AP Rek'Sai is now META in Arena: Super Buffed Ratios + Fun Playstyle

tiny bit of clickbait

[@KingNidhogg]

people didnt like submarine reksai last time so we do a bit of clickbait but also lets be real she got buffed to have the 80% on her W and 130% on Q (in arena). skilled sniper/bread and butter/true shot/accelerating/ethereal weapon are all pretty good. best in slot is for sure skilled sniper with ice cold + runecarver/ethereal to proc voltaic and just chain 99% slow into 99% slow over and over if you hit fast enough to energize. reksai is melee so voltaic will do the 99% for sure.

[@jaotrx7163]

How did you noticed that? Like if a champion bet buffed where do I noticed

[@sint3640]

Patchnotes my man. Also Riot integrated an icon, that shows you buffs/nerfs on alternate game modes. If you hover with your mouse. Located at your buffs above the healthbar. Not quite sure if its also in arena. But probably is.

[@KingNidhogg]

@@jaotrx7163 they publish changelists on random twitter accounts and shit here and there

[@Tiagocf2]

damn Reksai got promoted to a nuclear submarine

[@KemestA7X]

@@KingNidhogg game mode changes are always in patch notes and are availlable on the wiki

[@majinfreecell]

"High skill" champions when you don't stand still after they right click on you: "So lame"

[@bgshok5841]

Truly butthurt moment right there xd

[@anormes]

Tbf I'd be mad too 😂. Getting people mad in Arena with cheesy comp/augment is a compliment lol 😂

[@meowsquared]

I have mixed feelings on the chatter vs lurker conversation.
On one hand, I think you're absolutely right that you should have the agency to make your own decisions and not want people telling you how to play. That's super reasonable and I don't think it's entitled at all, streamer or otherwise, to get frustrated with people trying to analyze your gameplay or tell you all the things you're presumably doing wrong. Least of all when I'm sure there's usually a damn good explanation for it.
That said, sometimes the combative way that you come across with it can be a bit frustrating to watch. Sometimes it seems more like people are just trying to engage with you, and are making suggestions or asking questions, not to pilot you or tell you that you're wrong, but simply because they want feedback from you or to just learn from the discussion. In those cases, I don't think it's entitled for a person to be frustrated with you for being so aggressive in how you shut them down.
Again, you're absolutely right to shut down backseaters, but many times it seems like you're conflating the two and going off on people as backseaters when they're genuinely just trying to engage with you and your content.
At the end of the day, it's not my place to tell you how to run your channel, so obviously take my criticism with a grain of salt. But when you build a platform that relies on engagement to earn your income and you shut down your community as they are literally asking you how they can best engage with you WITHOUT pissing you off, comments like "streamer hates their viewers" stops being entitled and starts to just be an observation of how you interact with them.

[@plodaerte]

good comment, gets on my nerves how angry he gets over very trivial stuff

[@el.djanki]

Very well put.

[@saltblood]

ya i ask if something would be good and streamer will be like "stop backseating" and its like bro im asking you not telling ffs

[@sebastianricard7910]

nobody reading this lil nga

[@Emilar97]

8:30 into the video and I just stopped watching and never will again LOL what an entitled clown thinking he owns the world.

[@thedepresster]

Gotta love the Udyr + Olaf team daring to bitch about something being lame when they are doing the most NPC builds and playstyle imaginable

[@willing555i5]

I just wanna say I respect the editing on these arena vids showing the augment and such

[@not_dashstar]

9:43 a literal star forging dragon who uses cosmic breath to fuck people up lost to a void mf who spits void bolts lmao

[@KingNidhogg]

i got that sweet hypotenuse shot

[@not_dashstar]

got shit on with that ◺ shot

[@not_dashstar]

and btw, sick vid man- love the grind u have with pushing out quality content.

[@fluffydbeast7557]

This guy gives of mad narcissist vibes. Shame, the gameplay is great but the way he talks about people really puts me off.

[@KingNidhogg]

stop projecting dude - anyone can just sit there and throw out little jabs like this without any backup + they're not paid to be an online critic.

[@fluffydbeast7557]

@@KingNidhogg thats just what a narcicisst would say

[@YunaYuaMai]

Not wrong but I still watch bc the content outweighs the negatives

[@coldresin]

@@YunaYuaMai yeah same

[@zloiangel3174]

Imagine telling what you don't like straight up... smh, unbelievable

[@Meichrob7]

"Streamer hates Viewers? No, Streamer hates you." 😂

[@BLM.MASTER]

Do you know where to find arena change list Mister KingNidhogg?

[@KingNidhogg]

no clue actually

[@sockket6821]

9:05 BASED Lurkers vs VIRGIN Chatters

[@KingNidhogg]

lurkers are dank and also 99% of the channel

[@mei3496]

@@KingNidhogg greetings from a year long lurker, love the way you play the game and make your content, not the way your viewers see you or think you should play ❤

[@jpoggi9081]

The constant feud never ceases to amaze

[@KingNidhogg]

@@mei3496 appreciate it, best case

[@KingNidhogg]

@@jpoggi9081 there are loads of people that need education. being a daycare worker that specializes in overgrown shitty people is my main job tbh.

