All about Renekton

Balthazar2319·7/31/2015, 9:38:16 AM·1 votes·958 views

Well guys, I was collecting ip slowly and steadily in the hopes of buying gnar. But as I often do, I rage quit midway and bought Renekton instead. ( This was yesterday) Anyhow, I don't regret it, im kicking some serious butt with Renekton, but nonetheless I'd like you guys to help me out and tell me in the comments below 1. Who is capable of destroying Renekton and how, 2. Who is easily whupped by Renekton.

Ik I can just google this, but idk y, I just don't wanna. So, shoot.

Here's the champs I've already whupped hard in lane:

  1. Darius : Darius' entire game depends completely (as far as I know) on getting fed early game. With renektons high damage and his stun however, I've found it easy to kill Darius early and take away any hopes he might have of getting fed. I take Teleport and Ignite when top laning with Renekton, so the ignite is an easy finish to an even easier fight. Of course, if you give him too many chances to attack you however, you won't be able to do this.

  2. Garen : He isn't that easy to beat, given that he has a good heal when out of combat, and can silence u for a considerable long amount of time. Long enough to kill you. But I've found, as with Darius, that if you stun him and poke him often, and don't let his passive kick in, that he's easy pickings. Not just for Renekton, for quite a few champs.

  3. Riven : Again, not that easy to beat, since she has so many disables. But the way I've played against her, I've found that juking her q and her stun will be all you need to get an instant kill. This is how I go by it. As soon as I see her start her q, I get ready to juke (how you do this varies) and she will almost definitely use her stun right after her q. So if you manage to do this, then a slice > stun> cull the meek> dice and some auto attacks (+ult if necessary) and ignite(according to my spell setup) will be an easy kill.

Now again, I only bought him yesterday, and these are common picks so those are the only champs that I've actually had proper games against. There was a Morgana top in one match, but it goes without saying that most top laners would whup her.

Now for the ones who destroyed me:

  1. Singed : Now this was my FIRST ever match with Renekton, so I'm half the reason I got destroyed. But apart from that I think singed actually counters Renekton since he can just run around with his poison trail to quickly drain your health early game. Plus his toss and slow are inescapable without slice and dice and/or super fed-ness so that's hard to beat. Also, most of renektons killing combos involve a bit of chasing down the enemy (or at least, in my case) and also potentially is quite damaging to Renekton. This mean that leaving poison trail on and running is one easy kill for singed. Again this may be with all champions, and I may be totally wrong on the assumption that singed counters Ren. After all, it was only my first game.

  2. There hasn't been a no. 2. Not yet, at least

So guys! Let me know about other champions that counter/are countered by Renekton, I appreciate all the help. Goodbye, and may the force be with you (So excited for Star Wars Episode VI !!!)

3 Comments

Ch0c0lateJesus7/31/2015, 11:46:00 AM2 votes

Renekton counters burst champions, or champions that have to force a hard engage. Darius MonkeyKing LeeSin Rengar cant stick to him well enough, and he can sustain through the damage they do manage to deal in trades.

He's weak against champions with sustained damage, and enough mobility to stick to him. Shyvana Garen have movement steroids that allow them to keep up with him, and have sustained aoe damage, meaning they can stay on top of him and deal damage while his abilities are on cooldown. Note that it isnt easy to fight him even with a counter, you have to play around his cooldowns, mainly his E, which is what allows him to trade safely.

Champs like Riven andIrelia are more of a skill matchup. They have the tools to deal with him, and he has the tools to deal with them, though the latter will eventually outscale him.

Poke champs like Pantheon Teemo Gnar arent as effective against his as they are against most fighters. They need to build damage for their poke to matter, and that leaves them squishy. Your E allows you to get in and chunk them, then get out before they can start to kite you.

Singed Shouldnt be much of an issue, you just have to play the avoid the poison trail minigame, buy lots of pots early, and whittle him down. His "trades" are highly telegraphed, he kind of has to walk right up to you to toss you. Save your E for getting out of his glue.

Renekton's single biggest weakness is a lack of sustained damage. It's the reason he gets outscaled by champs like Jax andIrelia . His kit is practically built for lane phase. When it comes to full on teamfights, he ends up being more useful as a wall than an outright damage dealer.

Sohleks8/10/2015, 12:20:03 PM1 votes

Top laners generally don't beat Renekton. The game clock does.

His manaless source of sustain, trading power, waveclear, and general robustness gives him an incredibly safe early game.

He just doesn't scale that well to carry the game unless he gets fed enough his burst is lethal.