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So Rek'Sai's "rework" was literally shat out by Riot

Acheron16··1 votes·365 views

And now she's left in the dust, arguably worse than before, since at least then she had utility.

Now she feels like a much shittier version of Nocturne, who can do literally everything she does but better.

Bravo on once again leaving your reworks wilting in the dust (she joins reworks like Mordekaiser's and Skarner's)

EDIT: Let me specify a bit since you guys are incapable of reading. Before she COULD help by building tank and become a CC bot. She had OPTIONS.

Now the only option she has is building damage and praying the enemy is bad, because lord help you if you fall behind, since you become 100% useless.

I've been playing her bruiser style and she is just non-functional, being too slow to attack properly, too squishy to fight in extended fights, having too little sustain with her passive to fight in multiple short fights and with her R usually being a suicide button that delivers her fat purple belly to the enemy team. If you're lucky, you might even kill the guy that you used the R, but don't count on it.

11 Comments

Big Lincoln4 votes

cant build full tank and press W to win fights anymore

must b gutted

Rewt2 votes

honestly. I feel that she is stronger with damage builds that before but weaker if you try to be a full tank unburrow bot.

Now that she actually has a damage ultimate it allows her to play more damage oriented and go deeper into bruiser builds. Ive had much more success on the new Rek Sai than i ever did on the old Rek Sai. While she may be weaker at the high Elos like Diamond+ At low elo she is significantly stronger.

Inting Pillow2 votes

She's also back in LCS

Rewt1 votes

Lcs Doesnt really work like SoloQ tho so it is a little eh. Like for example. When Rek sai got nerfed to a .3 AD scaling on her Q she was still played in LCS. But not in SoloQ of any level. They had to nerf her down to .1 AD scaling to get her out of the LCS because she just had so much map control and utility.

The new reksai isnt as map controlly so she isnt going to be the monster she was in lcs but i think the fact that she was played there is a testament to this being a good rework.

Acheron161 votes

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She's also back in LCS

That means as much as saying "water is wet", many things that work there don't work in normal games, so it can't be used as an excuse.

Inting Pillow1 votes

She wasn't picked before and now she is.

Acheron161 votes

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She wasn't picked before and now she is.

She wasn't picked before because she was a must pick for a while before getting nerfed into oblivion. At least know what you are talking about.

Inting Pillow1 votes

She was picked a few seasons back. No one picked her anymore. Now they pick her. If this is what it takes to get them back in the meta so be it

Nahui2 votes

How is she like nocturne?

She has actual, reliable cc. Her ult is entirely different in how it works. One is typically an initiation, one is an execution. One is hyper long range, one provides defense/untargetability.

I mean both auto attack, sure, but calling her another version of nocturne on the basis that both have an ult that targets someone is a little silly.

Acheron161 votes

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How is she like nocturne?

She has actual, reliable cc. Her ult is entirely different in how it works. One is typically an initiation, one is an execution. One is hyper long range, one provides defense/untargetability.

I mean both auto attack, sure, but calling her another version of nocturne on the basis that both have an ult that targets someone is a little silly.

And he has a reliable ult with guaranteed damage and utility attached to it. And better sustain with his passive. And a spell shield that ensure he's not that easily peeled off after ulting. And he has more attack speed than her.

Sure, she has "reliable CC" but both Nocturne's and Rek'Sai's require them to go on top of the enemy, which pretty much forces a Flash or mobility spell to escape, making that point moot.

The only thing she has that he doesn't is better engage with her E. That's it.

Nahui2 votes

His sustain is conditionally better. It requires him to hit many targets with his passive. Reksai just needs to burrow and have guaranteed healing values, so no.

Nocturne has a huge CD ult, that has some utility attached yes, and single target damage, but rek'sai's allows her to dodge incoming attacks and make for some amazing combat maneuvering. It's more in-combat oriented than Nocturne's. Again, like I said, his is initiation, her's is execute.

Nocturne's CC requires one to remain tethered once he gets on top, and costs mana and has an actual CD. Her's is free, always available, and instant. The point isn't moot, you're trying to make it moot. The difference is that you can flash out of Nocturne's tether easily. Rek'sai either knocks you up, or you flash and she is still underground and still has her CC available.

She has superior general mobility, not only through creating tunnels but through the use of existing ones. Can they easily be destroyed? Yes. Are they always? No. Either way. better than Nocturne's huge CD ult or duskbringer path.

Her general damage is better as she isn't gated by mana, and has true damage. She has poke now because of the changes. Good execute that has about no counterplay once you're tagged.

rek'sai is certainly not an inferior Nocturne. Better even, but the champions aren't comparable whatsoever just because they have ults that bring them to the enemy champion, which many players like you seem to associate together when trying to claim copy champions for whatever reason.

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