Rek'Sai vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Rek'Sai
based on 1,091 Rek'Sai vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Aatrox
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Rek'Sai vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Rek'Sai against Aatrox counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox..
Rek'Sai normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when playing against Aatrox, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Aatrox.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rek'Sai into Aatrox.
Additionally, Rek'Sai has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a garbage counter for Aatrox. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai in order to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aatrox. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Aatrox build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Aatrox than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Aatrox as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Rek'Sai vs Aatrox counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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