Rek'Sai could stand to have an actual passive

PopcornBunni·Mar 19, 2018·7 votes·1,269 views

"Her W heals her" isn't exactly a gamechanging component of her kit and could jsut be written out on the W itself.

Meanwhile, she lost her R's passive AS when it got reworked. Why not have an AS steroid for the passive?

Fury of the Xer'Sai (Passive) Removed: While burrowed, Rek'Sai consumes fury to recover up to 20-190 health over 3 seconds or until she reaches max health NEW!: Damaging enemies with abilities grants a stack of Voidrage, up to a maximum of 3 stacks. Basic attacks consume a stack of Voidrage granting 5/ 7.5 /10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 22.5 / 25 / 27.5 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% bonus attack speed for that attack at levels 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16.

W (Burrow) NEW! ?: While burrowed, Rek'Sai consumes fury to recover up to 20-190 health over 3 seconds or until she reaches max health

15 Comments

5050BSMar 19, 20184 votes

I just want my W aoe knockup back....

Teridax68Mar 20, 20182 votes

I think the problem with Rek's heal is mainly that it doesn't do much after the early stages of the game. Healing for 190 health over 3 seconds at level 18 isn't exactly impressive when you have 3.7k health, and when a marksman can heal for that much in a single autoattack (if they build lifesteal, which has become a rarity). If her healing scaled with her health, it would qualify much better as a proper passive. There's more I'd personally want to do with Rek's kit, as I think her unburrowed Q and E are pretty boring, and her old ult had more potential than the new one, but simply buffing her heal at later stages of the game could already go some ways of making her kit feel more complete, while also bringing out more of a hit-and-run playstyle.

HeazonZApr 12, 20182 votes

I agree. Her passive heal is very underwhelming at later levels, especially in comparison to the damage you’d be taking.

PhearBunnyMar 19, 20181 votes

Idk what she needs, but I can acknowledge that Rek'Sai is hot garbage.

PopcornBunniMar 19, 20181 votes

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Idk what she needs, but I can acknowledge that Rek'Sai is hot garbage.

So why the downvote? Unless it's just someone downvoting without posting, like a chode.

PhearBunnyMar 19, 20181 votes

I upvoted!

DorkunedAurasMar 19, 20181 votes

I think Rek'Sai is in a fine state right now, and I don't want her to get new buffs, because that'll lead to nerfs.

LEAVE MY QUEEN ALONE

Bottom LanerMar 19, 20186 votes

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I can acknowledge that Rek'Sai is hot

https://orig00.deviantart.net/05d3/f/2014/336/c/7/rek_sai_by_nielspeterdejong-d88fqq4.jpg

DorkunedAurasMar 19, 20181 votes

Single attack AS buffs never work well in League. If you notice, every limited attack number AS buff is 2 minimum. Fiora, Lee Sin, Rengar. All of them, with E, Passive, Q respectively give AS to 2 attacks so it's actually doing something.

PopcornBunniMar 19, 20181 votes

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Single attack AS buffs never work well in League. If you notice, every limited attack number AS buff is 2 minimum. Fiora, Lee Sin, Rengar. All of them, with E, Passive, Q respectively give AS to 2 attacks so it's actually doing something.

Not sure if I worded it right, but I meant that as long as she has at least one stack of Voidrage, she gets the attack speed boost, and each basic attack then consumes one of the stacks.

DorkunedAurasMar 19, 20181 votes

But what if you only have 1 stack

PopcornBunniMar 19, 20181 votes

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But what if you only have 1 stack

The same thing that happens with other AS steroids after you use one of them up?

FurriesAreHotMar 20, 20181 votes

Im no rek'sai player, I dont claim to be. But I prefered Rek'Sai when she was a bruiser/diver rather than more of an assassin. Her old ult granted something no other character had, a "semi global" presence, at the cost of a "real" ultimate. And the loss of an AoE knockup was huge IMO.

PopcornBunniMar 20, 20181 votes

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Im no rek'sai player, I dont claim to be. But I prefered Rek'Sai when she was a bruiser/diver rather than more of an assassin. Her old ult granted something no other character had, a "semi global" presence, at the cost of a "real" ultimate. And the loss of an AoE knockup was huge IMO.

I think she still gets built most popularly with typical diver items. I don't see any duskblade or ghostblade rek'sais I mean.

That said, this change would be to let her do some more of the typical bruisery stuff of on-hit builds, especially hydras. If need be for readability, the % could just be a flat 4% per level until level 16, maxing out at 64%

MorganFreemanBotMar 20, 20181 votes

The problem with Rek'sai is that she's super powerful in the pro scene. Her tremor senses (basically the basis of her identity) is tremendously powerful in a competitive and organized environment. She was basically omnipresent in the pro scene until her rework due to that and her map presence.

Currently, I'd be hesitant to call her weak. Unpopular? Yes, but probably not weak.

She's an early game monster (literally). She has extremely strong early dueling potential, decent sustain (through her passive), and tunnel control can net her extreme mobility and constant gank opportunities.

The 'problem' is that she lacks the mobility of true assassins (unless people leave her tunnels up), but also doesn't have the tankiness / defensive tools of a bruiser or tank. As such she's best off dominating the early game, getting some fast damage, and then building as a tank / diver who defends her carry / brutalizes enemy carries when they're left alone.