OG counterpick, just dodge, nobody plays it anyway.
Really hard lane since his q applies antiheal and he can always turn your trade into all in (he always wins these)
Illaoi
Win lane - lose game champ, however you have to suffer for 15 min straight to get lp.
if you think its not worth it, consider dodging this matchup.
DODGE E
Try cheese kill lvl 2
Gangplank
Permaban, impossible to punish, even if hes rly behind he will still be more useful than you.
Its ok to eat his q lvl 1, just dont give him the passive proc. Kite with your q.
If he tries to zone off xp - walk up in last possible moment to get it.
If hes close enough to your casters while zoning, you can trade with him.
Gnar
OG counterpick, impossible to kill if gnar player has 1 braincell.
Go conq, rush tabi, consider dodging
Quinn
dodge (literally impossible to win)
Gragas
Cancer hostage taker champ, he wont kill you, but wont let you kill him ever. His sustain and poke is insanely cancer to deal with.
Rush mercs, take both tenacity and unflinching.
Just farm, if hes bad he will try to e you for fun and combo you max range, just dodge the e and turn on him.
Trundle
If you dont kill him pre6 its doomed, but its hard to kill him pre6 since he is strong.
Your best window is lvl 3.
Conq, dblade start, rush tabi.
DONT FIGHT LVL 1
Darius
RUSH TABI ASAP
If you want to contest push and fight lvl 1 - go alacrity, double adaptive, dblade and kite him into your casters.
If you dont want to contest - go dshield, second wind
DODGE Q AND TRACK IT (9 sec cd lvl 1)
Dont engage with e2, dont e in to proc his boneplating, just q it.
Poke with q.
Always keep tracking his passive stacks on yourself.
Consider permabanning
Olaf
OG counterpick.
Dblade start, rush tabi, chainsword 1st item.
NEVER EXTEND TRADES OR TRADE WITHOUT YOUR COOLDOWNS.
DONT WASTE Q FOR FUN LVL 1.
DONT GET BAITED BY HIS LOW HP.
Try your best to kill him in window of lvl 3-5.
PAST 6 KEEP YOUR E TO DISENGAGE, WHEN HE POPS R.
Cassiopeia
Dodge angle.
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If shes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite her lvl 2 = shes dead.
Her q is 3 sec cd, so when you want to trade, try to bait it and e over it.
GHOST MIGHT BE USEFUL
Vladimir
Dodge angle.
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get him to 70% hp.
If hes 40% hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite her lvl 2 = hes dead.
BAIT HIS POOL WITH E W, AND REENGAGE ONCE YOU GOT CDS BACK UP AGAIN, HIS POOL IS BIGGER CD THAN YOUR E AND W.
Lillia
Dodge angle.
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If shes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite her lvl 2 = shes dead.
Go bork into stride/prowler.
Gwen
Champ is shit, but if you arent careful she will murder you.
Dont stunlock yourself with your w in her q.
Rush hexdrinker (probably swifties too).
Past 6 try your best to force her r, and run.
Go chainsword 1st item.
Fiora
Skill matchup fiora favoured.
Try to suppress her early.
Dblade if she has conq/pta or whatever else, dshield if she has grasp.
Kite lvl 1 into your wave always contest push.
SHE ALWAYS HAS TIME TO REACT TO YOUR W SO TRY TO MAKE IT AS HARD TO PREDICT AS YOU CAN AND MAKE HER SCARED.
Dodge her w with e or u get stunned(50% as slow, ms slow).
Rush tabi, go chainsword 1st item.
Aatrox
Champ is cancer broken.
Dblade start,go chainsword 1st item or bork if you re ahead.
Rush tabi.
Try to hard trade with him early,
your cds are much lower than his.
if he trades with you lvl 1 - he loses wavecontrol.
Go into lane bush, closest to him, lvl 1 and fight him if he facechecks, u hard win and u can setup flash red w ignite auto q kill lvl 2
After he gets dirk tabi dont fight him, unless you can oneshot him (bcs hes fucking thanos at dirk tabi)
Maokai
Annoying.
Worse version of gragas.
Heimerdinger
Dont fight him, try to just farm.
You can try all in him, after hexdrinker mercs with r and ignite.
ALWAYS LOOK FOR HIS STOPWATCH BEFORE ALL INS.
Vayne
Edge of night - prowler - bork
Doomed if takes exhaust
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If shes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite her lvl 2 = shes dead.
