Renekton

Dominus

Reign of Anger

Cull the Meek

Slice and Dice

• If you want to turn around 1v2 then use Slice and Dice once to dodge some skill shots, then, after you get wounded, use it again through both enemy champions. This will lead you to the empowered Cull the Meek and you will heal up like a monster, along with dealing decent damage to both. After that simply choose your target and kill it with Ruthless Predator, Ignite combo along with several auto attacks
• If you are dived then better choice is to set up empowered Ruthless Predator onto a target that is under turret aggro. Simply use Cull the Meek to gain some range and Slice and Dice to get in range and try to escape afterwards

Cull the Meek

• Your task as an off tank is primarily to peel and do as much area of effect damage as you can. Interaction of this ability with Black Cleaver will do wonders against enemy front line and shred their armor so your AD carry can make some serious damage. Also, you will do decent damage yourself. For example, with 40% cooldown reduction (runes, masteries and Black Cleaver), cooldown of Cull the Meek is 4.8s. This means that for the duration of Dominus you can cast it 3 times and deal approximately 2000 damage to every champion close to you (this will turn into around 800 damage when armor and magic resist are taken into account). And there will be at least 3 enemy champions close to you
• If you have at least one and a half damage items (for example - Tiamat and Black Cleaver) then you can go straight for the enemy carry. If you want to do this, remember that you need 100 fury or you will not have enough damage and probably end up kited to death

• This ability resets the auto attack timer. This means that you can effectively make 4-5 auto attacks for less than 1 second
• Applies on-hit effects ( Blade of the Ruined King, Frozen Mallet, Black Cleaver, red buff...) and this can give a lot of extra damage if used properly
• When you stun an enemy, you will also stun yourself for 0.5 seconds. So be careful when you are getting chased. Anyway, activation of Tiamat of Ravenous Hydra will release you from that...
• Extra range that you obtain is very useful for chasing, so think carefully when use it (to engage or to chase)

Hecarim

Singed

Dr. Mundo

Dead Man's Plate

• If you are in the auto attack range use it after you finish your combo and one bonus auto attack. This will maximize your damage and will make sure that you can orb-walk around the enemy during full 4 seconds of the slow duration and keep it in range of your Sunfire Aegis passive
• If you are chasing a distant opponent it is perfectly fine to use Slice and Dice just to get into the range of your Randuin's Omen active. After this, somebody from your team will continue to chase
• If you are running away from fight or gank, activate this item after you use Slice and Dice. This way you will still be in range to apply the slow and will also avoid some auto attacks and short range abilities

Riven

Zed

Kha'Zix

Ezreal

Corki

Urgot

Varus

Ashe

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 4

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A brutal assassin indeed... She is absolutely no threat to you before Level 7. Start Doran's Blade, take Ruthless Predator at Level 2, freeze the lane and punish her every time she steps up to farm. Your goal is to force her out of lane before Level 6 and have ult before her, which gives right moment to all-in. After that, pick up Tiamat and make her life miserable in lane. But care, do not extend laning phase too much (Level 9 is ideal time to destroy the tower) because after Level 11 you will not be able to 1v1 her any more.
If you fall behind in levels early, it can really be a problem, since there is not much you can do. Hug tower, let her push and cry for your jungler's help.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 2

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This lane can go either way and in most cases comes down to skill matchup. Aatrox has much weaker early game then Renekton and you can push him out of lane fairly easily if you play correctly.
Since he relies to Blades of Torment to deal damage from safe distance and you rely to Slice and Dice to dodge both this and Dark Flight if he engages onto you. Build Black Cleaver for early cooldown reduction and trade as much as you can, proceeding to Sunfire Aegis later on. DO NOT go into longer trades because he has more sustain damage. Also, try not to use Ignite if his Blood Well is up.
IMPORTANT: He has lower cooldown on ult than you, even with your cooldown reduction, so when he ults, simply Slice and Dice away and save Dominus to fight later when he will not have his Massacre to respond.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 3

