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You HAVE to build against her because she absolutely shreds you all stages of the game otherwise. Not ban-worthy, just don't engage first. If your adc is low, don't go in and don't try to save them because you WILL die with them.
Brand
I ban him every single game. If for some ungodly reason you play against him, you have to rush boots and not die. Don't try to all in this guy unless he is alone and not fed af.
Ashe
I hope you have a decent ADC, because otherwise if you misengage with your W, you will die. But like I said, if you're ADC knows what to do, it's actually an easy lane.
Aphelios
There are a lot of factors that play out here, but this is a pure skill match up. (Meaning the skill of all 4 people in bot)
Bard
Easy lane. The only threat potential from this guy is when he roams, out-visions you, and comes back through a tunnel with his jungler and/or mid. But honestly, you're fine.
Blitzcrank
PLS HOOK ME SO I CAN GO ONTO YOUR ADC HAHAHA!! If you're pushed up just don't let him hook you.
Braum
He's pretty good and can carry his ADC if you're not careful. If he Q's you, do not go in. Focus the enemy ADC with yours and you should be fine.
Caitlyn
Yeah she's annoying to deal with, but if you haven't chugged a pot once you hit 3, you kinda just win lane (granted she isn't paired with a scary support. Then you're kinda screwed and need to focus on not dying)
Cassiopeia
She's not seen in the ADC role much, but if she is, wait till she throws out her W then go ham. If your ADC doesn't/can't engage with you onto her, you will die.
Draven
What's the threat level of his support? 1-You can't lose // 2-You should still be fine, just be careful // 3-Only engage onto Draven, or it'll suck for you. // 4-Wait for jungler and don't die. // 5-You're going to die a lot. If you make make it to late game, you can win.
Ezreal
Skill match up between your ADC and him. Don't try to engage him unless he's dumb enough to E towards you.
Galio
If you can engage the ADC without Galio engaging on yours, you win every all in. Otherwise, you will lose.
Heimerdinger
If he has a poke support, give him the lane and look to roam a lot. Your ADC might hate you for that, but if you don't he can scale hard and carry the game. If he has any other kind of support, engage onto him ONLY and you should be fine.
Janna
Pure skill match up between you two. Armor up (W) and eat her Q for the ADC. If she strays too far from her immobile ADC you can kill her, but if her ADC is mobile, don't bother trying to kill her. You won't die, but you'll lose the trade.
Jhin
He's immobile, so easy to get onto. Though if he runs fleet and has swifts, I hope your adc has CC because he just turned into a level 5 threat level.
Jinx
Just do your thing, she's borderline useless against you. It gets even easier late game.
Kai'Sa
If she has an AP support, run Mercs and rush Thornmail if she has bloodline and ravenous. Same goes if she has a healer. If she has an engage support, forget rushing Thornmail and just go your mythic, then make sure to only engage her.
Kalista
If she's really good, this will be rough BUT you can win lane. If she isn't above average with skill level, then you dominate her.
Karma
I've never lost to a Karma as tank, thought as a battlemage you have to be careful as to not get rooted, or you could easily die from the ADC. Dodge her Q and you'll win lane.
Kog'Maw
Kog HURTS at all stages of the game. If he has a Lulu you HAVE to kill her first, no questions asked. Once you do though, he's actually quite pitiful. If he has any other support, engage him with full health or just roam.
Leona
Pure skill match up. Whoever engages the ADC first pretty much just wins. If you get ahead, you're fine for the rest of the game. Though if they do...don't die and roam as much as possible. Do not fight with her there unless you have numbers.
Lucian
He does a lot of damage early on, but if you survive till 6, you can win easily. Pre 6, if he dashes to you or your ADC, introduce yourself to his skull :)
Lulu
Depends on the threat level of the ADC, honestly. Pretend she's not even there and full send it on the ADC. If she's with Kog'Maw, she now has the biggest target on her head. You cannot kill Kog with Lulu alive.
Lux
Engage onto whomever has the most items and you'll be fine. Rush boots!
Malphite
Get ahead before he hits 6. Once he is 6, you cannot save your ADC. As a tank, wait for Malph to be poked out to half health or lower, then go on him if you can. As a battlemage, go onto their ADC. If Malph engages first, go onto malph granted your ADC is alive. otherwise, run. Teamfights are easy though.
