Rek'Sai Build Guide by Doubtfull

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Hey everyone! I'm Doubtfull and I have been playing Rek'Sai since her release in 2014. I have over 2M+ mastery points across my accounts, hit challenger the last 3 years, and peaked top 10 in NA. I love to play Rek'Sai because she feels like she has more agency in the game than any other champion. With her gank routes, unique play style, and relevance at nearly every stage of the game I hope that this guide gives you the confidence and fun that I’ve been able to have with her the past few years. If you have any questions, please feel free to use any of the links below to get in contact with me! ...Twitch.....Youtube.....Twitter.....Discord.. Business Inquiries: xdoubtfull@gmail.com

BRUISER REK’SAI

This is my preferred way of playing rek’sai. You need to take Conqueror and Stridebreaker. + higher sustained DPS + can be a pseudo frontline + makes diving easier + GREAT at mid game teamfighting + good into teams with a lot of bruisers or tanks - kind of a stat check champion, so you are really useless when behind.

This is the most popular build for Rek’sai. You can take either Conqueror or Hail of Blades, but you always take Prowler’s Claw as your mythic of choice. + highest single target burst + better against high mobility champions + can assassinate carries even when behind + good into teams with a lot of squishy targets - can’t frontline and not great in team fights

ASSASSIN REK’SAI

A S S A S S I N

Prowler’s Claw ➤ This item has incredible synergy with Rek’sai, giving her a ton of burst and a powerful gapcloser. Build this every game with Assassin Rek’sai. Edge of Night ➤ This has been a Rek’sai item since season 10 and this year is no different. It gives you a ton of HP and shield that is useful for helping you land your combo. Build this 2nd every game. Guardian Angel ➤ There isn’t really a better item for a kamikaze backline threatener than Guardian Angel. This lets you recklessly dive enemy carries in the mid to late game and set up fights for your team. The buildpath lets you make a stopwatch play as well which is also great for buying time for your team to follow up on your plays. Sterak’s Gage ➤ A really powerful item this season that is great for, once again, diving the backline. The shield gives you time to get your combo off and can enable you to make more crazy plays.

O T H E R O P T I O N S

Stridebreaker ➤ This is a less popular mythic, but my personal favorite on Rek'Sai. This mythic makes her more of a bruiser champion, and gives her the stats she wants to dive targets under turret and dominate team fights. I build this almost every single game. Use the active to slow targets and deal out extra damage. The cooldown is very low so you can use it multiple times a fight, as opposed to Prowler's Claw. Black Cleaver ➤ This item has been the go to 2nd item for Rek'Sai for so long, but I'm sad to say that it isn't that great anymore. I think the item is a bit too expensive right now, and the stats that it has to offer aren't as great as they were last season. I would only build this if you're against an armor stacking team and your team needs the armor shred utility. Chempunk Chainsword ➤ There seems to be a lot of healing in the preseason so I imagine I'll be building this item quite a lot. Solid chance we only sit on the 800g Executioner's Calling. I only build this if the enemy backline as a way of healing themselves ( Soraka, Yuumi, etc.) Death’s Dance ➤ This item is very powerful when you are playing into an extremely heavy AD comp. It gives you damage and survivability, everything you would want from an item. I'm usually stack choosing between this and Guardian Angel. Dead Man’s Plate ➤This item can be decent when you are behind. It gives you great stats into an AD heavy comp, the move speed can help you get onto a carry trying to kite you, or escape from a dicey situation. Not to mention that it also gives you some damage and a slow when you do get on top of someone! This is a great option if you think you need to be tankier in a fight. Randuin’s Omen ➤This is a great defensive item into team's with multiple sources of Crit heavy champions. Example: Yasuo, Yone, Tryndamere, any ADC building crit. It reduces a significant amount of damage, and even offers a slow which can help you escape, or stop people from escaping. A great niche item for Rek'Sai Thornmail ➤I rarely if ever build this item. If you REALLY need anti heal, buying an Executioner's Calling is pretty much always better. Hexdrinker ➤This is a solid defensive option when you are against multiple AP threats (usually an AP jungler) but you don't want to build a straight up defensive item. You probably shouldn't upgrade to a Maw of Malmortius until later in the game.

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Rek'Sai has 1 combo but with a few variations. Each piece of the combo gives Rek'Sai 25 Fury which is critical to using your max fury. When done correctly, you can do this before the enemy can Flash away after being knocked up. ⚪ Standard Combo: Q(burrowed), W, AA, Q, E ⚪ Flash Combo: Q(b), F, W, AA, Q, E ⚪ Ult Combo: Q(b), W, AA, Q, E, R

PATH ➤ Red ➤ Raptors ➤ Wolves ➤ Blue ➤ Gromp ➤ Scuttle

If there are obvious ganks available in any lane, you can look for them (though beware possible counter ganks depending on where the enemy jungler started) Often times if there isn't anything obvious available, I will simply continue to farm my wolves , Blue , and then be at Scuttle Crab at 3:15. If you are against a weak early game jungler ( Hecarim, Zac, Amumu, etc) it might be better to be less efficient with your pathing and try to find them in their jungle once you are level 3. Try not to base before 1k+ gold, as its bad to leave base without Chilling Smite and a Long Sword. Beyond this point, play for your win condition. Secure neutral objectives if you can, be efficient with your time, and look out for opportunities to surprise people with your Tunnels/tremor sense.

Rek'Sai is infamous for having a poor late game, but I don't believe it is nearly as bad as most people make it out to be.

As Rek'Sai your job is to assassinate the backline in teamfights. You must find ways to Unburrow/ Flash onto the enemy carry’s. This usually involves letting someone else, on either team, engage the fight first. Then in the chaos of the teamfight, you Unburrow/ Flash onto an unsuspecting carry and 100-0 them with your combo. If you can distract the enemy team, assassinate a carry, and even get away, then you are doing your job.


Try to keep track of enemy CD’s, Zhonya's Hourglass, Flash etc and when the timing is right, you go in. It will take a lot of practice to get good at playing Rek'Sai in teamfights, but with a lot of practice you can convert your early game advantages into wins in the late game.

After clearing a camp, set up a tunnel over the wall to the next camp. This will allow you to clear faster on your next camp rotation.

Combine your True damage Furious Bite with your Smite for the best execute on neutral objectives.