[@owenonosu]

00:00 Intro/Explanation
00:19 Prismatic Item
00:21 Round 3
00:38 Buy
00:47 Round 4
01:58 Second Augment
02:16 Round 5
03:35 Buy
03:42 Round 6
04:05 Stat Shard
04:08 Round 7
05:19 Buy
05:30 Round 8
06:40 Third Augment
06:52 Round 9
08:15 Stat Shard
09:00 Round 10
10:06 Buy
10:31 Round 11
11:34 Fourth Augment
12:01 Round 12
13:19 Buy
13:43 Round 13

[@ionbtw]

owen the goat🐐🔥🔥

[@zacharywong483]

Insanely good video here! Super entertaining run!

[@Meichrob7]

Ethereal weapons for lich bane is such an obvious synergy but one I hadn't ever thought of. I usually think of Ethereal for champs with built in onhit effects or champs who can rapid fire spells to use onhit items, but Lichbane is so much easier to make work with so many more champs.

[@andrecosta7887]

Is being aggressive with backsitters the best strat to deal with them (reduce the occurrence of it)?

[@KingNidhogg]

educating idiots benefits all of us

[@Meechy37]

Ignoring them can be good too but if he helps change the perspective of even a few viewers it makes a big difference.

[@TheKiraPlay]

@@KingNidhogg you're just being rude

[@Zbiba]

@@TheKiraPlay yea rude with a huge ego

[@renel6926]

"dealing with backsitters" bro backsitting is literally the essence of twitch streaming. only reason ppl watch his streams is cuz some people like backsitting instead of playing the game themself

[@bodardr]

Yo how about tapdancer janna?

[@joshuawester8498]

That shot at 3:30 was insane!

[@SweebyMignonne]

I finally got a full energized build with both energized prismatics plus the silver augment to crit items damage one of the most fun runs

[@ellisten4696]

hello nidhogg i commented in your stream the other day about sivir illaoi with chain lightning and just wanted to report back and say it works EXACTLY the way it sounds and was very funny 👍

[@KingNidhogg]

hahaha aight

[@greenad1993]

Maybe for the backseaters, you can do one game where you have chat vote on a champ and each item and augment choice.
If get 1st, backseaters OP, if 8th, backseaters bad.
Totally scientific empirical evidence of chat opinion effectiveness XD
Anyways, love the videos, your game knowledge give me so much inspiration for new builds, ty for the education :D

[@Meechy37]

He does do this sort of stream once in a while

[@greenad1993]

@@Meechy37 Thank you for letting me know :D I'll try to check it out. I'm not a big twitch enjoyer, but I'd definitely tune in to see that lol

[@celeste5724]

ive been playing ap reksai since 3.0 came out i love it

[@tokotu123]

Yoooo that snipe at 3:35 insane

[@job4528]

Let's go man just in time I just prepared food

[@moblietpwt688]

Submarine Rek'sai is really fun, i love playing it.

[@Shan12Nasser]

I feel like playing such builds makes every miss hurt twice as much, I would be fuming every time the missile didn't connect 😅

[@mashimaromahou5217]

What do you think of full healing yi with holy fire/moonstone/spirit link

[@bgshok5841]

Lets gooo submarine champiooon

[@CrimsonKnightmare1]

i don't have anything to say but i'll comment for your benefit

[@carnotauroalfa]

Talking bout lurkers while playing reksai is just right

[@itsHekate]

Ap rek sai in aram is fun, glad to see the buffs in arena

[@jaotrx7163]

Where I can see the changes?

[@KingNidhogg]

lolwiki shows some

[@jaotrx7163]

@@KingNidhogg yeah l i though they would keep the old patch format when they adres what específic champion got adress

[@serg0470]

i wish rek'sai was played like this in the normal game
i really like rek'sai but i dont like to play like an assassin, i have fun just jumping around e doing stuff

[@lucamonte5946]

Chill bro

[@KingNidhogg]

ty for the comment

[@gillesdejong8863]

9:10 lurkers unite!

[@charlosbaga7827]

nice video

[@iiflare1425]

Hey Nidhogg I found a glitch where if you change your graphic settings at the 5 sec mark in arena you get to see the entire map for that round its kinda cool

[@greenad1993]

Which specific graphic setting did you change?

[@iiflare1425]

@@greenad1993 I switch my video between low and medium, you can do it between any of the default settings tho

[@bruceb7728]

But why stream if u don’t want interaction??

[@KingNidhogg]

false premise: all interactions are the same. i do want interaction - just proper interactions and not uneducated little jabs like yours lmao.

