Rek'Sai Nerfs on PBE

masterdragon481·6/30/2016, 8:15:26 PM·7 votes·1,628 views

Why? She is barely played as is, and when she is played, shes mostly played as a tank. Why is she getting straight nerfs? I'm not really a Rek'sai main or anything, but it seems to me that this came out of nowhere and isn't really accomplishing anything.

I did see the post where Riot said that Rek'Sai's tremor sense was too powerful, but to nerf that and nerf the ultimate utility without any compensation seems strange; shes previously had her damage nerfed significantly and now they are hitting her utility. Does she really need this many nerfs?

Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this so have at it!

20 Comments

DorkunedAuras6/30/2016, 10:19:36 PM2 votes

As a Rek'Sai main, I see the two nerfs as VERY hard. The 30 seconds on all ranks of her ult, it sucks but whatever. It's not game changing.

The tremor sense nerf doesn't look to big, but it's MASSIVE. the ability to watch people with it is being practically removed.

Ryzing2Diamond6/30/2016, 10:20:31 PM1 votes

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Why? She is barely played as is, and when she is played, shes mostly played as a tank. Why is she getting straight nerfs? I'm not really a Rek'sai main or anything, but it seems to me that this came out of nowhere and isn't really accomplishing anything.

I did see the post where Riot said that Rek'Sai's tremor sense was too powerful, but to nerf that and nerf the ultimate utility without any compensation seems strange; shes previously had her damage nerfed significantly and now they are hitting her utility. Does she really need this many nerfs?

Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this so have at it!

Basically the way it is right now, if you see a Rek'sai in your game, they're either a gifted individual who is basically a pro, or they're completely underwhelming. they're a big pro-pick because their numbers are overtuned and Rek is a god tier jungler ATM. Not played much, but when they are played right, they're unstoppable.

Spoofghoul6/30/2016, 10:43:23 PM1 votes

seems like really dumb nerf

then again rito implemented dynamic queue and it doestn get more dumb then that

Sire Hippington6/30/2016, 11:27:13 PM1 votes

I think those nerfs are great. Reksai is very popular in proplay right now, partially because of her strong early ganks, but also because of the utillity from tremor sight and the map-presence from ult and tunnles. With those nerfs, she probably drops out of proplay while beeing a bad pick in general which then hopefully opens up room for buffs that allow her to be more than a wallking radarstation with knockup past 20 min.

ForgiveColour6/30/2016, 11:30:24 PM1 votes

Barely played? Wtf? Do you live in a cave

Jungle Lux God6/30/2016, 11:30:38 PM1 votes

It's hard to call her "barely played" when she's a top-tier jungler in competitive play. Look at any competitive game this season and there's a large chance that you'll find her either picked or banned.

From my understanding, her Tremor Sense is a big part of what makes her so strong in pro play, and hitting that part of her kit makes her less powerful at high levels of play without hurting her elsewhere. I'm not sure about the ultimate though.

Jalkan6/30/2016, 11:31:01 PM1 votes

Competitive play

Jaygo416/30/2016, 11:42:48 PM1 votes

The problem with Rek'Sai is that she literally completely fills the role of AD bruiser jungler by offering tools and reliability that no other AD bruiser jungler can offer... guaranteed knockup, tremor sense, global presence, no mana issues, huge sustain... Why pick anyone else?

Oakleaf Ranger7/1/2016, 5:25:03 AM1 votes

If anything I want to see nerfs to her early game by which I mean her jungle sustain, clear speed, or a combination of both. Her ability to reach level 3 in comparison to everyone else is almost unmatched. Which I wouldn't mind except her level 3 ganks are insane. She brings CC, damage, multiple gank paths, and a counter gank sensor while being able to do it near max health. She exceeds at all the requirements of a good jungler with none of the weaknesses. Falling off late game is not a fair trade off for an unmatched and oppressive early game. Same reason I want to see Gragas nerfed except he remains useful all game.

FatTaco6/30/2016, 9:40:42 PM1 votes

Hopefully it's just a test and they will revert it, does seem very pointless, it's like why not just disable the champion if you feel like even her utility is a problem, I'd understand more if Riot said Rek'Sai will be getting a small or large rework so these nerfs are put in place to hold her win rate down until then.

Tritan7/1/2016, 10:42:34 PM1 votes

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Why? She is barely played as is, and when she is played, shes mostly played as a tank. Why is she getting straight nerfs? I'm not really a Rek'sai main or anything, but it seems to me that this came out of nowhere and isn't really accomplishing anything.

I did see the post where Riot said that Rek'Sai's tremor sense was too powerful, but to nerf that and nerf the ultimate utility without any compensation seems strange; shes previously had her damage nerfed significantly and now they are hitting her utility. Does she really need this many nerfs?

Would love to hear peoples thoughts on this so have at it!

I'm not sure how bad the nerfs are, but reksai absolutely needs nerfs. Perhaps they are too much, can't say much as i have not seen them.