Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Blitzcrank
based on 770 Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Rek'Sai
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some critical Blitzcrank versus Rek'Sai counter statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rek'Sai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rek'Sai. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rek'Sai. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Rek'Sai
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Rek'Sai?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a good counter for Rek'Sai.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Blitzcrank into Rek'Sai.
Moreover, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Rek'Sai. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Rek'Sai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Blitzcrank to counter Rek'Sai during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Rek'Sai. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Rek'Sai build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Blitzcrank combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Rek'Sai than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 51.8% when countering Rek'Sai with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rek'Sai as Blitzcrank, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Blitzcrank vs Rek'Sai battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.
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