Rell vs Senna Counter Pick

1,600 games on patch 16.13.1 make this one of the better-evidenced support pairings available, and the verdict is stable: Rell wins 46.9% of them, a Hard grade against her.

Senna is by some distance the frailer champion — 530 base health, 25 base armor, and only 93 armor at level 18 — and none of that matters if Rell never reaches her. The reach figures are 600 against 175. Piercing Darkness heals allies and damages enemies through the same beam, so Senna repairs the chip damage that would otherwise accumulate, and Absolution turns nearby deaths into stacking permanent power without her leaving safety to collect it.

The engage is also easy to answer. Last Embrace roots after a brief delay and catches a champion moving at 315 base move speed more reliably than most, and Curse of the Black Mist gives Senna and her allies a concealed retreat from a fight Rell has already committed to. Her best line is to force the fight early, before soul stacks accumulate, using Ferromancy: Crash Down’s knock-up and shield to survive the return damage and Shattering Strike to stun a target with no dash of her own. Senna is rated 7 for difficulty against Rell’s 0. Reference: Senna.