Rek'Sai ARAM Mayhem Build

The Void Burrower. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #63 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21FighterTankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.6%
Pick rate: 0.7%
Rank: #63 of 173
Games: 167,913
Patch: 26.21

How to play Rek'Sai in ARAM Mayhem

Rek'Sai is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #63 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 167,913 games. Few players take it (0.7% of games), so enemies will rarely know the matchup well. Riot rates it 3/10 for difficulty: easy to pick up when it lands on your bench.

Rek'Sai's damage is mixed (63% physical, 23% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 67,637 damage per game and mitigates another 83,175, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor, with a 52.9% win rate over 58,510 games. On this build 63% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Rek'Sai are Circle of Death, Armored Impact and Mad Scientist. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Pandora's Box and Can't Touch This when you can: they do worst on Rek'Sai. A pair to look for: Circle of Death with Dawnbringer's Resolve.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Queen's Wrath / Prey Seeker) first, then E, then W.

Rek'Sai ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Rek'Sai game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

52.9% win rate · 44% of Rek'Sai games · 58,510 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Warmog's Armor

Boots on the Tank build for Rek'Sai, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	63%
Mercury's Treads	24%
Plated Steelcaps	10%

Situational, after the core

Spirit Visage27% buy it
Overlord's Bloodmail29% buy it
Hollow Radiance5% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean8% buy it
Randuin's Omen11% buy it
Titanic Hydra18% buy it

Other build paths

Other Rek'Sai build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Games	Win rate
APLuden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap	0.2%	41.5%
LethalityHubris, The Collector, Voltaic Cyclosword	1.7%	49.0%
CritHubris, The Collector, Infinity Edge	2.2%	46.3%
BruiserHeartsteel, Titanic Hydra, Overlord's Bloodmail	10.9%	49.6%

Games: the share of all Rek'Sai games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel58% of games
Unending Despair37% of games
Titanic Hydra30% of games
Mercury's Treads29% of games
Death's Dance27% of games
Spirit Visage24% of games
Thornmail20% of games
Warmog's Armor19% of games
Sundered Sky16% of games
Overlord's Bloodmail15% of games

Best augments for Rek'Sai

Every card with enough Rek'Sai games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Rek'Sai's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Rek'Sai

9 S tier and 30 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Rek'Sai in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Circle of Death	Prismatic	Tier S	Your healing and Health Regen deal 70% of the value magic damage to the nearest enemy champion.
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier S	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier S	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier S	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Outlaw's Grit	Gold	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds.
Impassable	Gold	Tier A	Gain the Aftershock and Glacial Augment Keystone Runes. Aftershock: After Immobilizing an enemy champion, gain defenses and later deal a…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Titan's Resolve	Prismatic	Tier A	Dealing and receiving champion damage grants you 1 stack of Juggernauting for 6 seconds. For every 10 stacks of Juggernauting you gain 25–75…
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Apex Inventor	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100 Item Haste (equivalent to 50% Item CDR). Item Haste reduces the cooldown Cooldown of all Item Abilities.
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Take'em Down Down Down	Gold	Tier A	Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Scopiest Weapons	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Melee 250 / Ranged 150 Attack Range.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Endless Decimation	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a circular axe swing that deals physical damage every 8 seconds in combat. Enemies along the outer edge take increased damage…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Soul Eater	Gold	Tier A	Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 300 Health.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.

Average on Rek'Sai
55 cards, best first

Below average on Rek'Sai
29 cards, best first

Weakest on Rek'Sai
14 cards, best first

Best first augment for Rek'Sai

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Rek'Sai's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Armored Impact, Circle of Death and Celestial Body come out on top.

The best augments for Rek'Sai in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	FireFoxTier S	Outlaw's GritTier S	Circle of DeathTier S
2	Circle of DeathTier S	Circle of DeathTier S	Mountain SoulTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	Celestial BodyTier S	Pressure CookerTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Apex InventorTier S
4	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	GoliathTier S	ImpassableTier S
5	Mad ScientistTier S	Steel Your HeartTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	GoliathTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Rek'Sai, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 50.8% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 47.0% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.8% win rate

Skill order

QQueen's Wrath / Prey Seeker
EFurious Bite / Tunnel
WBurrow / Un-burrow

Max Q first. 87% of players use this order (51.8% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Rek'Sai in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.2 / 10.9 / 25.1
KDA: 3.71
Damage to champions: 34,662
Damage taken: 67,637
Self-mitigated: 83,175
Healing on allies: 3
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 40 s
Kill participation: 64%
Game length: 16:32

Damage type

Physical 63%Magic 23%True 14%

Questions and answers

What is the best Rek'Sai build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Rek'Sai: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Rek'Sai in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Rek'Sai, best first: Circle of Death, Armored Impact, Mad Scientist, Goliath and Pressure Cooker. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Rek'Sai good in ARAM Mayhem?

Rek'Sai is tier B on patch 26.21, #63 of 173 champions, with a 50.6% win rate over 167,913 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Rek'Sai in ARAM Mayhem?

For Rek'Sai's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Circle of Death, Celestial Body, Upgrade Immolate and Mad Scientist, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
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Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Rek'Sai counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.