Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Rek'Sai
based on 770 Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some influential Rek'Sai versus Blitzcrank counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Rek'Sai often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Blitzcrank. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when facing off against Blitzcrank, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter to Blitzcrank.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Blitzcrank.
Additionally, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai typically gets a similar amount of CS as Blitzcrank. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai versus Blitzcrank build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Blitzcrank than with most other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Blitzcrank as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Rek'Sai vs Blitzcrank matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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