I'm revert, im a challenger rengar otp in EUW, i peaked 1150 lp. I stream on twitch regularly at https://www.twitch.tv/revertcrit if you have any questions ill gladly answer them

Unlike lower ranks where brute mechanics dominate, high-elo Rengar thrives on anticipating enemy movements, exploiting windows, and chaining pressure across the map. You’re not just looking for kills you’re looking for tempo: windows to invade, take camps, force summoners, and control vision.

Rengar's bush passive rewards map knowledge, and each leap should be a decision based on enemy behavior, ward coverage, and cooldown tracking. At this level, patience is often more valuable than raw aggression. Learning when not to engage is what separates elite Rengars from average ones.

High elo games are decided by macro more than micro. As Rengar, you should act as a vision predator, hunting not only champions but wards. Control Wards and Sweeper into Ultimate is a must. Abuse fog of war: if you control vision around an objective, you control the area. A good Rengar doesn’t just jump from bushes he forces the enemy to respect every unwarded bush.

When playing ahead, cycle vision and trap enemy jungler around camps or entrances. When behind, look for skirmishes around isolated lanes, or trade objectives rather than forcing into vision. Good Rengars make the map feel unsafe for the enemy team. That's your job create pressure zones where they can't safely walk.



wave state awareness is critical. You should constantly monitor enemy laners’ wave control. When an enemy freezes top or bot near tower with no jungle assistance, it’s a perfect time to dive. If your laners are pushing slow into the enemy tower, you can path in advance and set up in bush for a freeze punish or zoning gank. Additionally, smart Rengars use their pressure to help laners crash waves before objectives, ensuring you have tempo to rotate and take dragon or herald. Always use wave states to secure something: a dive, a tower, a ward line, or priority for an invade. You're not just reacting, you’re playing one step ahead using waves as tools.

Once you get a lead on Rengar in high elo, you must snowball fast and hard, you don’t want to go even against high tempo junglers. If you kill bot, immediately path through enemy jungle, take their camps, ward deep, and ult top or mid on respawn. Always look to deny the enemy jungler by stealing camps, killing support wards, and forcing them to play defensively.

Don’t back after one kill reset, only after you’ve taken multiple camps or secured an objective. You need to squeeze every second of value from your gold lead. Rengar with a 1-2k gold lead is terrifying, but if you’re not converting that into tempo and control, you’ll find yourself outscaled and irrelevant.



Use your lead and information from ultimates to shotcall. For example, if you see the enemy jungler pathing top, immediately ping bot lane to hard push or dive. When your ult is down, call for neutral plays or lane freezes. Your goal as a shotcaller Rengar is to initiate tempo plays before the enemy can. Think about jungle timers as windows: “Their top crab spawns in 40s → invade with mid,” or “Herald in 1m → force bot play for reset into top.” Your information is better than anyone’s because of your ability to scout with ult. Don’t just ping “?” make real calls. If you become the brain behind the team’s pressure, you’ll win even when mechanically behind.

PROS

+strong vision control and fog-of-war threat
+very offensive and defensive at the same time
+highlight champion, flashy and makes you standout
+super strong snowballing

CONS

-requires bush or vision denial to perform optimally
-weak if behind
-countered by armor
-falls off vs heavy tanks or peel comps
-weaker in weak hands