AP Rek'Sai needs a nerf. But... maybe not a 30% nerf?

NitroPenguinn·1/5/2015, 8:16:38 AM·2 votes·1,002 views

Hey guys, I've been playing AP Rek'Sai support, and it's a ton of fun. I'm sad that I'm just discovering this, though, when there's an AP scaling ratio nerf coming down the line: 1.0 is being adjusted to .7

I feel like AP Rek'Sai currently lacks some counterplay, but I'd like to see the AP path toned down, not made dead in the water. If Riot's desire is to bring a standard Rek'Sai's damage down a bit (since she often get's AP from sheen in triforce), perhaps nerfing the base some, and leaving the ratio at .85?

What do you guys think? Does AP Rek'Sai need more counterplay?

4 Comments

Sàmus1/5/2015, 9:18:46 AM2 votes

Honestly, they shouldn't really have needed to nerf it as much as they did, the real problem to me is the amount of damage AD Rek'Sai does, because on the ult, the passive literally makes it so you need at most the Tri-Force AS, and the passive to make you literally almost have 1.75 AS. All in all, it's more the AD side that needs a nerf than the AP side. Alternatively they could have lowered the scaling to 0.9 and lowered base damages and remove the Stealth-Revealing part of it. But that's just my 2 cents.

NitroPenguinn1/5/2015, 8:23:16 AM1 votes

Alternatively, keep the 30% nerf, and instead put an AP ratio on the rage heal and pop-up damage. That would force the Rek'Sai to expose herself more, avoiding the problems old Nidalee had.

Glamazon1/5/2015, 11:59:41 AM1 votes

AP reksai was just toxic. It shouldn't be viable. Shoot mega damage, long range, aoe paired with ungodly mobility? There's no meaningful interaction.

Ad reksai does strong damage already and really doesn't need a buff.