Renekton after Shojin removal

Kind Toplaner·10/18/2019, 10:12:34 PM·1 votes·1,148 views

Hello everyone, I am a diamond level Renekton main for quite a while and I could not help but feel frustrated hearing the news about vaulting Shojin but I could see the logic behind it (his synergy with Jax and Riven was broken no doubt).

Renekton had always struggled after midgame before Shojin and even when viable he was mostly a cheesy early game pick, mostly due to his huge cooldowns later on and ineffectiveness as either an assassin or a tank.

However, I thought of the concept that a Shojin-like passive could be added into his rank 3 ulti. By then, he should have fallen off quite a bit, so this would just barely make him relevant and shouldnt be hard to deal with.

I could analyse it way longer but I would like to see some first thoughts and feedback.

5 Comments

Verxint10/18/2019, 10:19:20 PM3 votes

I would rather not encourage that playstyle for Renekton. Spamming a million spells in a fight feels like a gimmick, not like how he should play. I'd rather other ways to keep his power level healthy than a Shoujin passive. Maybe something like much lower Q CD such as Nasus ult. But the cooldown reduction on hit mechanic isn't something I think we should preserve

8Belthazor810/18/2019, 10:37:27 PM2 votes

First of all, let me correct your statement "his synergy with Jax and ~~Riven~~ Renekton was broken no doubt"

Riven players built this item in less than 35% of the games in this patch while it is 78.73% for Jax and 85.87% for Renekton. So it is actually Renekton who is the biggest abuser of this item. Secondly, no, we don't need to be permacc-ed by Renekton point&click W as it is now. Renekton trade-off for being so strong in early game just disappeard with this item. That is why he is one of the safest choice for first pick in soloq and played a lot in pro games. He already got buffed with his shield breaking ability.

This removal will be actually a reasonable nerf for both Jax and Renekton. Good riddance.

Titanium7010/19/2019, 2:27:46 AM2 votes

Renekton is balanced around falling off hard by having an OP early game. As you just stated your selfe, with Shojin he no longer falls off!

That's the definition of broken! THAT's the exact reason why it gets removed (hopfully) for good.

Zero Shingetsu10/18/2019, 11:40:56 PM1 votes

Renekton's abilities are quite decisive, especially with Fury on. Being able to spam them feels like overkill, particularly when it's dangerous just to be close to him when his ult is up.