Hello everyone! I would like to introduce to you the rage and power of Renekton. I bought Renekton a while back and decided he was my top favorite champion in the League. His thick hide and bone-crunching power dominates anyone or anything that gets in his way.

Nasus, I'm coming...

• Deadliness for early game damage
• Vampirism for additional LS

• Greater Mark of Attack Damage provides you attack damage, allowing you to take advantage of Renekton's early game potential.
• Greater Seal of Armor gives you a hefty amount of armor for top lane ADs and/or jungle creeps
• Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction's cooldown reduction is nice to have, especially for Cull the Meek's heal factor
• Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage - same reason as Greater Mark of Attack Damage

• Greater mark of desolation - being a bruiser, Renekton might have a betterdamage output with armor penetration, especially in late game when Greater Mark of Attack Damage and Greater Quintessence of Attack Damage falls off
• Greater Glyph of Magic Resist - for those pesky AP top laners like Vladimir.
• Greater Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist - flat runes fall off at a later level compared to scaling runes, so consider these runes to replace Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
• greater quintessence of desolation - same reason as greater mark of desolation
• Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed - the big, universal rune. These runes allow you to have a higher mobility stat and help you dodge skillshots.

• I start out with Boots and 3 Health Potion (you can grab another Health Potion if you wait a bit after minions spawn) for the mobility and substain
• I then grab 2 Doran's Blade on my first way back for it's health and damage increase
• I build up to a The Brutalizer for the damage, CDR, and the armor penetration
• I pick up Mercury's Treads for the extra mobility and CC reduction
• From here, if I'm doing decent or really good on my lane I'll pick up a Phage for damage, a minor health boost, and a slow, but if I'm doing even slightly bad, I pick up Giant's Belt, instead. These items will build up to a Frozen Mallet for it's 100% slow, minor attack increase, and it's huge health increase
• If I don't have enough money for an Atma's Impaler, I pick up a Chain Vest for the armor increase instead of the Cloak of Agility and then build up to an Atma's Impaler for it's damage that scales with Renekton's already huge health
• If survivability or tankiness is a concern, I would build a Guardian Angel before Bloodthirster, if not, Bloodthirster would serve as a huge attack and life steal increase
• The Force of Nature can be replaced by a Banshee's Veil or a defensive armor item such as Thornmail if the opposing team does too much AD. Most of the time, I don't have trouble with AD, so the speed increase and the health regen from Force of Nature is my likely candidate
• Sell the Doran's Blade and the The Brutalizer whenever necessary

• Early mobility throughout jungle
• Mobility allows lvl 2 ganking
• Early Blue buff donation

• Jungle route may be slower
• Low health/armor might be a problem

• Armor against AD counter jungles and creeps
• 5 Health Potions are plenty

• Mobility is at it's lowest
• Ganking comes from level 4

You might wonder why I stopped after 2x Doran's Blade. Well, after obtaining 2x Doran's Blade, there's two branches that the build flows into:

Fed and full Renekton After being fed, you can buy a B. F. Sword which later builds into Bloodthirster. Mercury's Treads comes after Buy another Madred's Razors and transition into a Madred's Bloodrazor for shredding power and attack speed for fury gain. The lifesteal of your Wriggle's Lantern, 2x Doran's Blade, Bloodthirster, and your Cull the Meek Q will keep your health up and negate the fact that you have a small health pool. After the game progresses, you can build more offensive items listed below or more defensive items, also listed below.

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Decent/Behind Renekton Building more health in the form of Giant's Belt(if you're behind) or Phage(if you're doing "okay") is a good transition, forcing you to build up to a Frozen Mallet and Atma's Impaler after. This should give you good amount of damage, but if you're doing better, grabbing another offensive item listed below before putting on armor and magic resistance is also a good decision. Basically, you want to follow the item pattern from The Item Build - Top Lane.

Renekton is a very powerful early game champion. While you are on the loading screen, check which champion is going top lane with you and what summoner spells he has. Be wary of his skill set and his summoner spells. Once the game begins, click on your opponent to see what runes he has. If he has a powerful early game like you, don't trade or risk damage until level 3 where you can harass like crazy with your skill set. Remember to ask if your jungler is ganking your lane early so you can pick Ruthless Predator instead of Cull the Meek. Speaking of junglers, be alert for the opposing jungler and don't forget to ward! Renekton will always have a huge CS because of his AD and Cull the Meek so don't worry about CS, then again, don't lose focus on CS.




From here, if you done things right, you should have a nice CS lead against your top lane opponent, maybe 1-3 kills. You can start roaming to gank mid lane, ambush the enemy jungler, or kill jungle creeps while your lane gets pushed so you can farm your lane again. Top lane is a competition between your AD and the top lane's armor so spending 50 fury on Slice and Dice may not be a bad idea. Remember you can tower dive and get away with a lot with Dominus and Slice and Dice Try to be successful in your lane so your jungler only has to worry about two lanes - Whatever lane your jungler doesn't gank, you can.





Renekton's late game is somewhat bad, but with proper CS, kills, and assists, Renekton can overcome this disadvantage. Your job as a bruiser is to take abuse and deal out enough punishment in order for your AD/AP carry to achieve the kills. Remember you only need a handful of kills to support yourself. Pair up with your tank to initiate a teamfight (also a good reason you shouldn't take all the kills - the opposing team will be focusing on you!). Remember to use Dominus whenever necessary and keep up at least 50 fury for Cull the Meek! use the stun from Ruthless Predator when necessary. Also, with Baron and Dragon warded, you can Slice and Dice in, unleash your skill set, and Slice and Dice out to steal Baron/Dragon.

Time to Jungle...

• Grab a pair of Boots and 3x Health Potion
• Ask for help on wolves camp, pot whenever
• Move towards wraith camp, pot whenever
• Gank at lvl 2, if not, move to Red Lizard camp, pot whenever
• Recall, buy a Long Sword
• Donate early Blue buff
• Continue jungle until gank is needed
• If gank is not need, squeeze one in

Basically...

• Grab Cloth Armor and 5x Health Potion
• Smite big wriath, kill the rest
• Kill wolves
• Kill Blue
• Kill wraiths
• Damage Red lizard, smite, kill small lizards
• Kill twin golems

Thanks to jhoijhoi for her Making a Guide, and her line dividers!

Thanks to LoL Wikia for their information / pictures!

Thanks to Stonewall008 for his/her jungle videos, especially S2 Jungle for Renekton!

I hope you guys enjoy the guide!

01/10/12 - Jungle section is now added.
04/10/12 - Changed Thornmail description (Thanks pepsim4a1!)
10/10/12 - Added two new builds