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[8.9] Thrill of the Hunt - Indepth Pro Rengar Guide

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When will you have the guide updated for the new patch 8.10?

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Hello! I'm working on it! Getting used to new Jungle, then it will hopefully be out soon

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omg this guide is absolutely fantastic i have so much to read so much to learn i will learn more from your guides then i have from everything else and don't forget to add the secret passive when you are battling a so people know i just learn so much and the threat level bar is so well done i've never seen so many champions attached to it and you have information on every single one of them so truly this is the best guide i have ever seen!!! <3 <3

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Wow thank you so much for the praise :) means a lot! And yeah, thanks for mentioning the secret Kha'zix passive! I completely forgot! The guide is a tiny bit out of date at the moment, but I'm working on it! Stay tuned and continue to learn ^_^

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the knowledge is all filling my tiny brain lol just kidding but i am learning a lot

What do you think about changing "Transcendece" to "The ultimate hat" in runes?

What jungler do you ban? I usually ban lee sin.

I have lost every ranked game with rengar, and lost a few divisions. But now I've won the past 3 games and I think I'm improving. I've gotten to learn how to counterjungle/track enemy jungler, maxing my damage output and limiting my deaths from 20 to 1-5 per game. Keep in mind im bronze II, and have less than 100 games with rengar, so I'm as far from mastering rengar as possible.

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Hi!

I don't think the change from Transcendence to Ultimate Hat is worth it, as the damage you get from going over the Cooldown Cap is so much better then an extra 15% (5 seconds) off your ultimate. With banning, I usually ban champions that ruin my early game, such as khazix, lee sin, xin zhao. These champions will usualy prevent you from gaining an early lead if they are half decent. Keep the Rengar games up! I'll be updating this guide more soon, so stay tuned.

This might be a dumb question, but bare with me.

I've followed your exact build and strategy for around 8 games now and I still find it impossible to kill Kroggs (stone monster) in early game. I have 75% of my life left from fighting red buff and kroggs take me out just before i can kill the last few of them. I jump in, and use you tactic for killing kroggs. Maybe theres been a new patch that chnged something? I usually just skip kroggs until I've taken out all buffs on my jungle, then proceed to enemys Red buff, since they are most likely delayed by ganking g our team. BY not ganking the enemy team before lvl 6 nd focusing and rushing all my jungles buffs, I can reach enemy jungle redd buff by the time they are just starting to fight their own red buff. That way I can leap from a bush and take out the enemy teams jungler (Low on health from fighting red buff and ganking our team. So that's an easy kill and that leaves me at lvl 6. Now I proceed to gank the enemy team.

Is this a bad strategy? should I just stick with your guide? Also; how do you suggest I handle croggs in super-eaerly game?

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Hello!
I'm not 100% sure with Kruggs, I'd have to see you play to determine what's wrong. Make sure you are kiting the buffs, so you get an extra hit or two by the end of the buff. Running from them as you fight isn't a bad thing, it's the strategy. Your strategy is OK but is highly dependant on the composition of both teams. Try only doing that when you know you can sky rocket ahead. Most of the time the early game of each lane is the decider for most of the game. Hope this helps.

I forgot to mention that this is my first time playing jungle

One of the best guides. Pls help I mainly cant kill enemy with gank lanes can you tell me some points?

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Hello! Apologies for the late reply, I didn't get a notification for your comment. If you're having trouble ganking enemies in their lanes, try to wait until they are a bit lower in hp before going in. Either this or focus more on your CS, which is another good way to sustain a lead.

I usually do the Lethality / Oneshot build. But sometimes I would use Tank Rengar I usually carry the games I play I am currently m6 Rengar from this build alone! ^

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Thanks for the comment! Glad to see that this build/guide is working for you! :)

only the nighblue3 build helped me but you should do a build by yourself and not just copy a youtuber's build anyway i just thaught that i should tell it to you

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Hey! Thanks for the comment. The NightBlue3 build is the last of the build sets, I only include it because it used to be popular. Every other piece of information and build guide is 100% my own. The main build is mine, the Tank Rengar is mine, and the Tank Destroyer Rengar build is also my own. Thank you though! Hope this solves the confusion

I need help. Really bad. I tried your build and jungle route and got completely destroyed at Raptors,unable to dish out the necessary AoE damage to take them down since the Q revert. Could you give tips or update your guide with the revert taken in mind?