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There not much to worry here. Since Azir is very mana dependent you can easily outsustain him and win the lane.
Push the lane early on (Levels 1 and 2) and he will be forced to use Arise! to farm under tower. After Level 3 your standard trade is to Slice and Dice in, use your combo and then stay and fight for 3 seconds. He has two options

• To cast Arise! close to you and lose mana - you Slice and Dice away
• Use Shifting Sands to run and lose the trade - you can follow for a kill or keep farming and zoning

If he plays right there in not much kill potential here, but you can force him away quite easily, take tower and snowball from there.
CAUTION: Azir has some of all in potential and a gap closer so you might be vulnerable to ganks before Level 6. Ward properly and you should be fine...

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is a very easy match up, at least in the laning phase. Cassiopeia has some important issues on the top lane that you should put into good use.
First of all, Cassiopeia has no escape from you, especially in the early game. Heal will not be enough to save her from you so she will probably run Teleport. Lack of a combat summoner for a late-game mage means that entire early game for her will be all about her farming and her stacks on Aspect of the Serpent. Good Cassiopeia will always wait for you to set up for a last hit and then target you with Noxious Blast. In order to avoid this, simply use Slice and Dice to last hit a minion and continue with your combo with auto attacking in between. If you are able to use Slice and Dice again to also avoid Miasma than you can stick to her and keep attacking until she completely retreats or dies.
You will have absolute supremacy over the lane until Level 9. Later in the game things will get more and more difficult for you, so finish the lane as soon as you can. Rush Hexdrinker into Kindlegem. After that, if you are ahead, go for Black Cleaver for maximum cooldown reduction and trade as much as you can. If you are behind (which can happen only if you make a big mistake or get camped), go for Spirit Visage and call for a gank, which can be easily set up due to great vulnerability of the top lane Cassiopeia.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 3

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I think when you first time played as\vs Cho'Gath that you released that it is all about his Rupture, so I do not need to tell you that.
Here you will be feeling best in the very center of the lane. If you get pushed he will poke you with Feral Scream, sustain from Carnivore and you will eventually lose. If you push too far jungler will come for sure, you will be silenced and killed without denying too much farm from him.
Stay in the middle, dodge Rupture and kill the beast slowly (there is no way to kill him quickly).
CAUTION: His ult Feast and Dominus can negate each other, but both have 0.5s cast time. In other words - if you wait to much and he presses R first, you will be eaten for dinner.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 2

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Skill match up, where you will will if you manage to use short trades and exhaust him of mana. This will happen only if you are not caught by Apprehend, Crippling Strike combined slow when your abilities are not ready. There are few things to pay attention to:

• Trades should be as short as possible, or Hemorrhage will starve you - don't let him land auto attacks
• If he initiates with Apprehend, react with your combo starting with Ruthless Predator (so you stun yourself during this heavy slow), and Slice and Dice away - he will not be able to catch you
• If uses Decimate on minions, go in immediately and he will not be able to respond. Also, when you you see from the cast animation that you will be hit by edge of the axe, just Slice and Dice away or directly to him for just half of the damage, depending if you want to fight or not

Usage of your Ignite is very important, especially during ganks. Darius can surprise you and your jungler by healing for great amount of health from Decimate just as he is supposed to go down. The best option for you is to follow Decimate cooldown and Ignite him just before he casts it for second time.
DO NOT fight Darius when you are low, especially if he has Ignite. He has immense execution potential (you know - big axe 'n' stuff...)