Mordekaiser
Doomed if dont stomp, him early.
Hexdrinker rush.
Dont hold your w, your trades must be quick. E1 - auto W - auto Q - escape with E2. This way he can never get value of his shield.
Jayce
Annoying.
If he has phase rush you re doomed.
Wait 6.
Try to bait his melee form and go on him, when he transforms back to ranged.
PTA, can go ghost
Kennen
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If hes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite him lvl 2 = hes dead.
Rush mercs.
Yorick
Try to stomp him pre6, starting from lvl 1, suppress him.
Dont get stuck in cage.
Champ is rly dogshit till 6, esp lvl 1.
Ornn
Renekton is shit vs tanks generally.
Try to freeze and run him down.
Once he gets tabi or wardens dont fight him - you will kill yourself.
Watch out for his q e past 6 - he can 100-0 you.
Go bork if ornn player is shit, cleaver otherwise.
Can go ghost.
Graves
Hostage taker, wait 6.
Focus on getting cs early over trading with him.
DONT FIGHT HIM WHEN HE HAS ALOT OF STACKS.
Dshield start, conq.
Malphite
Pray hes fill, try to kill him early.
Bork rush if rly far ahead, cleaver otherwise.
DONT TRADE LVL 1 IF HE HAS PTA
Akali
Pta w start, zone off xp hard trade, get her to 80% hp and oneshot lvl 2 with flash w ignite q, rush 450 mr cloak.
Pta w start, zone off xp.
Care, past 6 she can 100-0.
Akshan
Dont hp lvl 1 for no reason, rush tabi + get 6 + block his e = free lp.
Camille
Im convinced that the champ is rly shit.
Renekton is OG counterpick to camille.
Just freeze and run her down.
Your w breaks her passive (DONT INSTA W LET HER PASSIVE SHIELD COME UP).
Abuse waveclear advantage.
E into her w.
Go pta, tabi rush.
Bork first if she goes sunderer.
Cho'Gath
Pull wave lvl 1 try to freeze and run him down.
Dr. Mundo
Freeze on bounceback.
Irelia
Zone off cs lvl 1.
Dblade start, tabi rush, bork 1st.
Dont w her w.
Dont randomly blow all your cds, if she has space to run you down.
Care with her passive.
Past 6 and tabi you just statcheck her.
After her bork its a bit rough, but its hard to not get significant advantage in this lane.
Garen
Freeze, dont stand in his e, dont give him free crashes and recalls hes rly weak early.
Dont w his w.
His w cd is very long, abuse it.
Dblade start, bork rush.
Jax
Dont fight lvl 1, you can poke him with q as long as you dont get turned on by jacula and all inned.
Try to prevent his cheater.
Past lvl 1 and before 1st item you re much stronger, so abuse him.
Poke him with q as much as you can, keep e for his q e.
Get lead early and abuse him, or you cant sidelane past his 1 item.
With good timing you can w him in his e. Practice it before trying in games.
Rush tabi.
Karma
DODGE COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE
Kayle
Try to punish early by freezing and trying to run her down.
Try communicate with your jungle to either dive her or kill her when she will try to crash.
if she contests lvl 1 dont fight, just freeze and all in lvl 3, just make sure that her wave wont 100-0 you.
Dblade start, PTA.
Past 6 you can bait her r, ignite and disengage, when she presses r - she will die.
Lucian
Tabi rush.
Just run him down past 6 lol.
Care early levels.
Can take ghost.
Nasus
Pull wave lvl 1 let him push a bit, then freeze and hard trade.
Dblade, bork rush.
Make sure to not fuck up your freeze.
if you do fuck up your freeze, spam ping jg/mid/sup to dive him on slowpush.
TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR JUNGLE TO CAMP HIM (RLY FREE)
if you dont have big lead past lvl 9 and divine he will fist you.
Nocturne
Tabi rush, dblade start, wait 6 and fist him.
Dont w his w its not good.
AVOID FIGHTING LVL 1.
Janna
Hullbreaker rush.
Take turret asap.
Applies vs every roaming enchanter top.
Pantheon
Wait 6, poke him with q.
Care with trades, try to w his w.
Tabi rush, dshield start.
Dont die pre6 and you win.
Poppy
Wait 6, dodge q, dont e into w, dont give free grasp procs, unlike other tanks she cant 100-0 you, but her poke is rly cancer.
