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Is Rek'Sai viable?

Verns··4 votes·1,917 views

Well, I've really wanted RekSai for the longest time, shes so beautiful and underated, I feel if i get good with her, she can do very good, but I havn't been following the recent nerfs with her. If I were to buy her, would she be weak or would she do some damage? Just wanted to know if shes still a viable jungler.

19 Comments

Jax Cramer3 votes

She is pretty bad currently unless you are very high elo where people know how to abuse her strenghts...not only the people who play her but also their teammates.

Eedat3 votes

She isn't good for solo Q. She is much stronger in coordinated groups.

Dealth3 votes

No, shes not. And this is coming from someone with 150k on Rek Sai.

Blàdedancer2 votes

She's not underrated at all lol, she used to be the best JG in the game. After the nerfs she's not the best but she's still really good. She brings tank, CC, utility, mobility, and much more.

Marshbouy2 votes

Barely, she is very macro play heavy and you need to be really good to play her. Not mechanically good, you just can't make any mistakes without falling very behind. There are much better junglers.

Mountain Warden1 votes

Just start with cinderhulk instead of the recommended warrior. She's surprisingly squishy early game and really needs the health to not get murdered. And as the 2 previous posters said, a significant amount of her power budget was put into her tremor sense passive at the expensive of overall damage. In solo queue I'd imagine it would be difficult to capitalize on the advantages of that ability gives you compared to coordinated group.

W3W01 votes

The only way she is viable in low elo that i have found is to play her as a full tank with no damage. I have played her enough with a Mastery 6 level to understand that Rek'Sai in low elo thinking you are going to start the game as a fighter/tank is a 50% chance success rate. Sometimes you will get lucky.

The mindset in low elo matches is that once you pick RekSai in champ selection, you have lost the opportunity to play her as a fighter because everyone else on your team ASSUMES you are going to play her as a TANK. SOMETIMES someone else will play a TANK and you get lucky, however most of the time you are stuck playing a role that she cant excel at because solo queue teammates' METAology has hindered your role as a reksai player. And then her getting raped by the nerf bat didnt help either. For all of Rek'Sai players who wish they could just hop on a squishy with item 3074 and item 3071 and then tunnel out. . .looks like those days are over.

SwiftKitten881 votes

as a lvl6 RekSai .. i can say.. she isn't.. she sucks right now. they actually buffed Zac to pretty much do exactly what she does but better, just without the tremor sense. right now zac is pretty much just a better version of rek'sai.

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

Rek'sai is a pretty good champ. However, she's a macro champ. If you like Shyvana, then I would recommend picking her up.

Verns1 votes

whats a macro champ?

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

Macro champs are champs who focus more on the bigger picture. They may not have as much of a skill cap on their abilities, but playing them well relies on your ability to understand where enemies are, when opportunities arise, and what you can do in teamfights.

Verns1 votes

that takes skill too..

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

That's what I'm saying. Macro champs aren't like Azir, Cass, or Orianna, who rely on your skill to micromanage to be good. Macro champs require a different set of skills to be played well.

Verns1 votes

who are some examples of other macro champions?

TheHappyReaperz1 votes

AurelionSol Amumu Hecarim Taliyah RekSai Zac are a few examples

Spoofghoul1 votes

shes currently visiting aatrox on a holiday away from the fields of justice

Papa Slothy1 votes

shes's really only good if your team can make use of her kit, she can't carry with damage

Just Blame Jenny1 votes

Not good, no. Worth practicing, because she has a great kit and will surely drift back into the meta someday, but don't take her into ranked at the moment.

CppL1 votes

after last nerfs ,she is not top tier jungler anymore.( wich she was ,since her release).She"s still very good jungler if you know how to play her.

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