Anyone else find Renekton... underwhelming now?

Z3Sleeper··3 votes·1,213 views

Just faced one and played scared early until level 3 he jumped on me and did his full combo with Rage W... and it did like, 30% of my health... that's it.

I don't even know why I was scared. That damage is pathetic.

21 Comments

Need Gold 4 Tent2 votes

The days of the Renekton bar are long over lol

Potchikir1 votes

Use press the attack and move on lol xD

Mig891 votes

Yeah hes just bad without fervor

ShuyinTheX1 votes

The incoming nerf to Press The Attack won't help us poor Renekton mains too.

Zexon91 votes

This will gut him to the ground. But hey we got extra 20 damage on q yaaaaay....

Z3Sleeper1 votes

At the same time this is a net buff to the grasp build I guess. And the cheesy electrocute one.

Zexon91 votes

Hehe the cheesy electrocute and dark harvest, ah how I loved playing those especially when you get some stacks on dark harvest and have 50 fury.

Enemy A: Oh shit it´s fed renekton, RUN!!! Enemy B: It´s ok he can´t kill all 3 of us alone. 5 sec later Announcer: Triple Kill

KlydeFrog1 votes

Umm why would you ever take that over grasp

ShuyinTheX1 votes

It's the common Renekton build. His W can add multiple stacks. If you hit with a basic W it adds 2 stacks, if you are empowered it adds 3 procing it solo.

A common trade would be E in >> auto once >> animation cancel with W (basic or empowered) >> Q with PtA boost>> walk through them >> E again with PtA boost

In full on fights, it boosts the damage your ult AOE is dealing the entire time and any more casts you put onto them.

It's a preference thing between PtA and Grasp, I grew to like PtA but I'm willing to revert back tbh.

KlydeFrog1 votes

Grasp is more efficient and more sustain. Then you take bounty Hunter to have your q heal for more. Titanic hydra and triforce are you really need

ShuyinTheX1 votes

Part of the reason he could run Press The Attack was the attack speed, which helps him stack his passive faster outside of abilities.

But either way, I'll be going back to Grasp after this patch hits live next week. No point in running PtA if I won't get much out of it when I need it.

Zexon91 votes

We just kinda like being useful after 15 min. Grasp is great choice for beginner renektons, but after some practice and when you get used to what renekton can and can´t do you will feel that your damage late game is becoming crap as longer game goes on, so stuff like PTA are much better for him, especially if you want to do meaningful damage in late game. You need stuff like PTA to have damage items and be able to get some def items otherwise you either lack in one department or the other, same reason why fervor was picked over grasp before, plus PTA has great synergy just like after mention fervor did with empowerd w which you want to use the most since it´s his biggest damage.

KlydeFrog1 votes

Okay Titanic hydra and triforce are all you really need . Easy to stack since your w counts as basics

Zexon91 votes

You just wasted 3700 gold on nothing, tell me in what scenario will you be able to proc trinity passive more than once? And spending all that gold just for one proc of passive is beyond stupid not to mention you took out one item slot for it in which you can just get sooo many better items that are both cheaper and more efficient for renekton. Fucking item 3072 or item 3031 are better than trinity, and all that wasted gold and slot just so you can heal every 4 attacks and do little more damage, meanwhile PTA will give damaging boost to everything you throw out after empowered w and probably out damage trinity. Not to mention you would need to either sacrefice item 3071 or item 3748 to build it otherwise you are too squishy, plus the stats you get from it are worthless when you compare it to other items renekton builds. And I could list few more reasons why trinity is bad for renekton. And if you need more sustain on renekton you are probably playing him wrong way, considering that one empowered q can heal you for 30% of hp on full minion wave and one champ. Overall like I said grasp is good but PTA is much better.

ShuyinTheX1 votes

Anyone that builds Trinity on Renekton is trolling. There is 0 reason you would ever want to do that considering how his kit is and play patterns are.

Zexon91 votes

Eh renekton is decent and can be devastating in right hands, just he ain't gonna take 80% of your hp with his basic combo anymore, but he can play smart and outsustain you and kill you once you get low, probably after trade or two. Truble comes for him when he's out of laning phase, he can't tank adc damage and with all shileds/heals that dominate in bot not to mention cc, 8/10 times you will get rekt if you aren't overfed, or can one shot enemy adc. His damage is still out there, and he can still 1 v 2 that I can garantee as I play him everyday, but if you aren't dedicated renekton main there aren't many reasons to pick him, and with upcoming pta nerf don't bother picking him at all.

KlydeFrog1 votes

He is fine people are just dumb . Take resolve as your primary rune and domination with your 2nd . Just be sure take grasp and bounty Hunter . Why because bounty Hunter procs heal off everything you do and with that let's your q heals for more

WitchQueen Annie1 votes

You're better off playing Garen right now. He's basically better in this meta.

"Noob champ," simple design, but basically more reliable in every way at the moment.

Z3Sleeper1 votes

Definitely is. Garen is pretty damn impactful in this meta.

Harden Stepback1 votes

he sucks right now

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