Rengar
Dodge or pray to every possible god that hes bad.
Stand away from bushes, if you think you can kill him - you cant, dont get jebaited.
Dblade start, conq, rush tabi.
Riven
Matchup isnt as easy nowadays, as it used to be.
Dont fight lvl 1
She will be always able to crash 3, so try your best to setup a recall on 5th or 6th wave.
Care past 6 she can 100-0.
PTA, dshield start, rush tabi.
Rumble
Just survive and try to all in him past 6 and hexdrinker (rush it).
Ryze
Freeze and fist him. PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If hes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite him lvl 2 = hes dead.
Sejuani
Proc passive with q before every trade like you do with boneplating.
Dont ever e in, instead, wait her to go in and turn on her.
Past 6 you always win 1v1 if you have r.
Rush mercs.
Sett
Skill matchup, sett favoured.
Tabi rush, dshield start.
Poke him early on but dont commit to trades, hes stronger.
Dont stunlock yourself in his w.
Past 6 and tabi, while even, you win no matter what (unless you re sitting on bork components).
You can try all in him early if he randomly blows his cds (they re insanely long).
You outscale him hard 1v1 sidelane.
Shen
Dont trade pre6, just farm.
Past 6 you can try to run him down.
Champ is rly cancer to face.
Singed
DONT LET HIM PROXY
Sion
Bork into sunfire, suppress him early, dont let proxy.
Pull wave lvl 1.
Shyvana
Pull wave lvl 1, freeze, all in.
Lvl 6 your r is stronger.
Suppress her early, or she will outscale you to narnia.
Swain
Dodge his e kek
Soraka
Dodge unplayable (enchanter that doesnt roam and is taking hostage over you)
Farm and watch with pain, how hard outscaled you re getting by unskilled enchanter player.
Lulu
dodge unplayable (enchanter that doesnt roam and is taking hostage over you)
Farm and watch with pain, how hard outscaled you re getting by unskilled enchanter player.
Sylas
Conq, dblade start.
Suppress him early, dont give him 2nd w in trades.
Your execute combo is easier to land than his, abuse it.
Tahm Kench
Dodge q.
Dont get spit under turret.
Tahm kench is insanely shit top.
Tryndamere
Suppress pre6, conq, dblade start.
Dont die lvl 1 (or lose your entire hp bar).
Tabi rush, can go exhaust.
Udyr
Hostage taker, rly hard to punish.
Keep your w for his emp w.
if you dont kill him pre tabi - you will never kill him.
Urgot
Champ is shit but you cant kill him.
Tabi rush, dshield start.
Dont get flipped.
Viktor
Freeze and kill him. PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get him to 40% hp. If hes 70% hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite her lvl 2 = hes dead
Volibear
Conq dblade, all in him lvl 1 you win if you get 2 q procs (2nd is red) (voli has grasp pta or conq).
Dont give him second w proc.
Dont stunlock yourself in his e, hold your w.
Kite and poke him with q.
Sunfire rush if struggling with this lane (makes it rly unskilled).
Hard matchup, but once you understand what to do you will love it.
Warwick
Dblade, PTA, bork rush.
Dont contest lvl 1, try to prevent his cheater.
Get him to 50% hp and dont fight him, try your best to burst him from this point.
Abuse waveclear advantage.
Teemo
Annoying af.
PTA, e start lvl 1, sit in lane bush and hard trade, doesnt matter how much dmg you take - as long as you dont die and get her to 70% hp.
If hes % hp, get 50 fury and flash w ignite him lvl 2 = hes dead.
Past 6 you re stronger.
Rush mercs.
E on top of him, start autoing, he will blind you, wait it out and kill him.
Just dont int and you re fine.
Wukong
Dont w his w.
Dont fight lvl 1.
Poke him.
Rush tabi.
Dont underestimate his lvl 6.
Pull wave lvl 1, if he is afk, and just prevent crash.
Yasuo
Damage him before red w, it doesnt break his passive shield otherwise.
Freeze and trade with him dont take extended fights pre 6, past 6 you re much stronger.
Bork rush, PTA, dblade start.
DONT FIGHT HIM WHEN YOU HAVE NO CDS.
Dont fight lvl 1.
Yone
Yasuo but worse.
Freeze, dont fight lvl 1.
Bork rush, PTA, dblade start.
From lvl 3 you just chunk half of his hp per trade.
