AP Rek'Sai Build

AP Rek'Sai Build.

AP Rek'Sai build with runes and items. AP Rek'Sai guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play AP Rek'Sai build in League of Legends Patch 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-16 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Hextech Alternator should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Rek'Sai ability Queen's Wrath / Prey Seeker should be leveled first.
Q
Rek'Sai ability Furious Bite / Tunnel should be leveled second.
E
Rek'Sai ability Burrow / Un-burrow should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Hextech Rocketbelt should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Liandry's Torment should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune First Strike from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Domination.
Summoner spells
Pick Ignite as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

AP Rek'Sai Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Domination
Domination minor tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination minor tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination minor tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination minor tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination minor tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination minor tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination minor tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination minor tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General
  1. You rush Hextech Rocketbelt #1, Liandry's Torment #2.
  2. You get Cosmic Insight rune to use Hextech Rocketbelt more often.
  3. You poke with Hextech Rocketbelt and First Strike to earn gold and burn enemies.
  4. After core items, you adapt. You can play as a tank or as a damage dealer.

How to play

General
  1. Use Hextech Rocketbelt active to poke your enemies all the time, earning gold with First Strike.
  2. Adapt to the enemy team. Build tanky or more damage. You can play as a utility tank, poke, or even you can go some AD items to still have plenty of damage. Depends on the team and how you want to play.
  3. For utility tank, remember that Liandry's Torment works good with Serpent's Fang (to counter shields) and Oblivion Orb (to counter healing).
  4. Cosmic Insight reduces the cooldown of all active items, so Zhonya's Hourglass really works well with this build.
  5. Wait for the First Strike and proc it with your combo, to deal damage and earn gold.
  6. Be careful to not get poked, because you waste First Strike procs.
  7. Your main combo is First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + W + Q + E + R + Ignite.
  8. Your alternate combo just for poke is (if possible) tunnel E to proc Sudden Impact, then First Strike + Hextech Rocketbelt + Q.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. You can use your Void Rush (R) for survivability and disengage. Getting focused really hard in the fight? Use it, so enemies will lose target, stop attacking you, so then you can run away.
  2. You can use your Pray Seeker (Q when burrowed) to scout bushes.
  3. You will detect enemies moving in the bushes thanks to Tremor Sense (Passive while burrowed).
  4. Your ally got hit with a Snowball? Burrow and go close to them, to knock them up when they arrive. You can even time it to knock them in the air. Often it will be certain death for enemy player.
Riot
  1. Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
  2. Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
  3. Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.

Skill Order

  • Rek'Sai [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Queen's Wrath / Prey Seeker
  • Rek'Sai [object Object] ability.
    W
    Burrow / Un-burrow
  • Rek'Sai [object Object] ability.
    E
    Furious Bite / Tunnel
  • Rek'Sai [object Object] ability.
    R
    Void Rush

Items

Starting items
Hextech Alternator item.
Rush #1
Hextech Rocketbelt item.
Rush #2
Liandry's Torment item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Good tank items
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Abyssal Mask item.
Force of Nature item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Spirit Visage item.
Good Armor items
Unending Despair item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Thornmail item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Situational items
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
Optional AD items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
The Collector item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
Axiom Arc item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Ravenous Hydra item.
Situational items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Oblivion Orb item.
Serpent's Fang item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Try if you super fed
Horizon Focus item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Lich Bane item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Hextech Rocketbelt item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Thornmail item.