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 1

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Lane between classic early game champion and classic late game one can only come one way - you will pressurise him a lot. Real problem is different - delay Dr. Mundo as much as you can. How to do it?
Do not push early, simply punish him for every minion he takes. Ruthless Predator at Level 2 is a viable choice. Try also to use Cull the Meek only on him, not minions.
You need to force him out of lane twice for lane to be considered won (he will have Teleport). If you do if before Level 6 than use ult as soon as you grab it and go all-in, he will not have his Maximum Dosage to heal up. These all-ins will probably not kill Dr. Mundo without help from your jungler, but should force him away, denying experience and farm.
Finally, if Dr. Mundo comes out behind in levels and items compared to your AD carry, he will not be able to tank.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is a very comfortable match up for Renekton since Ekko relies on mobility and burst damage and you can respond quite well to both.
General rules are quite clear for the entire laning phase and are pretty obvious - use your mobility ( Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed and Slice and Dice) to avoid both Timewinder and Parallel Convergence but there are also few small hints that can make a big difference.
Before Level 6 you will have both better sustain and a kill potential. Use Cull the Meek, Ruthless Predator combo as soon as Ekko approaches to farm and zone him at early levels. This way he will be forced to farm with Timewinder and drain mana very quickly. Keep the minion wave in the middle of the lane for two reasons. First, this way you will be much safer from ganks (if you push, Parallel Convergence, Phase Dive combo will easily lock you down and make you an easy target). Second, if he tries to trade, he will initiate with Parallel Convergence, but Slice and Dice has a bit longer range since it accounts unit collision. This means that you can dodge stun by dashing to him instead of running away. Then you can easily land your combo and Slice and Dice away before he procs Z-Drive Resonance. Your cooldowns are almost the same as his but he will use a lot of mana, so try to make two or three consecutive trades like this and go all in with Ignite if possible.
After Level 6 he will start to be competitive in the lane. Keep eye on his shadow at all times since burst damage from Chronobreak can be huge if combined well with his other abilities. All notes from the paragraph above still stand, just here you need to be extra careful not to get caught in a big Chronobreak, Parallel Convergence combo. When you all-in, always use ignite before he uses Chronobreak or you will lose the engage just because of very large heal he gets from his ult.
OBLIGATORY against Ekko is to be aware of his gank set up at all times. Here wards are more important than items. If you use Slice and Dice to engage and the enemy jungler appears behind you tbere will probably be nothing you can do. And, since Ekko is very snowbally champion, you really do not want to allow him this kind of advantage.

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 4

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Your reflexes will be tested here. Positioning and using of brush is the key to win a lane.
Elise has more sustain damage than you have actual sustain so be carefull. Stay out of range of Neurotoxin. You can do this by hiding in the brush and coming out to last hit minions.
She will be stronger at Levels 2-5, but you will be at Levels 6-8. Use this fact!!! It might win an entire game for you if you kill her in lane.
When you trade, use longer trades. In other words, when she uses her bursting combo, you will get low but do not be afraid. Stay and land auto attacks for 6 seconds (until Venomous Bite comes back up). Try to trade once she wastes her Volatile Spiderling, it has a long cooldown.
DO NOT build defensive item first or you will be outsustained easily. Go for Hexdrinker, and then Phage or Spectre's Cowl, depending on how well you do in lane.
CAUTION: When low on health, do not rely too much on Dominus to save you, because of percent damage from Venomous Bite. If you get very low - recall. Even camping tower will not help, because she will hit Cocoon sooner or later, execute you and Rappel away from tower damage.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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Routine lane for Renekton. Simply grab Ruthless Predator at Level 2 and take as short trades as possible. Do not push a lane for two reasons:

• She will use Burst of Speed to last hit effectively under tower
• Jungler will probably come, she will use double Lunge to make up for your Slice and Dice, Ignite and kill you

The only trick you need to know is not to use Ruthless Predator as soon as you start a trade. Wait her to waste Riposte and then stun her.
Combination of Tiamat and Sunfire Aegis should make your life very easy in this lane.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 6

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This is a match up which can be quite routine if you know how to trade. In early game you should be able to outsustain Fizz without too much trouble, even if he starts with Crystalline Flask. All you need to do is to use Cull the Meek whenever he approaches your minions to farm and, when he uses Urchin Strike onto you simply give him warm welcome with Ruthless Predator before he dashes through you. This way you will win every trade as long as you keep it short. But you need to be careful on how you use Slice and Dice. Use it to avoid Playful / Trickster and only if you know Playful / Trickster is on cooldown you can Slice and Dice offensively and eventually go all-in.
Later on there are two paths he can go on:

