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Rengar in the Jungle

Blue Collar Bear·1/7/2015, 5:20:41 AM·3 votes·1,386 views

I have been playing Rengar pretty solidly in the new jungle. What I am curious about is the Devourer enchantment. I have seen plenty of players build this and be successful. Granted, these players are between Silver and Platinum. So, questions:

  1. What situations would I buy a Devourer on Rengar?
  2. Mathematically speaking, does the on-hit damage from Devourer make up for the lost AD, armor penetration, and cooldown reduction from Warrior?
  3. Due to most champions having low base MR and a majority of people take scaling glyphs of magic resist, is it possible that Devourer may give Rengar a better early game (and potential late game due to scaling) than if he were to take Warrior?

Any other pieces of information you can pass on will be welcomed. Thanks!

9 Comments

Steve Spurrier1/7/2015, 6:03:28 AM2 votes

Most people I've asked have said that Devourer is better for late-game scaling on some champs (e.g. Rek'sai) and can also be the "safer" pick, whereas Warrior can help you get more kills early to mid game. For a champion like Rengar, though, where you want that Empowered Q, Q, Empowered Q after using the ultimate, I think the AD/Armor Pen works better than sheer AS. You want your target to be dead VERY quickly before you can get CC'ed or the target can escape.

Maybe the Devourer would help for extended trades and fights, but isn't Rengar's primary role to assassinate high priority targets using his abilities, empowered abilities, and items? How many attacks do you get off before you get CC'ed, the target is dead or escapes, etc.? I think the Devourer would help with early to mid game camp clearing and/or if you were behind/need farm. But if you aren't behind or you're ahead, I think Warrior is the better pick.

Question, do you usually get Ranger's Trailblazer or the Stalker's Blade? I usually get Stalker's for the extra CC but I've seen a lot of Ranger's on Rengar as well. Happy hunting!

Ztc5QpjekK1/7/2015, 5:48:37 AM1 votes

Tbh i think Warrior is better, It will give you more burst, not to mention RageQ also give you more %AD for few sec.

Starcall Casey1/7/2015, 10:29:12 AM1 votes

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