Maokai
Positioning is KEY here for you and your ADC. This lane is going to be tedious and painful, but if he engages first you win (granted the enemy ADC has not engaged simultaneously with Mao)
Miss Fortune
She's only a threat if you let her be. Beat her face in starting level 1 if your ADC is up to it. It's up to your ADC to win this lane, because you cannot kill her on your own, even as a battlemage.
Morgana
This is honestly pitiful. You counter her in every way possible, and can tower dive the ADC as she hopelessly watches. BUT!!! If you Q too early and don't use it on her black shield, Morgana is now a level 5 threat!
Nami
Very annoying as she outlanes you. The sooner you all-in her or the ADC, the better.
Nautilus
Ignore him. He doesn't exist for you. If you can convince your ADC to do the same and ONLY go on the enemy ADC, you win 10/10 times. Once you kill their ADC, he's a super minion.
Neeko
Neeko is a very good support, and can kill your ADC by herself. If you can get a lead first, you pretty much just won the lane.
Pantheon
If he engages on you, go onto their ADC with yours. If he engages on your ADC, get on him and punish him. You have to have a competent ADC or you might as well never go botlane except to get gold and xp from time to time.
Pyke
This lane is a lot easier than you think. Just remember: your shield does NOT save you from his ult, but you can use it to jump away from it.
Rakan
He's only good with Tristana against you, at which case he's a 3. Don't let him Q you for poke, and if he ults just reposition yourself away from your ADC and get ready to go onto theirs.
Rell
Blind games? Seriously? First to engage loses. She W's, you Q.
Samira
Just wait for her to E then go on her. Save either your ult or stun for her ult. Easy Peasy
Senna
Early game is all you have against her. Once she hits around 7-8, you will lose very hard. She is a good ban as well. Mid game just roam and try to get lots of armor for her.
Seraphine
Depends on her skill and build. If she goes Moonstone, you win so easily. If she goes Liandry's, she will kill you rather quickly.
Sett
Not a popular support, but if you see him just save your Q for his shield.
Shaco
I know Rell has a low win rate against Shaco, but honestly I've yet to see him as a threat. In no world does he carry his ADC. Get Oracle Lens on first back and get a control ward every time you back.
Shen
Also not a popular support, but fairly easy to counter. Save Q for his ult shield if he has it, and always engage ADC.
Sona
Engage all day without a worry until 6. Get grievous then go back to mauling her and the ADC.
Soraka
Rush boots, don't let her Q hit you, and kill her first if you can. If your ADC doesn't get grievous at level 6, don't engage. Let them do the work, cause you're useless without grievous.
Swain
Rush boots, don't die. Engage on adc first, and post 6 you must have grievous or one of you in the botlane is dying every time you go in.
Thresh
Literally just let him hook you while you're next to your ADC. fight him until his ADC gets close, at which then just go on them.
Tristana
You pretty much counter her. If she grenades you and pops it, it WILL hurt, so don't think she can't hurt you. But you can interrupt her jump with both W's and your ult (not your E). It's better to let her engage first, but react quickly!
Twitch
Early game you can dominate him. First back get 2 control wards or else risk dying a lot. If he starts to snowball, there's almost nothing you can do (As in 4/0/0 or better)
Varus
This guy is immobile and does almost no damage to you unless you're already half or lower. Don't be fooled, he will kill you if you go on his support first unless you have steelcaps and a kindlegem.
Veigar
Not common in botlane, but it does happen. With him it's like playing chess, you have to think about what he's going to do. Don't try to W out of his circle, stay in it and dodge what you can, THEN W in or away.
Vel'Koz
Ungodly annoying, he's going to make you dance, but he's immobile. Wait till they push up then chase him down (not if they have a huge wave though. clear it halfway at least first). HIS ULT WILL DELETE YOU
Xayah
If she knows how to play against you, she will never ult to disengage, but rather root you down and slaughter you. Do NOT engage on her until you notice the calls back her feathers. Her support should be game though once you have steelcaps and a ruby crystal or kindlegem :)
Xerath
You will want to build mercs, but trust me it's not worth it unless you're building against their team (boots notes). You have to kill him early on and suppress him the best you can. If your ADC is getting clobbered, start roaming. ADC will die with or without you if they can't dodge.
Yasuo
He's only as good as his support. Don't engage ever, just peel for your ADC and keep them alive. Rush steelcaps first if they are optimal for the game! Otherwise get your mythic and don't bother with boots till you have bramble.