• Full AP Lich Bane, Morellonomicon Fizz means that you should build Hexdrinker into Spirit Visage and do the same thing as before Level 6. You will outsustain him easily and you will not die especially if he runs Teleport instead of Ignite which really decreases his kill potential. The only danger for you here is to get caught by Chum the Waters and two full combos from Fizz and the enemy jungler. Mercury's Treads should enable you to casually walk away from Playful / Trickster almost every time so you can save Slice and Dice to avoid his ult. Ward properly and you should be safe
• Split push Trinity Force, Blade of the Ruined King Fizz is countered by Tiamat[, Sunfire Aegis build. The first purchase will give you much stronger trades and second one will keep you alive. Your behavior in the lane should be same as in the early game and you will slowly prevail until you take his tower

Danger of this match up is the fact that Fizz is a champion who can snowball very hard if you make a mistake and give him a free kill. After that, there will not be much you can do, so take care never waste your Slice and Dice unless you are sure that it will not cost you your life...

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 5

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This is not easy as it looks. You are actually stronger than Gangplank at Levels 1-7, and if you do not use this time to make advantage (in kills, farm or experience) you will have a problem because his Parrrley crits will start to hurt.
I highly recommend rushing Sunfire Aegis and Ninja Tabi so you can eat his poke and start winning because of Sunfire Aegis's passive.
After that any cooldown reduction and speed ups from Black Cleaver will help you a lot to stick to him. In trades, you will prefer to stay in fight long enough to use Cull the Meek two times, and back away as soon as his Trial By Fire and Parrrley come off cooldown. You can easily deny his Powder Kegs by waiting them to have 2 hit points and then finishing them off with Ruthless Predator.
Useful advice - Parrrley applies on-hit effects, like critical strikes, Statikk Shiv, Frozen Mallet and Infinity Edge passive, but also Thornmail passive will damage to Gangplank. You may use this to surprise him.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 5

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This is a very specific match up. Garen can be very boring to play against since there is no too much of actual kill potential in lane (unless someone makes a mistake) but you really should stay "awake" here...
For early game I strongly recommend to start with Boots and Health Potions. This will allow you to outrun his Decisive Strike speed boost. He will be stronger in trades if he hits you with Decisive Strike and then spins-to-win with Judgment. So, first outrun him and make him waste Decisive Strike, then trade and you will come out on top.
Later on, he will start becoming more and more unkillable. There are two ways to overcome this:

• Rush Tiamat, push as hard as you can and finish laning phase (take tower) quickly, before he gets his Sunfire Aegis and/or Warmog's Armor and becomes a tone of uneatable meat
• If you start very well, go for Black Cleaver early and try to turn pressure into a kill. This is a risky strategy since he can always deny himself some farm, sit under tower and wait for Perseverance to heal him up

Against Garen NEVER:

• Stand in full channel of Judgment, you will always lose the trade
• Fight with low health, since Demacian Justice has percent execute and your Dominus will not save you

If you want to go all-in against Garen first make him use his Courage in a trade. Than wait for your cooldowns and go for the kill once you are sure that he can't reduce a lot of your damage

Difficulty: 9/10 Rune Page: 5

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This is very complicated and difficult match up. Gnar is stronger than you at Level 1, but you are stronger at Levels 2-3. Problem is in the fact that he can negate this by simply pushing and harassing a lot in order to turn to Mega form at Level 2. This way he can still trade better than you.
If he can choose when to fight (he is big) or when to poke (he is small) then you will have no chance here. He will be able to outsustain you if you do not engage or win the trade if you do.
Your only advantage is higher burst damage when you have more than 50 Rage and he is in Mini form, so you can win a short trade.
So, what to do?

