Rek'Sai vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Rek'Sai
based on 518 Rek'Sai vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Rek'Sai vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Rek'Sai versus Vi matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vi..
Rek'Sai typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vi. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Vi
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Vi?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when playing against Vi, with a 42.9% win rate. Thus, Rek'Sai makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Rek'Sai does have a much lower win rate than Vi, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Rek'Sai into Vi.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Rek'Sai is a terribly counter to Vi. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Rek'Sai against Vi.
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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 Vi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Vi. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Vi build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Vi than with most other common builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average win rate of 42.9% when countering Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Vi as Rek'Sai, Rek'Sai players 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Vi matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 42.9% win rate overall.
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