Rek'Sai

Recommended Build

Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026

51.6% Based on 488 games wr in Jungle

Build path

1. Boots any step
   

   Plated Steelcaps

   1200 gold

   25 Armor
   45 Move Speed
   
   Plating
   Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.

   Plated Steelcaps

   50% pick · 52.5% Based on 200 picks wr
2. Item 1
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     Scorchclaw Pup

     450 gold

     
     
     Jungle Companions
     Summon a Scorchclaw that assists you against monsters.
     
     The companion grows as you hunt monsters, empowering your Smite. When fully grown, it completes your Jungle Quest and periodically imbues your next Attack or Ability to burn enemies and Slow them. Killing large monsters readies this immediately.
     Scorchclaw Pup

     95% pick · 50.9% Based on 466 picks wr
3. Item 2 2 options
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     Titanic Hydra

     3300 gold

     40 Attack Damage
     600 Health
     
     Cleave
     Attacks deal physical damage on-hit and to enemies behind the target.
     Titanic Crescent
     Empower your next Cleave to deal bonus physical damage On-Hit and deal bonus physical damage to enemies behind the target.
     Titanic Hydra

     78% pick · 53.6% Based on 377 picks wr
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     Stridebreaker

     3300 gold

     40 Attack Damage
     25% Attack Speed
     450 Health
     
     Cleave
     Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
     Breaking Shockwave
     Deal physical damage and Slow nearby enemies by 35%.
     Gain 35% decaying Move Speed per champion hit for 3 seconds.
     or Stridebreaker

     10% pick · 61.2% Based on 49 picks wr
4. Item 3 2 options
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     Spear of Shojin

     3100 gold

     45 Attack Damage
     450 Health
     
     Dragonforce
     Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
     
     Focused Will
     Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
     Spear of Shojin

     67% pick · 57.8% Based on 296 picks wr
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     Serpent's Fang

     2500 gold

     55 Attack Damage
     15 Lethality
     
     Shield Reaver
     Damaging an enemy champion reduces Shields they gain by % for 3 seconds.
     If they were not already affected by Shield Reaver, reduce Shields on them by %.
     or Serpent's Fang

     10% pick · 47.8% Based on 46 picks wr
5. Item 4 2 options
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     Death's Dance

     3300 gold

     60 Attack Damage
     50 Armor
     15 Ability Haste
     
     Ignore Pain
     A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
     
     Defy
     When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
     Death's Dance

     42% pick · 61.9% Based on 126 picks wr
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     Sterak's Gage

     3200 gold

     400 Health
     20% Tenacity
     
     The Claws that Catch
     Gain bonus Attack Damage.
     
     Lifeline
     Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a decaying Shield for 4.5 seconds.
     or Sterak's Gage

     18% pick · 63.6% Based on 55 picks wr

Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).

Summoner spells

Flash

Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.

Flash +

Smite

Deals true damage to a monster or minion.

Smite 100% · 51.6% Based on 488 picks wr

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Q Queen's Wrath / Prey Seeker

Rek'Sai's next 3 basic attacks deal bonus Physical Damage to nearby enemies.

While Burrowed, Rek'Sai launches a burst of void-charged earth that damages and reveals enemies hit.

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W Burrow / Un-burrow

Rek'Sai burrows into the ground, gaining new abilities and increased Move Speed. Her vision range is reduced and she cannot use basic attacks.

While Burrowed, Rek'Sai may cast Unburrow to knock up and damage nearby enemies.

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E Furious Bite / Tunnel

Rek'Sai bites her target, dealing physical damage, or bonus true damage if she has max Fury.

While Burrowed, Rek'Sai creates a re-usable, long lasting tunnel. Enemies can destroy it by standing on top of either entrance.

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R Void Rush

Rek'Sai passively marks targets by damaging them. She can activate this ability to become briefly untargetable and lunge at a marked target for heavy damage based on their maximum health.

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Domination

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Hail of Blades · selected

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Cheap Shot

Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.

Taste of Blood

Heal when you damage an enemy champion.

Sudden Impact · selected

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.

Sixth Sense · selected

On a long Cooldown, automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.

Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep, gaining Health and Duration.

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Treasure Hunter · selected

Unique takedowns grant additional gold the first time they are collected.

Relentless Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent out of combat MS.

Ultimate Hunter

Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.

Precision

Absorb Life

Killing a target heals you.

Triumph

Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.

Presence of Mind

Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.

Legend: Alacrity · selected

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.

Legend: Haste

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.

Legend: Bloodline

Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Life Steal, up to a cap. Once the cap is reached, increase your max health. Weaker earlier but stronger later game than other Legend Runes.

Coup de Grace · selected

Deal more damage to low health enemy champions.

Cut Down

Deal more damage to high health enemy champions.

Last Stand

Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.

Stat shards

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Attack Speed

+10% Attack Speed.

Ability Haste

+8 Ability Haste.

Adaptive Force · selected

+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).

Move Speed

+2% Move Speed.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).

Health · selected

+65 flat Health.

Tenacity & Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.

Bonus Health

+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).