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Rek'Sai PBE changes

XIII Vanitas··5 votes·543 views

I've posted this on the PBE boards, so I might as well share it here to receive some feedback from the community.

The higher cd on RekSai's ult is going to hit her pretty hard, especially because she's currently struggling to itemize for cdr. It's true that item 3071 is a valid option, but right now item 3748 is one of her core items. This leaves Rek'Sai players with a difficult choice: either they lose some damage and waveclear (switching T.Hydra with BC), or they lose tankiness (giving up on one of their defensive items and building both T.Hydra and BC). Considering the fact that the second hypothetical build is hardly viable (because it would drastically lower her survivability), players are probably going to settle on the first one.

Therefore, if you're adamant about going through with these changes, I suggest you to consider partially reverting the nerfs to Tremor Sense, lowering the delay to 1.25 seconds from 1.5 seconds. This mechanic is what makes Rek'Sai's gameplay unique and distinctive and, since patch 6.14, many players have felt like they were forced into buying item 3711 to have a better understanding of their surroundings while Burrowed.

Sincerely, a Rek'Sai main.

10 Comments

Tikkid1 votes

They are nerfing Rek? o.O I've never seen her do nearly as good as other bruiser/tanky jungles or even the assassin jg's she seems to struggle. Why nerf her?

XIII Vanitas3 votes

Because she's a common pick in the LCS.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

Yeah cause rito wants to make lcs actually fun to watch so they'll sell more tickets$$$$

Wind Whistler1 votes

I'm sorry, but I recommend you stop playing Rek'Sai, unless you really, REALLY love her. They're going to nerf her again and again, until she's absolutely useless in regular play.

Arakadia1 votes

Its literally the fact shes a walking pink ward that she's in LCS. I feel like she's so weak besides that.

MunchCrunchLunch2 votes

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Its literally the fact shes a walking pink ward that she's in LCS. I feel like she's so weak besides that.

not really she has some of the best ganks and roaming in the game. her base stats are high. fairly tanky. good cc. global presence. good damage while building tanky. sustain. and mobile. strong early game.

WolfChases1 votes

Hmmm are you sure she's strong early game? Her damage sucks really. She needs to stack that fury and it takes time, without full fury bar her E isnt big deal tho. She is nothing but a pink ward anyways. Rek'Sai nerf was the most WTF thing I saw here for a while.

XIII Vanitas1 votes

Her early game is strong not because of her damage, but because of her clear speed, sustain, ganking potential, invade potential and ability to countergank.

Arakadia1 votes

She has one melee range knockup. Thats not very good CC imho. Her global presencse is delayed, globally broadcasted, and limited.

She seems like Aatroxx to a lesser extent. If you go full damage your not very bursty and its not satisfying but you die fast. If you go full tank its not satisfying as you bring little CC.

She's got strong early game and she's got situational mobility so you did open me up to some more good points.

Apøcalypse1 votes

Upvoted by another Rek'Sai main.

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