Any Plans for Renekton?
Are there any plans or possibilities for some work on Renekton? I'm simply curious, as He's my favorite champion by far and he's not in the optimal place at the moment. As a champion who NEEDS to win lane to have any real effect on the game, life is very difficult when:
A) TP exists in it's current state B) There are options for both TP and Crystalline flask C) You're outscaled by champions that have lane power just as oppressive as yours, with more utility
I'm not whining about how OP Teleport is, I'm not asking for flask nerfs, and I haven't jumped on the QQ Juggernaut train (despite the questionable nature of Noxian Might and the unnecessary heal on Darius) but rather, I am convinced that the conjunction of the Juggernauts release and the TP buffs were both major hits, true indirect nerfs to the Croc.
Darius CAN out lane Renekton and easily outduels him post 6. Olaf has always been considered a viable counterpick, and has a considerably more oppressive lane so long as the axes are landed properly
Both these champions illustrate champions that fill Renekton's lane bully Niche, out-scaling him to a ridiculous degree. This leads me to wonder what justifies Renekton's late game weakness. Is it the dash that has been gated by a sufficiently long cooldown? Is it the lack of mana? Is it a combination of all three? These I can understand. He doesn't need more Lane power.
What Renekton needs, in my humble opinion, is more utility or a resolution to his glaring identity issues (He has cool-downs that are too long to justify going all AD as a consistant choice, while he lacks any of the qualities that might make him reliably tanky enough to fit the diver niche his dash seems to have tasked him with).
He needs something on his passive, or a passive ability on one or more of his abilities, that will allow him more impact on the game as lategame approaches. Putting a cripple on his Q - empowered or no, might apply some sticking power. You could also possibly allow for his ult to be empowered, giving an extra effect (i.e. damage reduction so that his ult can give him some suitable tankiness that his kit is lacking so thoroughly). You could give a stacking mechanic, as a counterpart to Nasus' Q, that allows Renekton to build up defensive stats for killing minions with empowered abilities or landing empowered abilities on champions as a counter to Nasus' ability to build defensively while getting free offensive capabiliies with his Q. You could add a passive scaling to his W to justify maxing it over E second. The possibilites are vast, and provide a Renekton who is even or behind some avenue to affect the game and assist his team, though these might not be anywhere closed to viable or balanced examples.
TLDR: Renekton is weak right now, his lane isn't oppressive enough to justify such a weak late game, Is it possible we can see some additions to his kit to make him an effective pick after 20 minutes?
as well, I think hes my second favorite top laner next to
. I think the croc should probably gain more rage when attacked over a period of time, making him more of a counter to all in champions since hes lacking in utility or high mobility to get out of such a situation. He really could use some utility effect on his ultimate, when he roars specifically. Perhaps a small silence like
? Or a channel disrupt toppled with a brief slow?