Tank Rengar still a thing?

Cissoid·5/10/2015, 12:43:08 AM·1 votes·831 views

Little backstory

Whenver I play with my friends I am the dedicated tank. Top, Jungle, and supp are what would be considered my "main" roles. I used to ADC but I found my true calling in standing in front of things and getting hit in the face, so as you can probably guess the tank meta is one of my happiest moments in league history and I've been here ever since Varus mid was a thing!

Now on to the true discussion. I recently picked up Rengar and he is a blast to play, and in doing some research into him to get better I discovered Tank Rengar used to be widly played. Unfortunately, I never really kept up with Rengar throughout his nerfs and buffs. Which leads to my question, is tank rengar a thing still? Can it possibly work?

7 Comments

FantasySniper5/10/2015, 5:47:31 PM2 votes

At most, you're getting a Black Cleaver, or maybe a GA.

He's horribly inefficient at tanking because of how his kit revolves around seeking targets out and his only CC is his Bola.

Mat7itan5/10/2015, 1:18:07 AM1 votes

I would say so, but I don't really know. The only rengar I see anymore is when my friend plays him. He cheeses first blood and then builds bruiser so I don't really know how full tank would work.

67chrome5/10/2015, 4:03:16 AM1 votes

From looking at his kit - probably.

his offensive scaling is, well, really bad. Mostly reliant on his bases, and his defensive scaling is actually pretty solid via his passive. I'd still probably go more an on-hit tanky/damage deal if you wanted to be more in-your-face with him, making use of his solid AS boost for some tanky Derp stuff like Kingblade or Devourer, and probably going HP heavy with your defenses to make the most of his free armor/mr boost.

MLDzXnRRR5/10/2015, 5:37:17 PM1 votes

There is no reason to build him full tank, his only good cc is his snare.

thinking man5/10/2015, 5:48:52 PM1 votes

He used to be really good at it when his W heal was flat and 0/30/0 masteries were really good but he's kind of meh at it now so you're better off going either AD bruiser or just full assassin.

If you wanna try a funny tank, try full tank Trynd jungle. He's already got really good bases and base health and he's already difficult to kill as a squishy so it's really hilarious just how unkillable/sticky you are.

Toothless Lion5/10/2015, 6:06:51 PM1 votes

Tankgar pretty good when empowered W healed for 15% max hp, but after the nerfs and reworks it sucks. You can't really initiate or threaten anyone very well. It's also a boring playstyle and the true sign of a bad-gar.