Rek'Sai will never be played in the Jungle.

Knalxz·11/29/2014, 9:05:53 PM·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

Xemeron11/30/2014, 12:39:03 AM3 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...

One ayyed king11/30/2014, 10:24:59 AM2 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.

Chrige11/29/2014, 10:00:58 PM1 votes

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

KlNGPlN11/29/2014, 10:57:12 PM1 votes

I've seen every champion played in every role. Don't be so sure. Rek'Sai may not be a strong, or even decent jungler yet it will be played.

Yawnli11/30/2014, 10:11:05 AM1 votes

so rek sai = rengar 2.0 huh