• In early game, if you have less than 50 Rage stay out of his range and last hit as much as possible. Stack rage and then go in for a combo but be fast to get out and not let him triger his Hyper
• Do not build tanky early on, because he will outsustain you easily and use Hyper to melt you down. Rush Tiamat, call for gank, and try to kill tower as soon as possible, so you get rid of this hard lane
• When he is in Mega form, just back away, cause you can not fight him, and you might be suprised by his burst damage
• When you push the lane to his tower, if he ruturns - recall or you will be very vunerable to ganks due to GNAR!, Wallop combo

If staying safe means denying some farm to your self, accept it as inevitable. It is ok to lose this lane but, whatever you do DO NOT FEED or you could lose entire game for your team before you even pass to mid-game. Gnar is very dangerous if he starts snowballing...

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 5

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The big man Gragas should not be too much of a problem for you if you avoid his Barrel Rolls. He is maybe hard to kill due to Happy Hour but he can not match you in either sustain, trading, kill potential or lane pressure.
Only thing to apply here is that YOU FIGHT WHEN YOU WANT TO FIGHT not when he wants. This means that you can dance around last hitting, starving him with Cull the Meek and wait him to start a trade with Drunken Rage.
As soon as he starts drinking, back off and when he wastes a cooldown, go in and engage. He will not be able to match.
Only danger for you is to get caught in Explosive Cask, Body Slam combo under his tower when enemy jungler comes. Ward properly and enjoy easy lane...

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 5

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Here you will face a champion that has no real hard counter and scales much stronger than you do. You will need a perfect mix of damage and durability in both your play and itemization if you want to win this lane.
In early game you have a chance to gain advantage over Hecarim. The key to this is managing of cooldowns. Use Cull the Meek as much as you can and he will be forced to answer by using Devastating Charge. Save Slice and Dice to escape one he speeds up. Hit him with Ruthless Predator, Cull the Meek combo and slide away. Then, as soon your combo is off cooldown, trade right away and he will not have tools to respond.
Later on you will need to follow his itemization in order to stay stronger. Grab Phage as first item (this will worth more on you than on him) and then you can go two ways

• If he rushes Trinity Force then he will look to push you out of the lane. Here you should respond with Sunfire Aegis and trade in the same way as you did in the early game, and exhaust him slowly with Sunfire Aegis passive and Cull the Meek
• If he goes for Frozen Heart first it means that he just wants to farm to the late game and your job is not to allow that. Rush Black Cleaver into Hexdrinker and trade as much as you can. This is easier way for you and you should be able to outsustain him

During the entire lane you need to take extra care to the enemy jungler and avoid to push except if you are well aware of his position. Hecarim can easily run around you and push you back with Onslaught of Shadows, making you a siting duck during a gank...

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 1

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Renekton is textbook example of countering Irelia, but the hard part here is not the laning phase.
Simply grab Ruthless Predator at Level 2 and punish her whenever she gets close. The lane can go in two directions:

• She maxes Hiten Style. Here she wants to fight you and to autoattack as much as possible in order to make both Hiten Style passive and active more usefull. Until Level 9 and her completed Trinity Force there is no real threat to you. Stun her as soon as Hiten Style is activated and make short trade with your combo
• She maxes Equilibrium Strike. This is safer for her but makes her very weak in lane. If she starts using Equilibrium Strike too often in trades she will lose a lot of mana and be forced back quickly. Only care for ganks because of long stuns from Equilibrium Strike. Simply buy a lot of wards and you will be perfectly fine

Problem with Irelia is that you will get hardly outscaled in mid-to-late game. Also if she starts split pushing with Teleport after Level 11 you will not be able to stop her. So, in this lane you MUST have advantage. Going even is not even close to enough. You need to be agressive and make perhaps some more risky plays in this match up.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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Jarvan IV in top lane can be built in two ways and you play against him depending on it:

• AD oriented Jarvan IV. Here just rush Sunfire Aegis and stand close enough to burn him and hit him with Cull the Meek but not close enough for him to use Martial Cadence all the time. This is not very hard to do. You will starve him very quickly if you just do not fight when Demacian Standard is on the ground
• Tank Jarvan IV. Here rush Kindlegem into Black Cleaver for a lot of cooldown reduction and trade all the time. Between trades, just stay out of range of his Sunfire Aegis

In both cases be careful when you go all-in. He can use his Dragon Strike, Demacian Standard combo to both escape and make you waste your Ignite or to set up a gank if you don't ward properly.
Easy way to never lose this lane is to avoid any kind of combat if you recently got hit by Dragon Strike, because he relies too much on armor reduction from this ability.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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You have all the tools you need to stop Jax (or delay him a lot) since all your abilities look like they are made to counter his, and if you react quickly you can get away with almost no damage taken.

