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Rek'Sai vs Viego

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

based on 774 Rek'Sai vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
49.5 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League games each and every week. Within our dataset, Rek'Sai did battle with Viego 774 times. Using so many games with Rek'Sai vs Viego provides us faith in our ability to provide actionable statistics and a solid build to annihilate your enemy. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Rek'Sai is forced to battle against Viego in only 3.9% of his matches.

Rek'Sai vs Viego Matchup Summary

Rek'Sai has done a ok job of beating Viego. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.5% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Rek'Sai versus Viego rounds, Rek'Sai’s team is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Viego.

Best Rek'Sai vs Viego 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

EclipseDeath's DanceYoumuu's GhostbladeSundered 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
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Guide to Countering Viego as Rek'Sai

Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Viego

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.

Rek'Sai vs Viego Counter Stats

Rek'Sai Image
Win Rate
49.5 %
VS
Win Rate
50.5 %
Viego Image
7.3
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.4
7.5
< Assists >
6.7
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.75
36
< Minions Killed >
35
1.25
< Dragons Killed >
1.74
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.39
13,995
< Physical Damage >
14,748
66
< Magic Damage >
1,804
3,522
< True Damage >
890
17,585
< Damage Dealt >
17,443
34,815
< Damage Taken >
32,920
11,834
< Gold Earned >
12,034
1.42
< Towers >
1.45
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.37
16,477
< Total Healing >
15,802
13,376
< Experience >
13,485
21
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
6
278
< Time Dealing CC >
218

How to Counter Viego with Rek'Sai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several vital Rek'Sai versus Viego counter statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Viego..

Rek'Sai normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Viego. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rek'Sai and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Rek'Sai
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rek'Sai
Viego

Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Viego?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Rek'Sai usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Viego, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes an ok counter to Viego.

While Rek'Sai does have a lower win rate compared to Viego, when they face off with one another, Rek'Sai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Viego.

Furthermore, Rek'Sai has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viego. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter to Viego. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Viego.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rek'Sai

Rek'Sai Loses Against

NilahNilah40.9% winrateShenShen41.8% winrateTaricTaric42.3% winrateViVi42.9% winrate

Rek'Sai Wins Against

RenektonRenekton56.8% winrateYuumiYuumi53.9% winrateK'SanteK'Sante53.7% winrateAlistarAlistar53.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Rek'Sai Players

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

For this guide on countering Viego as Rek'Sai, we analyzed 774 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 Viego 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.

Other Useful Resources

Rek'Sai Build Viego Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Viego 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rek'Sai usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Viego. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Rek'Sai versus Viego build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Viego than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Viego with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Viego 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Viego face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.

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