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Rek'Sai Build Guide by

[Patch 5.16] Tank'Sai Jungle

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Spells:

Flash

Smite

Items

Standard Starting Jungle Items

First Back

Core

Boots (Choose One)

Finish Up

Tank Items

Situational

Elixirs

Standard Final Build Example

Standard Final Build Example (No Sightstone)

vs Heavy AD Example

vs Heavy AP Example

Ability Order

Rek'Sai Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Synergies

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Introduction

Hi guys, I'm Lord Lund and this is my first guide and it's for my favorite champion ! I'm not high elo or anything yet but trust me, I do know a lot about the game and especially about . used to dish out a TON of damage for the first couple patches after her release, so people would generally build her and to be an AD bruiser. However, because of many nerfs she received in pretty much every single patch since she was introduced and because of the tank jungle meta, it is no longer a good choice to play AD Bruiser against many team comps. This doesn't mean you shouldn't play her at all though! This is where my guide will come in handy.

When to use this build?

Look at your team composition and look at the other team's. How many tanks does the other team have? If your team needs another tank to be equal to their amount of tanks or just needs one tank in general, you should use this build. To be honest, where is it right now, there aren't many times when you will be able to use AD Bruiser and do well. AD Bruiser , while strong early game, falls off really badly late game. In a tank meta where games are going past the 40 minute mark more and more often, that is not a good spot to be in. While Tank still falls off a little in the late game, at least you still have the tankiness to still be relevant. Also, you still get the early game jungle pressure that naturally comes along with 's base stats.

Runes

My standard rune set that I run is usually:

Runes

Precision

Press the Attack

Lethal Tempo

Arcane Comet

Phase Rush

However, I do believe that there are other variations that could work just as well if not better. For instance, you could swap out some of the attack speed quints and replace them with attack damage, and then replace the attack damage marks with armor pen marks. Or you could perhaps opt to go with some cooldown reduction glyphs.

Anyways, this is what I use and it works fine for me. Really it's up to you what your preference is. Yet, I do like to keep that one crit mark in there just to have a chance at getting a crit. As small of a chance that 0.93% is, it actually does happen sometimes. Who knows, it could be the difference maker in a fight!

Masteries

For my masteries for Tank'Sai Jungle, I run:

Items

Of course there is the standard jungle start with the , two s, and a . After your initial clear you should look to pick up your enchantment, a [Vision Ward]], and either a or two or a . I like to swap out my for when I first start buying s. Next, you want to try and finish up as quickly as possible, then get .

Once you get and , you get to make a choice. Do you want to build or not? Now before you are quick to say no because it doesn't do damage or make you considerably tanky, let me explain why I usually build on . Vision is a very crucial part of League of Legends, especially as a jungler, and ESPECIALLY for . It lets your teammates know where the enemy jungle is, helps you counter gank, counter jungle, and (in the case of ) gives you vision while burrowed. If that isn't good enough, with the bonus health, it gives you 500 bonus health for only 1600 gold.

If you've chosen to build then do so at this point in time. If you haven't, then start building our next item which we build after which is . The new is a really strong item on Tank'Sai, giving her a good amount of damage, armor shred, and tankiness which ends up being the perfect amount. Although, I wouldn't finish building right away, I would start by getting the and then start buying whatever resistance you feel like you need most at the moment. If you're getting torn apart by their AD Carry, I would buy a . If you're being blasted down by their AP Mid Laner, I would buy a . After buying one of those two I would finish out your boots by either getting or . If their AD carry is their main damage output and their main carry or they have a lot of AP but you still want some armor for that pesky AD Carry, I would get . If they have a lot of CC or are really AP heavy or are really AD Heavy and you're planning on building something like a instead of , I would get . Now Finish out your and you've got your core item set up!

Now onto getting tanky. If they are a normal team comp, I would recommend building and . goes really well with 's passive self-healing from . If the team you are going up against is mostly AD, I would replace with either or . If the enemy team is doing a lot of basic attacks (Champs like or ) I would build . Otherwise, I would build for the CDR. If the enemy team is AP Heavy, I would build either or . Build if your support hasn't as it will be extremely useful to your team in team fights and the added CDR is nice. Build if your support did build it, as it is a stronger defense against AP damage. Somewhere along the lines you should have upgraded your to an as well.

If you opted not to build or got into extremely late game and your defenses aren't holding up, right here is where you would want to build . Sell, and buy it if you went the route. For champions who do not use mana, like , is an amazing item. Combined with the bonus health, this item will give you 1000 bonus health and the passive self-healing on combines nicely with 's passive as well. Another good alternative would be Guardian's Angel since it gives you a decent amount of both resistances and the useful passive.