• He has no way to respond to Cull the Meek harass except to jump on you using Leap Strike. In this case you stun him, autoattack once and Slice and Dice away
• He must, sooner or later, engage with Counter Strike. As soon as he starts flying, Slice and Dice from his stun and than get back to trade, you will have huge advantage

The only issue but big one, is that Jax is probably the strongest late game champion in the League, and by far the strongest split pusher. You have 30-35 minutes to close out the game or he will eat your base in no time as soon as you look other way. Keep him down all the time - it is a must!

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 5

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When competing Jayce you will have four phases and they will be all very different in the terms on what you do to stop him. The only common thing for all of them is, you guess, less times you get hit by Acceleration Gate, Shock Blast combo - better it is. This is, of course, not completely up to you - good Jayce will hit you, and he will hit you hard.

• In the early game you need to be very careful not to give up too much lane pressure by getting low very early. Stay behind your minions and out of range of Shock Blast that will be hitting in minion wave to avoid damage. When you need to approach close to farm do not go through your minions, because this will make you an easy target. Rather go around the wave.
  When you harass, you need to start from range of first dash of Slice and Dice. If you do not do that, he will react to first dash my turning on Mercury Hammer form and using Thundering Blow to stop you from coming near him, so you will not be able to do any damage, not to mention that you will be heavily beaten in return because he will know Slice and Dice is on cooldown and you have no way to approach him
• You will start to catch up once you grab Dominus at Level 6. I reccomend going all-in at this point and calling for gank to secure a kill
• You will have big advantage when you buy Sunfire Aegis. He will probably have The Brutalizer + Pickaxe at this point and you will not just win the trade, but also force him away from lane very easily. If he decides to build Tear of the Goddess first then he will not have Pickaxe and difference in power will be even larger. Use this power spike to end laning phase and take tower
• Once he buys Last Whisper you will feel it on your crocodile skin a lot, because you will not be able to eat his damage any more. DO NOT ALLOW lane to go this far because there is really not much you can do at this point. My advise it to let tower go down and try to help somewhere else on the map

One more advice - against Jayce don't build damage first, because he will also do it and his scaling is much better than yours, so he will beat you with ease...

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is not so hard as it is annoying. So, consequently, key to this lane is to be very patient and very careful on how far you will go for a kill.
You will here follow a straight-forward procedure more-or-less every time. In early game avoid skill shots as much as possible (if you do not feel confident, starting with Boots instead of Long Sword is perfectly ok) and try to trade as often as you can. She will soon be forced to recall and buy multiple Doran's Rings.
Further on grab Spectre's Cowl and, depending on jungler and enemy team composition, go for Sunfire Aegis or Hexdrinker. I emphasize jungler here since 1v1 kill potential in this lane is very low from both sides.
You should be able to win a lane if you just force close fight all the time, simply because she is very mana dependent and will be excausted very quickly. NOTE that there is a mark on the ground once she casts her Inner Flame and gives you enough time to Slice and Dice away if you react quickly enough. Once she misses Soulflare (or you effectly dodge it "Froggen style") it is time to go in.
Be very careful if you go for a tower dive. She can heal her self with Renewal very effectivly if she is low on health, and shield herself with Inspire. Don't end up eating too many tower shots and dying because you misscalculated...

