Before we call the nerf hammer, lets think a little bit more about rengar

4EtQTKtcfT··2 votes·746 views

So apparently someone made a thread called "Why cant Kha'Zix use his W in air but Rengar can?", in hope for some buffs to Rengar. Firstly this is stupid because even though the cat and the bug are rivals, you cant really compare them like that. I could as well say, why cant Rengar get to jump everytime when he gets a kill, like kha zix does, so please dont compare these two. They both have their own problems, lets move on.

I agree he sucks to deal with, but seriously what else can he do than burst someone down? If he cant do that, he literally doesnt offer anything to his team. Ever since Rengars pre-rework he is not able to splitpush anymore, because his Q got changed. He cant teamfight very well either. And dont come here telling that he can burst someone down in teamfights, I mean sure he can, but hes gonna go down too. If he doesnt go down, then you maybe should check how fed he really is.

Another thing is the way how he works. Lets be a little bit more open-minded for a second, and think ourselves in a situation where we have a decently fed Annie on the other team. A teamfight is about the break out. Annie has her stun and Tibbers up. Now what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Obviously, NOT TO GROUP. Because if you do that, you are going to get destroyed. So you split and Annie bursts your ADC down, but meanwhile you have destroyed her team. This is just how Annie works.

Now how different is that from Rengar? If you split and go alone to farm to a sideline while the enemy has a decently fed Rengar. Maybe you should rethink about going there, because he is going to get you killed sooner or later if you do that. So group instead, thats his weakness.

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Spoofghoul1 votes

How about we call the nerf meatgrinder instead and grind the cat into dogfood

Jbels1 votes

Like I said in a different thread, if the "mains" had just allowed Scarizard to work on a Rengar that WASN'T having his power budget devoured by his stealth, Rengar probably could have been something better, that actually helps his team in ways other than bursting one guy down, then getting focused to death.

Blackquill1 votes

Um...huh? Scarizard is on the Live Gameplay Team, at least at the moment. Was he a designer before that? I play League since 2014 so could you give me a small history lesson on Rengar and Scarizards work on him?

Jbels1 votes

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Um...huh? Scarizard is on the Live Gameplay Team, at least at the moment. Was he a designer before that? I play League since 2014 so could you give me a small history lesson on Rengar and Scarizards work on him?

A long time ago, Scarizard was working on some changes for Rengar. The idea was to take away his stealth in exchange for more stickyness on his kit. The Rengar mains were outraged by this, so after 80 something pages of complaining about it, Scarizard relented and put his stealth back on. Unfortunately, that stealth eats alot of Rengar's power budget. Removing it would have left a lot of new paths Rengar's kit could have taken closed

Blackquill1 votes

Honestly i cannot see how Rengar can ever be in a healthy state with his ult giving him stealth. There is a reason every other stealth champion who is also an assassin is DPS. Because you can at least take action against them while Rengar...

Jbels1 votes

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Honestly i cannot see how Rengar can ever be in a healthy state with his ult giving him stealth. There is a reason every other stealth champion who is also an assassin is DPS. Because you can at least take action against them while Rengar...

Rengar is like Shaco. You have very little indication of where he's going when he uses his stealth, and when he finally jumps on you, you have very little time to react. The only Difference is, whereas Shaco is like half burst, half DPS, rengar is mostly burst, some DPS

Blackquill1 votes

True although it depends on the playstyle with Shaco. AP Shaco can also oneshot you depending on how the game goes but at least you don't see this that often. But as of 5.24 i've seen Rengar in every 3rd game. And i always have to give up gettin fullbuild because i need a pink ward to at least provide some protection for my carries. <.< Really frustrating...

5050BS1 votes

No he just needs nerfs

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