Skill Sequence and Skill Explanation

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Start with your Q, /, for the first jungle camp. Then immediately take a point in your W, /, and Burrow to self-heal as much as possible before the second camp. Next, take a point in your E, /. Then max Q /, max E /, and lastly max W / of course while taking a point in R at levels 6, 11, and 16.

It is important to max Q / first as that is your main damage output. You're going to want to max E / Second because this is probably your BIGGEST damage output, with it doing massive amounts of TRUE DAMAGE at max fury and also to get the codlin reduction on making tunnels. Even though you're maxing W / last, it is still very important because as you level your W up, you are able to perform more knock ups of the same target more often.

Rek'Sai Main Combo

When using and initiating a fight, you will want to hit the target with your Q while burrowed , knock them up with your W , hit them with the 3 empowered basic attacks in your Q while unbowed , and then chomp them with your E while unburrowed . Continue to do one more round of and , then the timer for when you are able to knock them up again should be over. So...repeat the combo. EZ GG.

Jungling

When starting blue side, you're going to want to start at the Krug's with and smite it to get the smite buff. Next, and self-heal, move onto your Red Buff, and hit it with your combo without your since you don't have it yet. Then, self-heal up and hit your Raptor camp with your full combo. When starting red side, your going to want to start at the Gromp and smite it to get the buff, move onto your Blue Buff, and then your Wolves. You don't have to do this, but at this point I usually pop a and kill the river scuttler. While doing so, I check to see if either the enemy team's mid or bot lane is overextending. If one of them is, then give the ping and go in for the gank. I like to do this because the river scuttler is a nice extra 50 gold to have on your first back and also I find that either the AD Carry or the Mid lane turns out to be the person who carries your team in solo queue. If you can get your mid laner or AD Carry an early kill off of this gank and they're good enough to snowball with it, 9 times out of 10 you're going to win this game. However, the enemy lanes usually still have their summoners so it doesn't always result in a kill but burning a summoner is always a successful gank.

If you choose not to go kill the scuttler or they simply just aren't gankable, you can either do what I like to do and back now and pick up , a , and a and/or a depending on how much gold you have. Then, proceed to farm the top jungle and looks for a possible gank at top lane or mid lane. You want to try and gank a lot early as can quickly snowball a game out of control with her early game jungle pressure while also keeping the jungle cleared because of her great jungle farming ability.

***Remember to give your 2nd and so on Blue Buff(s) to your mid laner. It will help them out A LOT more than it will help you out. Always keep track of the timer on it and let your mid laner know its coming up in advance so that they can prepare to leave lane and make the swap.***

If you are playing against a jungle who like to invade a lot like or , smite your Wolves Camp whenever possible to try and avoid them invading your Blue side jungle and keep your Red side warded so that you and your team know when they're invading. Regardless of if the other jungler is counter jungling a lot, always keep track of where they are on the map. You should always try your best to be there for counter ganks, and make tunnels in spots that are good for ulting to and counter ganking. Always focus on keeping a well set-up tunnel system, as one good ult could get you to a fight and win it for your team. Constantly, keep tabs on the Dragon and, after the 20 minute mark, Baron. As the jungler they are your responsibility. This also means that you are the shot caller to secure them. Some good examples of when to call to get dragon would be if the enemy bot lane died, the enemy jungler either just died, backed, or showed themselves on the top side of the map, or if you just won a team fight. However, most of the time destroying a turret is a far more crucial objective than getting dragon. Also, be careful of when to smite the dragon or baron. Always check how much damage your smite will do before starting the objective because if you miss your smite and the enemy team steals it, your team will HATE you.

Ganking with Rek'Sai

Some people might think, "Oh this is great, I can just over to the enemy and and knock them up." This only hold true if the enemy which you are ganking doesn't have an escape or doesn't have flash up. If they have one of these two, they will simply just see you are tunneling over to them and use their escape ability or flash away and it will be an unsuccessful gank. If you know that the enemy that you are ganking has an escape or has flash, you should just walk (swim?) into lane while burrowed and start going at them from behind. Odds are, at this point they will try to escape by either using their escape ability or flash because if they don't then they will probably be killed. This is where you quickly to the location that they just moved to and knock them up and hit them with your . This should be enough to secure the kill for your team.

Team Fights

As Tank'Sai you could do two things during team fights. If your support and/or top lane provides a lot of peel for your AD and AP Carries, then you could to the other team's backline for an easy initiation and knock up and start pounding at their carries. If you and/or your support are the main source of peel for your team (or simply if your carries are getting dove onto), you can stay on the frontline and provide peel for your carries with and . The armor shred from should do a lot to break down the enemy tank or tanks' armor for your team to start pounding at them.

Always focus the carries first in team fights when you're not peeling for yours. NEVER focus the tanks.

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Lord Lund