Past 6 you win no matter what you do.
Zac
Cancer.
Step on his blobs.
Try to kill him early, but care his dmg is insane.
Care lvl 6 - he can oneshot you.
Rush mercs.
Kai'Sa
drututt fanboy, dodge fucking unplayable, if u didnt dodge wait 3 then do smth, DONT FIGHT LVL 1
Pta, dshield, rush tabi, bork prowler
K'Sante
Bully pre6, dodge qs, dont get yeeted into turret.
Overall champ kinda sucks so u will be more usefull than him
Elise
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Kindred
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Bel'Veth
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Nidalee
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Sejuani
your w insta procs her e, rly long cc chain
Ivern
free red buff if red side, his kit has good synergy with yours
Synergies
IdealStrongOkLowNone
Elise
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Kindred
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Bel'Veth
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Nidalee
style synergy, be a good kitten - get prio and follow her
Sejuani
your w insta procs her e, rly long cc chain
Ivern
free red buff if red side, his kit has good synergy with yours
Hello, Im d2 renek otp, currently listed as rank 1 renekton ru on opgg and league of graphs. I started playing league in preseason 12 with no experience in games similar to lol. I used to be gold stuck for kinda long time, and then i started to otp the croc. I reached d4 in 50 games with 90% wr on stuck account playing only renekton.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Since im not playing renekton for years, and i have never been high elo, this guide is based on not only mine opinion and experience with renekton, but also on opinion and experience of high elo otps: Coach Eragon (euw gm 900lp peak s12 renekton otp, check out his yt for quality toplane content https://youtube.com/c/EragonUK). and yxy renekton (chinese renekton otp chall cn superserver, check out his yt for vods https://youtube.com/channel/UCSrmdUR3kHrEuQfFvHqSTeQ)
Renekton strengths/weaknesses
Strengths -strong early/midgame -beast into melee comps -his scaling isnt even that bad -lots of his hard matchups are manageable -prio generator -waveclear -reliable cc -simple kit but has outplay potential -fun -If you are good with the champ it will reward you alot
Weaknesses -hard time vs some of toplane meta champs -bad into high range/good peeling comps/mobile -immobile -bad vs antitank champs -if you fall behind, you re useless
What do i think about renekton?
I think this champ is really underrated, because ppl love to meme around it and they re having their opinions based on popular peoples takes (LS)
Runes
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Your main rune choice for most games should be Conqueror. I believe this keystone is much better than its alternative - Press the Attack, due to how well renekton scales with bonus ad. However, in some lanes and games you just cannot stack Conqueror or you need to higher your execution range. Then, Press the Attack is the choice.
is for lane runes (there are some scaling ofc but scales better on ).
or depending on matchup, both of these runes are completly irrelevant past lane.
Take Second Wind vs tanks , ranged lanes .
Take Bone Plating vs all in bruisers and burst champions, who will have hard time knocking it off . is a decent option into free matchups that you win without lane runes or lanes you dont want to fight in .
saves you gold and gives bonus ms. gives Flash cdr, making Renekton useful vs hard comps.
SHARDS
Double adaptive force, armor or mr based on lane opponents damage.
If you will not fight early, go hp.
NOTE: If you dont feel yourself comfortable without alacrity, go attack speed shard, when you dont take alacrity.
Summoner Spells
Flash is a must have summoner spell on in 95% of games. It can save you from ganks early, but whats most important about this summoner spell - flash e and flash w combos, gapclosing and locking down targets, making up for lack of mobility has.
Ignite is important for lane, due to its snowball potential and grevious wounds. However sometimes you face champs that you arent able to kill ever.
TAKE EVERY GAME BELOW MASTER ELO
Got nerfed really hard on earlygame champs, no reason to choose it instead of ignite, unless you re facing champ that you cant kill and you want to go greedy runes.
Decent scaling spell for teamfighting, in some lanes its useful from start, but you lose early game pressure and skirmish power by going it over Ignite
Exclusive for and matchups, dont recommend taking tho unless enemy comp is 5 melee champs(you have to take it instead of flash).
Mindset for games
1. Ask yourself where enemy jg will path
2. Identify your wincon (sidelaning vs hard comps, teamfighting vs easy ones)
3. Understand your trade pattern in lane and what do you want to do with first waves
4. If enemy top doesnt contest early push ALWAYS try to crash 3 and cheater, or contest scuttle/invade with your jungle
5. IF ENEMY JG IS PATHING TO YOU, ALWAYS WARD RIVER/RIVERBUSH AT 2:30 (after 2nd wave) this way you re basically ungankable pre min 5
As you want to play for your lvl 3(potentially setup an easrly kill) and early herald, invades.
