I Need Advice Playing Against Renekton

63536895_DEL·Apr 24, 2016·3 votes·1,034 views

Any higher level players than can give me advice. No matter what champion I play I can't seem to beat him, even if I'm not the one laning against him once laning is over, he starts roaming and he reks me no matter who I'm playing.

If I play someone with damage he's too tanky to kill and has enough damage to kill me, if I play a tank I don't have enough damage to kill him and he still does a lot of damage to me, if I play a ranged champion he'll dash in, stun me, do a ton of damage, and then dash out. Even with ganks he's hard af to kill unless he doesn't ward and waste his mobility, and he's almost impossible to kill past six.

I just don't see any weaknesses in his kit. I've had moderate succes with Lulu, but he rushes magic resist and creams me.

TL;DR How do I deal with this champion?

3 Comments

Mickey DonnerudoApr 24, 20161 votes

I am not high elo or anything, but I play top a lot.

Whenever I face a Renekton, I make sure to do these things:

Don't let him harass with his Q (spin attack), especially when he has a red rage bar. It'll heal him a lot and it'll hurt you even more. And it doesn't cost him anything.

Be wary of his dash range and make sure to respect him. He can dash twice only if his first dash hits something, so be extra careful around your minions or teammates.

Don't die to him even once. Wait for ganks or abuse his cooldowns. I'm going to say it twice, but make sure to respect him in lane. If he is threatening you, don't CS. Just gather exp and wait for him to push. If you can get a gank, then that's great. But otherwise make sure you get all the minions you can under tower without getting chunked out of lane (remember his Q).

Remember to ward. If he leaves lane to gank or counterjungle, then you need to be able to let your team know. Especially if he is farmed up or fed. Get blue trinket ASAP, and most of all remember not to get caught out. Easier said than done. I would recommend warding river whenever he's busy freezing lane (so you can still keep an eye on him while you roam around).

The biggest thing - The early game isn't the whole game. But it can affect the whole game greatly if you let it get out of hand. Make sure you don't fall too far behind in exp, and do your best not do die. You'll get your chance to beat him after the laning phase ends.

Captain AishiApr 24, 20161 votes

plat renekton main here, gonna repost something I said a while ago

here is renekton's biggest weakness in lane: All-ins

his strength is attrition due to his ability to harass and sustain his health after trades with his Q, but if you manage to force an all-in fight when you're both on equal footing, most champions absolutely demolish renekton

the frustrating thing with that is that you have to play against renekton as if his jungler didn't exist because if you play safe and refuse to 'overcommit' by fear of his jungler, then you're almost guaranteed to slowly lose the lane

the trick is generally to fight once his dash is on cooldown since it'S 18 seconds at rank 1 (and only goes down to 16 at rank2 (generally level8) so that he can't disengage from an all-in

that's very generic advice and you have to know which champion can win the all-ins under which circumstances obviously if you want more specific matchup advice just add me ingame and feel free to ask