proposed pbe rek'sai nerfs

CaptLagg·Jan 21, 2015·5 votes·1,023 views

These proposed rek'sai nerfs look a little too harsh. I agree she is still a little overturned right now but perhaps look at reducing the nerf bat. Maybe reduce her Q by 10 instead of another 20. Also maybe reduce W by 40 instead of 60.

TBH what is your vision for rek'sai? She doesn't have much utility so it can't be that, mobile ward maybe?? This only leave fighter as her role which you are significantly reducing. Lee sin already out duels her so where do you envisage it will stop? Once again I am not surprised by the nerfs and they are warranted, but a little higher that probably needed.

6 Comments

LafouboyJan 21, 20155 votes

While I think the nerf to her numbers are harsh, I think they are needed. After this, she will likely be balanced. You know what that means right? She won't ever be picked, because the only picks tend to be champs with OP kits/numbers (like Rek'Sai is now).

CaptLaggJan 21, 20154 votes

Exactly. She won't be played because outside of her current level of damage she doesn't offer anything in team fights. A knockup every 10s that's not reduced by CDR? Not enough IMO. Better off playing j4, vi or lee-win. Perhaps I'll do this post in a month and see where things are at, I'll either ask what happened to that underground champ or do you think rek'sai needs more nerfs.

WheatloafJan 21, 20153 votes

She's not supposed to keep up with J4, Vi, and Lee in teamfights; it isn't her thing. She can have a far more massive map presence than any of them, however, which is her thing. Which unfortunately means that Rek'Sai will struggle in low ELO, where nobody will know how to use her tunnels properly, do fine in mid-level ELO, and struggle again in high ELO, where people have learned to squish her tunnels, requiring rek to place them far more carefully.