[@jessebijleveld3509]

Lurker moment

[@badbadthingss]

Varus has a bug where his E counts as 6 abilities. Onhit on abilities augment + manamune means 12 procs of manamune per E. 6 for each onhit through augment, 6 for ability onhit from the item by default. Hatchet stacks faster too, and mystic punch counts, so your E gives 6 stacks of mystic CD, giving your E infinite uptime.
Anything augment that involves "on auto" works with this, so lategame you can be proccing manamune for 6k dmg per round easy.

[@BLM.MASTER]

Also I will say that Yasuo with Moonflair is ridiculous if you're looking for new fun strats I've been having tons of fun with him

[@Tiagocf2]

i tried it with yone, pretty fun tho

[@greenad1993]

Nice, I haven't thought about that on yasuo. I really like moonflare spellblade with voli and udyr too
I've personally found that it works best on champs that benefit from ap, have spammable low cooldowns, and auto attack frequently.

[@BLM.MASTER]

@@greenad1993 Ksante is god mode with it too

[@umutmesci4731]

The way he has this superiority complex over his chat is crazy. It's a highly respectable stance he has, he wants to be able to make his own mistakes without constant bickering over it and that's completely fine but nobody cares how right you are when you act like an a-hole over it. It's the same reason why people dislike Riot Phreak so much.

[@lngun]

W Lurker Champ for W lurker viewers!

[@Meechy37]

I cant believe so many play singed yuumi. Genuinely the least fun playstyle I can think of. This was such a sick game though, really cool combo of Lee and Reksai and you guys were always so good about denying Olaf his ult resets.

[@seansgms]

13:35, 1/5/24 first ever recorded KingNidhogg malfunction on record

[@spidericktehdarkandstuff7417]

can people with lobotmite picks like olaf+udyr have the courtesy of not saying "so lame" when something doesnt go their way

[@saltblood]

I personally dislike the concept of preferring lurkers over people who engage with content, and there is a difference between engaging and backseating, asking streamers who are better than you questions about the champion, asking about item choices or why the streamer made a decision is usually from my experience someone trying to learn, and it isnt rare to see streamers blame people who do this as backseaters, I think prioritizing non engagement makes streams / channels stale when no one comments or speaks to each other in order to try to make the streamer happy
just my two cents

[@RADVYS369]

I hope you don't waste lots of energy on annoying silver analysts. Ik you don't care and etc, in fact, it's probably good when you reply to them, so the start being more active and it boosts "TH-cam Algorithm", but it might be mentally exhausting. Love ur arena videos

[@KingNidhogg]

not a waste - i have tons of patience for educating idiots + engagement

[@Lunaire2103]

14:59 imagine picking Olaf and have the right to type "So lame"

[@kolekcjonerbotow1266]

10:28 how ironic cuz you never do

[@luv83]

Does anybody know when arena is coming back and whether or not its going to be a permanent gamemode? Maybe like tft?

[@t.m.8195]

coming to live servers 1st of may and will stay 4 months

[@pikkuperuna34]

nah they got no right to say so lame while playing fkin udyr

[@mrtrex1748]

Thank you for standing up and saying no

[@vatufivefive]

THAT ONE ROUND WAS DISGUSTING

[@t0riiga526]

A stream with a lot of viewers and no chatters is dead change my mind. Might as well viewbot at that point

[@KingNidhogg]

i get plenty of chatters that arent annoying so my chat isnt dead. you're correct about the idea but you have the wrong premise here if you're trying to take a little jab at me.

[@kadalix]

its not necessarily "no chatters" but its viewers who want to watch what the streamer and not live vicariously through him

[@matthewchinmingwei6721]

By that same logic, a video with comments, even if they are unintelligent, implies that this video is good so thanks for the free engagement! Please comment down below about how you feel and provide even more engagement for the algorithm.

[@user-ll9xz6yz6i]

Ban m pen

[@ricardoclemente7052]

wish i could remove my views from ur videos. backseaters or not, its views, that gives u money, so its very very rude of u to talk like that to them, show respect lol. they are not beinmg mean to you.

[@Mishinowo]

see, the key to not backseating is to not play the game. that way you don't get any ideas about knowing better than mr streamer

[@di5963]

i kinda disagree with the take about viewer suggestions, the people are on stream instead of watching youtube videos because they want to interact with the streamer and making suggestions is pretty much the only way besides glazing the streamer or asking questions and they can do both of those on a youtube comment. if you ask your chat to be the youtube comment section then why are they on stream instead of the youtube video that will come out eventually, that will take less time out of their day and will be a better viewing experience

[@raymondsantiago2411]

All love, so annoying to see the Lee Sin struggle to press W on you tho. It really is so simple. Idk how he manages to make it look like mission impossible lmao

[@sharmuuu]

True, backseaters are so entitled sometimes, I mean I get when someone says something like "yo you can try that" but when someone "Akshually you have to do that" is so damn annoying, and then says something "you're streamer why you rude to audience" yh if you want to yap go to just chatting

[@warwickonlyfans344]

3:28 damn