Not asking for buffs, but can Rek’Sai’s Q scale with Total AD?

HeazonZ·4/27/2018, 3:06:19 PM·24 votes·10,487 views

Rek’Sai’s entire kit scales exclusively with bonus AD and she has really low base damage on her abilities. This forces you to build quite a bit of damage to keep your abilities from being useless. But you also have to build really tanky because you’re a squishy, low mobility diver with no defense or sustain.

item 3053 is a really good item on divers. It gives both damage and tankiness but specifically helps you stay alive longer when you receive a lot of pressure in a team fight. Therefore, it’s very unfortunate that a champion like RekSai who needs that extra tankiness, can’t build it because the base AD makes it a poor choice compared to other items. If rek’sai could benefit from it fully, it would without a doubt be a necessity on her.

I think that rek’sai’s Q should at least scale with total AD so that she can utilize this item and so that her abilities don’t fall off as hard when she has to build multiple tank items. Just for clarity I’m not asking for buffs, just changes to her scaling. You’d need to lower the total AD scaling to keep the dps similar to her current Q, but I think it would be beneficial.

16 Comments

saltran4/27/2018, 6:01:07 PM10 votes

I mean, I think that you could ask for Rek'Sai buffs and most of the ppl would agree with it.

flibitydoo4/27/2018, 7:00:00 PM7 votes

she has sustain. Don't know why you said "no defense or sustain"

you can always go back to the jungle, clear some wolves/raptors and then eat your fury to heal up.

Also from what I've experienced since Rek'sai's existance, most players go like cinderhulk+tiamat and end up being a fair bit tanky but still have threatening damage output.

Not saying that your main point is in invalid, just that the last line of your first paragraph seems wildly inaccurate to what Rek'Sai is like in-game

TonyTonyMordecai4/27/2018, 8:44:26 PM3 votes

She really would benefit from building like a juggernaut/bruiser, with having total ad scaling and/or different base damage values to compensate

mack91124/27/2018, 6:44:03 PM3 votes

I play alot of reksai and trust me she doesn't need damage buffs XD she is Lee sin a god early a cannon minion late. My only buff / change to her kit would be making her ult more interactive like letting her choose the direction her leap comes before she bursts from the ground it's so easy to dodge and would definitely add a layer of player skill.

VelvetCrotch4/28/2018, 2:49:55 AM1 votes

good explanation and I totally agree!

Zed genius4/28/2018, 12:15:43 PM1 votes

That was the point of her rework, they didn't want her to be a tank

Tahminatrix 4/29/2018, 1:21:50 AM1 votes

Make RekSai e count as an auto that cant crit ? item 3078 item 3053

no to toxic4/27/2018, 10:08:39 PM1 votes

Just go crit.

Modl Ryden l4/28/2018, 12:10:40 AM1 votes

I forgot she was a champ.

DarkSoul19944/28/2018, 12:41:52 AM1 votes

I feel like she does plenty of damage with Cleaver + Sterak's into tank.