, this makes a lot of sense. I hope riot understands this and doesn't nerf my babe.

4 Comments

Princess Emma5/31/2016, 8:42:20 AM1 votes

I don't watch E-sports, nor do I care for it, but I would assume it is because of Rek'sai's Tremor Sense and potential map presence, which tends to be more useful in a professional and competitive environment where people actually work together and have a hive mind.

Miror B5/31/2016, 10:16:27 PM1 votes

Reksai was always pretty decent in the meta despite the low pick/bans on her. The reason she's so popular now though has a lot to do with the shifts to the top/jg meta. Carries/split pushers are starting to take over the top-lane tank meta, while kindred/nid/"graves" (if you want to call him a carry) are either being banned or being forced into comps with a lack of an early game. Because of this, Gragas/elise/reksai are back into the secondary tier for jg while things like gnar/trundle/fiora are back into the primary tier for top lane.