Rek'Sai feels underwhelming
Reksai's champion concept is pretty cool: a dangerous alpha predator who hunts her victims through vibrations felt on the ground, ambushing them when they least expect it. Currently, I feel that her in-game status does not reflect that in any way and kinda leaves her in an awkward position between squishy mobile assassin or a built beefy tank with no innate tank stats. Let me explain:
Her burst is pathetic. A tunnel dig into knock up, followed by 3 queens wrath and even with a furious bite won't do very much but tickle the enemy. Not only that, she has to use her ONLY escape to be offensive, and she lacks the damage to justify her use of her escape offensively. It's also sad to see that she's listed strictly as a fighter but loses most fights with other fighters. Her damage is not high enough for her to risk getting into fights without using up her only escape.
Her Q in burrowed form is useless in a lot of scenarios. I understand its primarily a tool to grant vision, but why couldn't it also have been a tool for her to catch up to her enemies? When I first purchased her, I assumed her Q slowed enemies when hit, but I'm sure a lot of other people were just as surprised as I was. Reksai has a very hard time sticking to enemies once she engages (poor damage she has doesn't help) and she's pretty nortorious for being kited easily. I've had champions literally just walk away once I burrowed and there's nothing I can do to make them take me so seriously because I have no sticking power. Her presence is very weak because she's slow, predictable, and easily outmaneuvered.
Also, her ult is basically a attack speed multiplier if you're behind. Enemy domination of the map means little to no tunnels and your ult becomes useless.
Don't get me wrong, I love Rek'Sai and her concept is just freaking awesome, but she feels extremely underwhelming to play as you get kited for days, lack damage to finish off enemies, and is basically a knock up bot. Does anyone else feel the same for her, or do just blow chunks as her?
