Rek'Sai will never be played in the Jungle.

Knalxz·Nov 29, 2014·2 votes·1,686 views

So i'm sure everyone didn't see my Rek'Lane post but just about everyone who has played her on the PBE has figured out that her jungle is crap compared to her in lane. If she has lane dominance (Which she will have most of the time she's 99% ungankable, she has free sustain, ranged attack with decent damage, she doesn't need wards, she gets a free TP that also gives her attack speed, great wave clear a knockup, she's manaless and gets a true damage ability.

So not unless she gets nerfed in lane by making her damage affect monsters more then champions i think Riots new champion will be as much as a jungler as Aatrox.

Just wondering what Riot will do to her.

16 Comments

XemeronNov 30, 20143 votes

Her sustain sucks early game. A full rage bar heals her for 25*level... Thats nothing.
her only ranged attack has an 11-7s CD
Her Sonar doesnt show her much more than vision range. So she does by no means "need no wards".

Stop freaking QQing about EVERY new champion...

KnalxzNov 30, 20141 votes

Her sustain sucks early game. A full rage bar heals her for 25*level... Thats nothing.

her only ranged attack has an 11-7s CD

Her Sonar doesnt show her much more than vision range. So she does by no means "need no wards".

Stop freaking QQing about EVERY new champion...

I've already played her. Its not QQing its just knowing that she will be super viable if not nerfed which is bullshit to relase a champion then nerf them moments later, it jus shows that someone didn't do their job. BTW any sustain is far better then none and I never knew that informing people of a champion and QQing were the samething

ChrigeNov 30, 20141 votes

Nah, they want her to jungle, they wont nerf her, if anything they'll buff her.

One ayyed kingNov 30, 20142 votes

Its funny that you mention Aatrox, a champion who was designed for the top lane and then put in the jungle because of his lv 2 tower dive revive cheese and now has found a home in both places.

As for top lane rek'sai. Not being ganked != lane dominance. Rek'sai dueling is trash at most stages of the game and her primary damage ability pushes lane pretty hard so she ends up being fairly easy to gank.

Lots of top laners have free sustain and for rek'sai to use hers she has to give up a huge portion of her damage threat in her E.

her "ranged attack" has pitiful damage at all ranks on a long CD for its damage plus its magic damage that scales of AP so she has no way of increasing the damage.

her tremor sense is only about 100 units more then standard vision range so your still going to need those wards.

Free TP on a shen ult lv CD that requires you to have set up a burrow in place where the enemy cant destroy it, not that terrifying.

a 1 sec knockup on a 10 sec CD is some pretty pathetic CC compared some of the CC that other top laners can dish out.

As she is right now in the jungle the only thing she really has going for her is her absurd clear speed when she has set up a decent tunnel network and even that might not be enough to earn her a place in the jungle.

If for what ever reason shes not being played in the jungle then odds are its cause shes not being played anywhere.

ChrigeNov 29, 20141 votes

I agree, with as little ganking potential as she has she will never be used in the jungle.

Brenticus12Nov 30, 20141 votes

But it does seem like she has great ganking potential from how she can approach a lane in interesting ways PLUS the knockup that comes with unburrow.

ChrigeNov 30, 20141 votes

The problem is the knockup is only 1 second and as soon as its over they dash away and spam laugh at you. Shes got no sticking power. For that matter, they'll just dash away from you before you knock them up.

Brenticus12Nov 30, 20141 votes

But that's why you don't blow all your CC before the guy can get away. Plus ganking normally means there's someone else wih CC aswell. You could wait for your teammate to CC him, let the enemy dash or flash away then CC him again with your knockup. Or just chain-CC him before he can flash away.

ChrigeNov 30, 20141 votes

The problem is she has to hit her CC right away. Shes in a weird place, she doesn't do enough damage to keep up with the damage junglers but she doesn't have enough CC to justify going tank.

RenailleNov 30, 20141 votes

Jarvan's knock up is only 0.75 seconds, yet I don't see people spam laugh every time jarvan ganks.

ChrigeNov 30, 20141 votes

Jarvan also has an ult that they have to flash out of and a gap closer, rek'sai has neither.

OnegarionNov 30, 20141 votes

This is where junglers differ. Not every jungler has insane CC. Even if you listen to the champion spotlight Phreak says that she will perform better with high burst champs in ganks. There are a lot of champs that don't have insane CC that can jungle really easily and gank really well.

ChrigeNov 30, 20141 votes

Pretty much all the champs without CC have enough damage they can gank without the lane helping and still get kills.