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Hello! Working on the update atm, try going red, krugs and skip raptors to wolves if you start red side

Alrighty! Thank you very much! You are a dear! <3

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Great Guide man,It really helped to be better rengar,and I am trying to main thim

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Hey man thanks! So glad it's helping you improve! Good luck on the rift

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Good build! Just purchased Rengar for awhile and using this build. It's pretty sweet. Thank you!

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Thanks so much! Glad I can help you with this build! Gonna update it soon! Stay tuned

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Amazing guide and greatly in-depth. Love how you have provided a build for every single way Rengar can be played efficiently. Also love the early, mid and late game details on how to play Rengar. This kind of guide ensures that even a first timer gets to play Rengar efficiently and do decent. Love the matchups details as an extra bonus (also didn't forget the combos section). Great guide Keep Up tthe great work!

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Thanks so much for the feedback! Gonna update when he gets reverted

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that's a lot of freaking detail O_O

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I have a question
How come you choose Infinity Edge? Since you're not building any critical chance then why would you choose it? If for the DMG then shouldn't Duskblade be better when the build is very focused on raw AD? (Duskblade gives 75AD + passive vs IE 65AD + 20%.) I'm just really curious since I am focusing on becoming better with him. :)

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The builds there are open to interpretation, I should probably state it in the guide. That's the build I like to usually go to carry hard. Infinity Edge boosts the crits when you do get them, even if it's 20%. Without a crit, the 65 AD is still really good. When they go together, it ends up being a lot better then Duskblade when you crit. If you don't want to turn to Infinity Edge due to personal preference, then Deaths Dance is a much better option for one of your final items. Thank you for the enquiry, and I will update the builds to give them more diversity and make it clear it is also open to preference.

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I see.
I thought that with IE in this build that it would result in relying on the crit to sometimes even get the kill when the enemy play more together later on in the game.
I had a theory about the combination with Duskblade and Stromraider's Surge that if you jump on the enemy ADC or APC then leave he/she low enough for Duskblade to finish the job. Then with the movementspeed from Rengar's ult and Stormraider's Surge be able to escape without the enemy team being able to react. What do you think?

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Stormraider's surge and Rengar's ult work perfectly together. Even without Duskblade, you can combo the ADC/APC and leave with around 800ms I think it is. For this though, a more crit focus build would be more suitable, unless you are very far in front. Crit insures the high damage one shot, and something like Duskblade would have to rely on the base damage of the Q one hitting them. Duskblade's execution passive isn't as strong as it seems as well, so you can often not kill them.

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I tested out the different builds and I got that I'm happy with IE. The DMG difference is n't that high but when the crit DMG comes in IE is superior. And you were right with the Duskblade passive, mb. :)
But I have a few questions with the build,
- After finishing the jungle item and tiamat, do you finish hydra or build youmus?
- If u go top lane instead, which item would you build to replace the jungle item?
- Would you sell your boots later on in the game, and if, what item? (depending in the situation of course.)
- Should Death's Dance be whiched out with BT in specific situations?
- if you have a horrible early game, when would you consider starting to build tanky? (The tank build.) When you have died a set amount of times or something else?
- In the "normal full build", what defensive items do you suggest (if needed)?
- At which timestamps do you set the early and mid game goals at? (approximately.)

I'm very happy that I found this build and it has helped me a lot. I just reached mastery 7 and i thank you for that. :)

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I'm glad the build helped a lot! with yours questions;
1. If you're snowballing really hard, I'd recommend Youmuu's. If it's going well, but not crazy, Hydra is a good way to go.
2. If you chose to go top lane, Deaths Dance would take the jungle item's place in most cases.
3. If you were to sell your boots, try to keep it to high damage and if possible, CDR. Death's Dance is a reasonable switch, and if you find yourself needing to survive teamfights, even Phantom Dancer can be useful for fighting.
4. Blood Thirster is usually the go to thing, and there isn't really any situations I can think of that would promote the switch.
5. The tanky build is mainly for playing based on either team comp, or strategically. Usually in solo que, there isn't much strategy, so this build isn't used much.
6. The only tanky thing I'd really promote would be Spirit's Visage, due to CDR and Healing Increase.
7. I'll include this in the guide, but usually you should have Warriow and a completed item at around 15 minutes, possibly sooner. At 20, the second item should be there, including boots.
I hope this answers your questions, and feel free to ask any more.