Guide · Jungle

Rek'Sai Guide

the Void Burrower

Fighter

Tank

Tier B Jungle

Rek'Sai, the Void Burrower, is a fighter and tank champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 259 analysed ranked games, Rek'Sai is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 58.7% win rate in that role: tier B among Jungle champions (#28 of 48, ranked by win rate). Rek'Sai's damage is mostly physical (60%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 27% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 63.6% in short games (under 25 min, 99 games) versus 55.4% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

7.3 / 4.5 / 9.1

ratio 3.6

Damage / min

636

CS / min

6.6

Gold / min

452

Kill participation

54%

Vision / min

0.91

Averages measured over 259 Jungle games played with Rek'Sai, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Rek'Sai is a two-mode jungler: on the surface, she generates Fury with her attacks and abilities, and burrowed she consumes Fury to heal. Burrow gives her new abilities (Un-burrow, Tunnel), and Void Rush marks then lets her leap onto a marked target.

The trade

Q AA AA AA AA AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Queen's Wrath empowers your next 3 attacks; Furious Bite deals bonus true damage if your Fury gauge is full.

The underground ambush

When: An enemy is isolated.

Burrow gives you speed; Un-burrow, while burrowed, knocks up and damages nearby enemies; Tunnel creates a reusable passage.

See all 3 Rek'Sai combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Generate Fury to heal while burrowed and to empower Furious Bite. Burrowed, you can no longer attack and your vision is reduced.

Common mistakes

Staying burrowed against an enemy who destroys your tunnel.
Not using your Fury to heal.
Leaping without having marked.

Riot's official tips for playing Rek'Sai

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.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Spear of Shojin, Titanic Hydra, and Death's Dance (38 games, 68.4% win rate).

38 games · 68.4%

22 games · 59.1%

19 games · 73.7%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W60.0% · 25 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●												●	●
E			●					●		●		●	●
R						●					●

Max order : E > Q > W58.8% · 17 games

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 49 games).

Starting items

Scorchclaw Pup

Health Potion58.3% · 24 games

First completed items, in order

Titanic Hydra

Spear of Shojin

15 games · 60.0%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3944 gold, 64 CS, 3672 XP. At 15 min: 6208 gold, 100 CS, 6319 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite58.7% · 259 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Inspiration

62.1% · 153 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity86%

Coup de Grace94%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight98%

Magical Footwear85%

Shards

Attack speed67%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling58%

Hail of Blades + Precision

59.7% · 67 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact98%

Sixth Sense94%

Treasure Hunter90%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Alacrity91%

Coup de Grace60%

Shards

Adaptive force91%

Adaptive force100%

Health57%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Rek'Sai's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team60.0% · 65 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Spear of Shojin 54.5% ▼

Stridebreaker 60.0%

Titanic Hydra 62.1%

Death's Dance 57.1%

Black Cleaver 81.8%

Serpent's Fang 30.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team62.5% · 80 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Spear of Shojin 69.1% ▲

Titanic Hydra 63.2%

Stridebreaker 65.7% ▲

Death's Dance 81.8%

The item that stands out most is Spear of Shojin: 69.1% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team55.3% · 114 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Spear of Shojin 58.0%

Titanic Hydra 62.3%

Stridebreaker 54.2% ▼

Death's Dance 59.5% ▼

Sterak's Gage 66.7%

Black Cleaver 55.0%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Rek'Sai

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.
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Rek'Sai's matchups.

Rek'Sai Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Rek'Sai	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3944	4023	−80
CS at 10 min	64	69	−5
XP at 10 min	3672	3898	−225
Gold at 15 min	6208	6322	−114
CS at 15 min	100	106	−6
XP at 15 min	6319	6602	−283

Measured over 49 Rek'Sai games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min63.6 %99 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min55.4 %130 games

long over 35 min56.7 %30 games

Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveFury of the Xer'Sai

Rek'Sai generates Fury by Attacking and hitting with basic Abilities. She consumes this Fury while Burrowed to restore health.

QQueen'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.

WBurrow / 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.

EFurious 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.

RVoid 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.