Yuumi
Only one target to cc, and your Q knocks her shield. Have fun winning lane!
Ziggs
Rare ADC (or APC) but still scary. If he's smart, you will never engage him due to tethering. Just roam
Zilean
Annoying to lane against, and once he hits 6 it gets harder. BUT, his ADC won't be able to do anything after reviving since you'll be on top of them ready to cc chain all over again. The slow sucks, and he'll stun you after, so watch your positioning.
Zyra
Don't engage first, you'll just die. Wait for your ADC to start the all-in after she throws the root, or counter-engage if you can. If the enemy bot has even 1 kill over you, you have just lost lane.
Aphelios
You can play off of each other very well. He roots, you follow up. You engage, he shreds.
Ashe
Very good ADC. She makes it so easy to run people down, compensating your crawling speed when you armor up. Once you 2 hit 6, let her ult who she wants and just cc chain that person to death.
Caitlyn
She sits so far back it's hard for her to follow you efficiently, essentially wasting your cc times. Not bad, but not ideal.
Cassiopeia
This lane is so incredibly easy. Enemies can only watch in horror as their life bar gets deleted and they can't even flash away half the time.
Draven
Draven likes CC. You are CC. Careful to not tower dive with W, you will crawl away and burn flash for no reason. Just simply walk up to them if you do tower dive, or even better mount up and throw them over you.
Ezreal
Don't play Rell with him unless you plan on roaming the entire game. Just don't.
Heimerdinger
Better you pick a different support, but I mean you can peel for him I suppose? Not an ideal duo.
Jhin
He can set up all-ins for you very well, and keeping them in place for him is great. Just be wary of the enemy support as this man cannot save his own life if his root is on cd.
Jinx
You and Jinx can cc chain so well, all the while she shreds people (ESPECIALLY late game). Her zapper sets you up nicely at times as well!
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very dependent on you because of your cc. She's useless without it until she gets ahead. Engage, for her to follow up and you are almost guaranteed a kill, even moreso in the jungle so she can full Q the target.
Kalista
I would rate her as a 6 if I could. Your kits were literally built for each other. You engage all day long while she rips them apart and you hardly have to worry about peeling. Level 6 with kindlegem just tower dive the enemy bot into oblivion
Kog'Maw
If he positions correctly, there's no one on their team he cannot kill. Engage carefully, as you are guaranteed a kill but he is so easy to pick off. He might be the one person I build Knight's Vow for if he snowballs (in place of zeke's)
Lucian
He can dish out a lot of damage early on and can survive on his own. If he gets behind though, focus on peeling and locking down his targets, cause he'll be worthless on his own, especially if you went tank.
Miss Fortune
Holding the enemy in place while she ults is beautiful...almost like art. And once she gets ahead, ooo boy keep her ALIVE and watch her take over the game. It's so easy to spoonfeed MF.
Samira
Samira loves knock ups, and you have 3 ways of doing that. You also make her life so much easier when trying to build up style points!
Senna
You must protect her with your life. She can kill people on her own half the time, but locking down her target when you can afford it gets her the kill 99% of the time. Early game don't engage. Just don't.
Tristana
Easiest kills of her life. All you do is hover your cursor over the enemy and press W. Watch as she quickly wins the game
Twitch
It's fun to bait people with a twitch! They'll be constantly scared and you'll slowly win past level 3 either by killing them or denying them all of their cs.
Varus
Pretty good, especially if he goes lethal tempo. Not amazing, but good. Careful engaging as Varus can't protect himself when his ult is on cd
Vayne
Self sufficient, tons of damage, and you just made the lane a living hell by partnering with her. They cannot run or hide under tower, the are doomed at champ select. Would rate 6
Veigar
If this somehow happens, uh...just peel for him. Engaging is borderline useless for him since you'll quickly lose that trade while you both crawl away.
Xayah
Another chain cc combo! And she can save herself from practically anything! You win with her easily at level 3, and even moreso at 6 and over.
Yasuo
I hope your Yasuo is good. If he is, you just win as long as you can work with him to kill the adc. If he isn't, go roam. Leave lane. You can't do anything unless the jungle helps
Ziggs
Don't go Rell. If you did, have fun playing a farming simulator, because Ziggs doesn't need engage ever. He's an artillery/control mage, so you're just a bodyguard till he gets fed. Roam a lot
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Aphelios
You can play off of each other very well. He roots, you follow up. You engage, he shreds.
