Any love for Renekton?

Frosty at Heart··3 votes·673 views

Been playing tons of Renekton lately and have been noticing some bugs with him that didn't seem to be there a few months ago. Mostly involving E, Flash, Q/W combo. It used to be smooth but now after flashing his Q or W will not activate and I will just be stuck standing there. Also after using E sometimes I won't even flash even thought the animation from E is clearly done. I'm 90% sure it isn't my timing changing on the combo but some kind of clunkiness that flash has caused. I've seen similar reports on other champs and their interaction with quick flash plays. Is this a feature now or a bug?

Also something that would be a cool update to an old champ would be to make his E have different ranges for how far he used it from. For instance if you hit a max range first E on a champ or minion it would be cool if you went an extra 50-80% distance instead of the flat amount it has always been, in return being close to a champ or minion you E through would actually shorten the distance traveled. This could add counterplay to both sides to interact with his diving abilities and stickiness. So now if you want to dive that back line it would be better to be further away from the first line to maximize the distance travelled, and in 1v1 situations you would want to be on top of them first so that the first E doesn't send you so far away that the enemy has time to react.

I believe Rene is in a somewhat healthy state but doesn't see Pro or high tier play because his play is very flat and predictable at that stage. Some bug/clunky fixes could go a long way with our Favorite Croc.

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4K31 votes

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Frosty at Heart1 votes

Is that like a tiny tear bc you don't care?

Leafri1 votes

Renekton is by far the most broken champ in the game. I played against one as old yorick and it was potentially the worst experience i've ever had playing League. I literally could not do anything, and he could tower dive easily. Level 2 he is capable of 100-0 someone. That is not okay, and any bugs that are on him should stay there until they either nerf him into the ground or rework him.

Frosty at Heart2 votes

Not sure if sarcasm??

Renekton is suppose to be an early game lane bully with potential to snowball the mid game, but lacks late game presence with little dmg or tankiness depending on which build you choose. Yes he does have a lvl 2 cheese with ignite (as do several champs, including Aatrox). He mainly devours champs that do not respect his early game, but by no means is overpowered anymore. In fact he has fallen out of meta ever since S4 started I believe because he is outclassed by new champions.

He has counter play as long as you don't allow him to be the bully he was meant to be, and has several tough matchups in top/mid lane.

Requiemsfire1 votes

He's like Pantheon except a better laning phase.

4K31 votes

Renekton -> 15 minutes -> Useless.

Frosty at Heart1 votes

After 30 minutes sure, his ferocity falls off but he isn't useless. Not really what my post was about though.

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