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Any tips on counterplaying rengar?

PhantomDIÒ··0 votes·737 views

I have been having many troubles when facing a rengar. Each time I feel like I literally have NO COUNTERPLAY. He 1shots you in like .75 seconds and then runs away with from your team while healing with his W.

Here is the supposedly "COMMON" counterplays.

Zhonyas Hourglass( You have to spend 3500 gold to not get 1 shotted by rengar every 90 seconds but seriously ADCs cant buy this item and you just feel SO USELESS. You are also stuck in stasis for a few seconds and if you are alone u have to use a reposition ability)

GA (You got 1 shot GG now you have to be in a stasis for a few seconds and wait for the enemy team to follow up and kill you)

Sticking with your team (Your team cannot protect you in my opinion. Rengar just 1 shots you so fast that it is hard for them to react. What if your team follows up and kills him? He most likely did AOE dmg with his roar and since he killed the adc/apc so fast he could just move on to another target and deal dmg to them)

Wards/Vision/Oracles (range on oracles is too small and what if you do see him? He still has the option to jump on you when you use oracles. Since the removals of the stealth totems I really find it hard to get vision early/mid game for champs without sightstone.

High Risk / High Reward ( I feel like even though rengar goes 0/2 or 0/4 he still does a TON of dmg to squishy targets.) I have seen a rengar that went 0/6 early and mid game. However he still does like 75% of an adc in his combo.

I seriously just cannot deal with this champion no matter what I try. Honestly this guy is ridiculous and i end up banning him every time in ranked if i can. Im trying to stay positive and look for counterplays but just nothing works!

Malphite Rengar did like 60% of my health during late game even though i was nearly full build tank/armor

7 Comments

xShiNjiNx3 votes

Hey another newb seeking up-votes. Can i ask you a serious question? Do you make these posts when the circle jerks about Riven, Yasuo, Lee Sin etc come up too? Or is Rengar just special.

Edit: He mains Riven, so no the riven circlejerk isnt 1 he contributes to.

PhantomDIÒ1 votes

Hey man I was just trying to ask for tips lol. Rengar 1 shot combo is somewhat hard to do from what i have seen. I dont know why you are so hostile :P. From what i have seen of your account you play "rengar"? Im seriously just trying to ask for tips but to me right now you look like a riven main trying to defend the champ lol (just a comparison) . Looks like you arent really contributing to the rengar circlejerk D:

Dreadlocks2 votes

Probably cause the thead you made appeared rather "whiny" and not really asking for solutions but rather just complaining about them.

The bigger question is, if solutions were even given to you, would you actually accept them, or just try to counter argue it and say they are invalid and that "1 shot is op pls nerf."

PhantomDIÒ1 votes

Alright I can accept that my post was "whiny". I only listed those things because I have tried it before and it doesn't work from my experiences. However he was pretty hostile and did not give any tips or reasonable arguments. I also can agree that most of my arguments are very situational

Dreadlocks2 votes

Well generally the best way to counter rengar is the same way you counter master yi... you beat them down before they can get strong. lol

However, in the event that rengar is strong already the best things you can do are Ward well, pinks, stay grouped. (like very grouped, like be touching your ally) buy GA, Zhonyas, randuins, or steraks. all of which help. Exhaust him. Counter pick him (yes there are adcs that do quite well vs rengar)

Like i said, the best way to deal with rengar is to legit not let him get fed. Rengar is EXTREMELY powerful late game. If he is strong early, due to getting fed, then its only going to be harder as the game goes on. Rengar is a late game champ regardless of what people tell you. Beat him up early, and he shouldn't be an issue.

Greenjey2 votes

Building Steraks cage against him help alot, it synergyze well with duelist items (even when you play adc). But if your at a point where rengar can burst 60% your health when you play malph full armor then you're pretty much f*cked and you or your team certanly did something wrong.

Mayor Stubbs1 votes

There is little you can do against a fed (or even simply not behind) Rengar as a squishy. The best option is typically zhonya or GA like you suggested, but also getting into a position in which IF he attacks / 1 shots you, your team will slaughter him in like 1 second. This makes it so at WORST it becomes a 1 for 1 trade, but more likely, he will think twice before jumping on you.

Also, a pink won't help much but if you do fight on a pink you can typically have a chance to exhaust him mid jump.

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