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Rek'Sai vs Rammus

How to Beat Rammus as Rek'Sai in LoLRek'Sai is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rammus as Rek'Sai

based on 298 Rek'Sai vs Rammus matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Rammus as Rek'Sai came out of an examination of 298 ranked games where both champs engaged one another. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Rek'Sai encounters Rammus in only 1.5% of his matches.

Rek'Sai vs Rammus Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rek'Sai does a pathetic job of countering Rammus. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.3% of matches the champs clash against each other in. In Rek'Sai vs Rammus matches, Rek'Sai’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Rammus.

Best Rek'Sai vs Rammus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Rek'Sai Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageBlack CleaverTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Sundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rek'Sai to level upq
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Second ability for Rek'Sai to level upe
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Last skill for Rek'Sai to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Rek'Sai's passive ability p
Rek'Sai's q ability q
Rek'Sai's w ability w
Rek'Sai's e ability e
Rek'Sai's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Rammus

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 Rammus

Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.

Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.

Rek'Sai vs Rammus Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Rammus Image
7.2
< Kills >
4.4
6.7
< Deaths >
5.7
7.9
< Assists >
11.7
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
0.98
40
< Minions Killed >
35
1.32
< Dragons Killed >
1.36
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.42
13,804
< Physical Damage >
2,477
85
< Magic Damage >
12,932
4,055
< True Damage >
821
17,945
< Damage Dealt >
16,231
37,296
< Damage Taken >
32,283
12,034
< Gold Earned >
11,121
1.32
< Towers >
1.21
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.35
17,382
< Total Healing >
12,679
13,689
< Experience >
13,510
22
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
7
291
< Time Dealing CC >
592

How to Counter Rammus with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some critical Rek'Sai against Rammus counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rammus..

Rek'Sai normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Rammus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Rammus

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Rammus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Rammus

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Rammus?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when facing off against Rammus, with a 45.3% win rate. As a result, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter to Rammus.

While Rek'Sai does have a much lower win rate than Rammus, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Rek'Sai into Rammus.

Furthermore, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Rek'Sai is a terribly counter for Rammus. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rek'Sai against Rammus.

Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

How We Calculated Our Rek'Sai vs Rammus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rammus as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 298 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rammus as Rek'Sai comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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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 Rammus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Rammus. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Rek'Sai versus Rammus build include 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 Rammus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 45.3% battling Rammus with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Rammus as Rek'Sai, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Rammus matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.3% winrate overall.

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