Rek'Sai buffs?

Big Lincoln··4 votes·673 views

I'm glad that kindred is getting some buffs on PBE but rek'sai being ignored (at least thus far) kind of pains me, maybe you're not sure what to address? As someone who likes the champ especially now that she's back to being damage oriented, I have some ideas for how to make her better suited to her new role

It would be nice at the very least to see her base AS and AS/lvl being raised, for a champion who relies primarily on auto attacks to do damage it's very painful to lose the passive bonuses from ult without compensation to base stats, and you can really feel that loss when you go into mid game. I honestly think this one is just necessary; maybe just a bump to her base stats in general would make her much stronger without needing much else to be done.

Perhaps let her tunnels work off a stack system? i know this has a risk of making her too mobile in fights (and it might mean return of tank'sai) but for a champion who you want to be able to weave in and out of combat, she's not very good at it, given that she needs so much time to set up in one zone. you could add a brief lock-out period between spawning tunnels so that she's forced to have downtime

Lower the time it takes for tunnels to reopen? 4 seconds is a lot for new rek'sai, who is a lot squishier than the tank builds you want her to shy away from. Maybe 4 seconds for the first time you reuse the tunnel, and then 2 seconds every time after. that way it's not an immediate get-out move but if you keep your opponent from clearing them out then you're rewarded for keeping your nest intact

All of these changes at once certainly aren't necessary but just one of them would be a good start

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FeelsCampedMan3 votes

AS buffs of some kind are needed without a doubt W needs to prioritize Champions/Large monsters Ult needs to not feel so shitty

Tremor sense needs some power shifted back into it because the current iteration sucks

And she still needs something to compensate for the massive utility loss on AoE knockups from old W

Big Lincoln2 votes

did they nerf tremor sense with the rework? I must have missed it

i think the team utility loss from her W could be best transferred to selfish utility with tunnels

FeelsCampedMan2 votes

No but it's been extremely weak since they nerfed it like 2-3 times a while back because of her being a premier competitive jungler

It shouldn't be buffed back to it's full glory, but anything better than what she currently has is good enough

Level 1 tunnels are also still a whopping 26s CD which could use some love like you said

Takazaki3 votes

+1

Reksai levels 1-6 feel ok

the rest of it feels like shit.

i cant even reach late game to judge it because she falls so hopelessly behind by that point compared to literally any other jungler. ( ok maybe not nunu)

5050BS1 votes

She also cant use Unborrow to stop leaps anymore (Lee Q, Panth W, Aatrox Q, Quinns E, etc)

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