Ashe
Very good ADC. She makes it so easy to run people down, compensating your crawling speed when you armor up. Once you 2 hit 6, let her ult who she wants and just cc chain that person to death.
Caitlyn
She sits so far back it's hard for her to follow you efficiently, essentially wasting your cc times. Not bad, but not ideal.
Cassiopeia
This lane is so incredibly easy. Enemies can only watch in horror as their life bar gets deleted and they can't even flash away half the time.
Draven
Draven likes CC. You are CC. Careful to not tower dive with W, you will crawl away and burn flash for no reason. Just simply walk up to them if you do tower dive, or even better mount up and throw them over you.
Ezreal
Don't play Rell with him unless you plan on roaming the entire game. Just don't.
Heimerdinger
Better you pick a different support, but I mean you can peel for him I suppose? Not an ideal duo.
Jhin
He can set up all-ins for you very well, and keeping them in place for him is great. Just be wary of the enemy support as this man cannot save his own life if his root is on cd.
Jinx
You and Jinx can cc chain so well, all the while she shreds people (ESPECIALLY late game). Her zapper sets you up nicely at times as well!
Kai'Sa
Kai'Sa is very dependent on you because of your cc. She's useless without it until she gets ahead. Engage, for her to follow up and you are almost guaranteed a kill, even moreso in the jungle so she can full Q the target.
Kalista
I would rate her as a 6 if I could. Your kits were literally built for each other. You engage all day long while she rips them apart and you hardly have to worry about peeling. Level 6 with kindlegem just tower dive the enemy bot into oblivion
Kog'Maw
If he positions correctly, there's no one on their team he cannot kill. Engage carefully, as you are guaranteed a kill but he is so easy to pick off. He might be the one person I build Knight's Vow for if he snowballs (in place of zeke's)
Lucian
He can dish out a lot of damage early on and can survive on his own. If he gets behind though, focus on peeling and locking down his targets, cause he'll be worthless on his own, especially if you went tank.
Miss Fortune
Holding the enemy in place while she ults is beautiful...almost like art. And once she gets ahead, ooo boy keep her ALIVE and watch her take over the game. It's so easy to spoonfeed MF.
Samira
Samira loves knock ups, and you have 3 ways of doing that. You also make her life so much easier when trying to build up style points!
Senna
You must protect her with your life. She can kill people on her own half the time, but locking down her target when you can afford it gets her the kill 99% of the time. Early game don't engage. Just don't.
Tristana
Easiest kills of her life. All you do is hover your cursor over the enemy and press W. Watch as she quickly wins the game
Twitch
It's fun to bait people with a twitch! They'll be constantly scared and you'll slowly win past level 3 either by killing them or denying them all of their cs.
Varus
Pretty good, especially if he goes lethal tempo. Not amazing, but good. Careful engaging as Varus can't protect himself when his ult is on cd
Vayne
Self sufficient, tons of damage, and you just made the lane a living hell by partnering with her. They cannot run or hide under tower, the are doomed at champ select. Would rate 6
Veigar
If this somehow happens, uh...just peel for him. Engaging is borderline useless for him since you'll quickly lose that trade while you both crawl away.
Xayah
Another chain cc combo! And she can save herself from practically anything! You win with her easily at level 3, and even moreso at 6 and over.
Yasuo
I hope your Yasuo is good. If he is, you just win as long as you can work with him to kill the adc. If he isn't, go roam. Leave lane. You can't do anything unless the jungle helps
Ziggs
Don't go Rell. If you did, have fun playing a farming simulator, because Ziggs doesn't need engage ever. He's an artillery/control mage, so you're just a bodyguard till he gets fed. Roam a lot
I'm Yandere, a Gold 3 support who has been playing for only 2 and a half years now. Relatively fresh, I know! But to my surprise I'm doing much better than some people who have played twice as long as me or even more...which I suppose is a good sign?
When Rell was showcased I INSTANTLY fell in love! I used to main Leona, but completely dropped her since Rell's release. I have tested many, many things with her and I found what works the best (at least for me) and I want to share with you all how I got a 70%+ win rate with her!
[WIP, will create a more in depth guide when I have the time which will be within a week or so]
Hi, I'm Rell :)
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