Wincon
Probably most important topic.
Your rune choices, ability max, summoners choices, build choices depend on your understanding of wincon.
While playing renekton you usually have 2 main win conditions:
Teamfighting
HOW TO UNDERSTAND:
-Enemy comp is mostly melee
-Enemy carries dont have much peeling
-You can easily reach enemy carries
-Enemy comp doesnt have insane dmg
WHAT TO BUILD(1st/2nd items):
- cdr ad builds
- into bami mythic
- into bami mythic
WHAT TO BUILD(Past 2nd item):
-Ah, ad items if is the mythic choice
-Defensive items based on damage of your main threats in teamfights(try to build mixed hp, armor and mr, since you will be getting focused down in every fight)
HOW TO REALIZE:
Past lane:
Push sidelane, flank enemy/hover your team. Never skip objectives, always try to set up sidelane pressure before (shove/slowpush wave) but never commit to side, always look to group.
WAYS TO PLAY TEAMFIGHTS:
-Flash w enemy carry in front to back
Useful if you dont want to commit to flanking and you can reach enemy backline easily even in front to back.
-Flank backline and zone/focus carries
Useful if front to back is hard to play or your carries have peeling/able to deal dmg. Or you just have an insane flank angle.
-Peel for your carries
Useful if enemy comp is dive comp and they have to run into you/can reach your carries.
-Frontline
Enemy comp doesnt have big damage/they have 3+ melee champs your champ will just annihilate.
Sidelaning
HOW TO UNDERSTAND:
-Enemy comp has big range
-Enemy comp has good zonecontrol
-Enemy carries have good peeling and they have insane damage
-You easily win 1v1 side WHAT TO BUILD(1st/2nd items):
- into bami mythic//
- into
WHAT TO BUILD(Past 2nd item]:
-Defensive items vs champs that will try to stop you in sidelane
-duel dmg items ()
HOW TO REALIZE:
Get early lead, make sure you win sidelane vs both enemy sololane champs and can potentially 1v2.
Create space for your team on objectives and dilemma for enemy team, by pressuring opposite side to active objective.
Make sure to take t1 turret as soon as possible, so you can threaten t2.
If enemy sends a lot of ppl for you or you dont see enemies on map - go into fog.
Make sure to counterjungle, when you dont have to pressure turret yet.
Before starting to clear wave try to look into the future and consider possible threats the further you push. If you think its dangerous to push too far - slowpush the wave.
YOUR MAIN GOAL IS TO EITHER MAKE ENEMY TEAM SEND 2+ PPL TO YOU, GIVING NUMBER ADVANTAGE TO YOUR TEAM AT OBJECTIVES OR TAKE TURRETS, SNOWBALL YOURSELF AND OPEN THE MAP. YOU CAN ALSO LOOK FOR FLANKS IF THERE IS SUCH OPPORTUNITY.
Notes to matchup list
1. A lot of tanks are marked as dangerous, not because they can kill you(they cant), but because they deny you tempo and snowball potential by a lot, which is rly important for , and they will always be more useful than you.
2. Difficulty of matchups is based on both early and midgame.
DIFFICULTY IS BASED ON BOTH PLAYERS BEING RLY GOOD (Playing matchup as it is intended).
Mechanics
1. Every ability is an auto cancel
2. R cancels w stunlock
3. You can stack rage before coming to lane (useful in some lanes )
-go hit blastcone near buff at 1:22
-auto q auto the buff
-kite it out of patience range
-auto 2 more times
4. Ironspike q cancel
5. if you have 30+ fury but lower than 50 you can r whip red q r cancel insta healing burst combo
1. Bork builds are better in low elo
2. Gore is a **** item however if enemy team has 3+ melee champs its good BY MELEE CHAMPS I CONSIDER CHAMPS THAT WILL INTERACT WITH YOU IN SHORT RANGE, NOT NECESSARILY MELEE CHAMPS (for example i consider samira a melee champ)
3. If you re behind in high elo, dont go bork go tank/utility items
End
Thanks for your attention, i hope you have learned something new from this guide, i invested alot of time into making this one.
Good luck with your climb! YEP croc
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