Rushing BF Sword on Renekton is amazing

FCJAAAAGOOOO··1 votes·504 views

It's been awhile since I've played but wow. BF Sword seems broken on Renekton early game. I'm surprised I haven't tried this a lot sooner!

Just focus on farming against most any other melee (I take two AS quints to make last-hitting at level 1 a lot more comfortable). Push hard, learn Slice and Dice at level 2 so you're relatively unphased from most ganks, then recall at 1350g and level 6 and buy a health pot and a BF Sword. Now his damage trumps whatever armor his opponent has and the Rage from his ult gives him a silly amount of burst and sustain!

BF doesn't build into anything useful for Renekton but it seems to me, in a big way, like the best level 6 purchase for Renekton regardless of runes and masteries provided he isn't laning against Teemo. I treat it like a second Doran's Blade until lategame. Even his level 1 Slice and Dice starts to hurt. So far it's worked like a charm every ranked game.

If this sounds at all crazy to you I highly suggest trying it out. It really doesn't matter what keystone you run, I run CotC on him usually so he can dive in teamfights. The new Warlord's Bloodlust might be worth trying out with this as well.

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Kaioko1 votes

I'm glad you're winning but if you're basing it on the 4 games you did that where you did not manage to get a single positive KDA or get fed... well it's questionable. You're much better off going black cleaver on him in all honesty. Your damage will be a lot more relevant that way and you'll actually be useful to your team once the laning phase is over.

FCJAAAAGOOOO1 votes

Winning with Renekton is not about getting fed. It's about being something for your team, like an initiator or a distraction or someone who can nonchalantly put top's inhibitor turret at 1/4 hp by the 15-minute mark with the items you got by crushing your lane opponent and earning the highest creep score.

Mecha MaIphite2 votes

Renekton actually is sort of about snowballing; a Renekton left unchecked can rip through a team in a mid-game fight, destroying one squishy target while doing tons of damage to everyone else with his AoE.

Of course, you'll need a bit of bulk for that, and the bonus health from you're ult isn't going to be enough. That's why I prefer BC/Titanic. I only ever go straight damage if I'm really, really ahead.

Kaioko2 votes

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Winning with Renekton is not about getting fed. It's about being something for your team, like an initiator or a distraction or someone who can nonchalantly put top's inhibitor turret at 1/4 hp by the 15-minute mark with the items you got by crushing your lane opponent and earning the highest creep score.

Agreed that's why you take black cleaver to tank better and lower the enemy's armor so that you can be more useful than your team. You shouldn't have any trouble winning lane early with or without BF sword against matchups that are favorable to him.

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