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 3

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Kayle is one of champioms which are OP the way they are, so you can not actually nerf it enough to become weak. This is because her skillset it very good.
They way to oppose Kayle is to fight at your own terms, and make her afraid of you and not you of her. So, how to actually do that?
In early game, control distance at all times, and stay out of range of Righteous Fury and never stand between your minions - you will be a sitting duck for her to do continuous damage. Force close trades and use the bush to Slice and Dice away so she can not follow with multiple hits of Righteous Fury. With nice gank (or without it if you gain early advantage) you can kill her at Level 5. If you just force her out of the lane it is also ok - simply all-in again with Dominus while she still has no Level 6 and Intervention to respond.
Further on she can go two ways:

• Attack speed, on-hit Kayle assumes Nashor's Tooth, Runaan's Hurricane build. Here she will be able to outsustain you very quickly if you allow her to auto attack you a lot. Use the same principle as in early game. Simply stay in bush and, while trading shortly, wait for gank or two to take tower and force her to team fights while she still has not more than three completed items. Build Spirit Visage and Kindlegem to trade more often and stop her poke
• Full AP Kayle with Lich Bane, and rushed Rabadon's Deathcap or Luden's Tempest. In this situation you will prefer constant fighting and long trades. Paradox is that Sunfire Aegis is the best item against full AP Kayle. Add Hexdrinker and Mercury's Treads as soon as you can and you will be able to either get her low very quickly or simply leave her out of mana

In general, you MUST NOT dive when she has Intervention up or waste damage to target protected by Intervention. Be aware to save cooldowns in team fights for the right target in the right time.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 6

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This can go either way and mostly comes down to skill match up and knowledge about both champions. Kennen will in 95% of games start Doran's Blade and start to harass from the very start. Use bush to avoid too much of his autoattacks, and start trading as soon as you grab Slice and Dice at Level 2. Try to fight at your own terms which are, of course, close combat. If you use Slice and Dice once to go in and second time to hide in the bush he will not be able to return enough damage. This is the simple way to dominate the lane and make him use Lightning Rush defensively every time.
Level 6 is time when you will both want to all-in and this will be very close fight that can go either way, and this situation will happen in most of Renekton - Kennen match ups. Do everything you can to turn it into your favor and decide the lane. Use Health Potion right before engage, care not to take minion damage, use bush to deny him one autoattack etc.
Hexdrinker is obligatory item against Kennen and grab Mercury's Treads as soon as possible or you will be in danger to be kited to death...

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 2

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The bug is changed many times (I guess that RIOT has problem to balance Kha'Zix) but nowadays countering Kha'Zix is pretty straight forward since he is very relied to his Taste Their Fear isolation damage.
When in lane simply stay inside your minion wave but outside of Void Spike explosion range (this is not hard thing to do). As soon as he comes to farm just enter the trade and you will come out in top, as long as you are not isolated.
Which spell you take at Level 2 depends on how afraid is he:

• If he is afraid of you and stays back (as he should be), take Slice and Dice and grab the time when he uses Void Spike to farm attack him. [colored]Be careful[/color] not to go into isolation range, or you will lose even if he has no Void Spike
• If he wants to fight in early game, well - just fight. Take Ruthless Predator at Level 2 and as soon as he approaches, do your Ruthless Predator, Cull the Meek combo, while taking care that he takes more minion damage. Don't be afraid to use Cull the Meek to a bunch of his minions, because he will also push the lane a lot with Void Spike

CAUTION:Once he takes Ravenous Hydra he will start outscaling you. Look to finish lane phase before or at least gain considerable advantage. Also do not underestimate his magic damage. I recommend Sunfire Aegis, Hexdrinker combination, before grabbing Black Cleaver.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 2

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Facing Lee Sin in solo lane (either mid or top) is very specific and dangerous. This is both because Lee Sin has more or less granted first blood at Level 2 against anybody who is not aware what is he capable of in early game, and also because we are used to go against jungler Lee Sin which has significantly lower damage output than solo lane Lee Sin. So, be extra careful here.
In early game, especially at Levels 1-3, stay inside your minion wave and do not get hit by Sonic Wave. As soon as he hits you, you will not be able to avoid the trade, which you will certainly lose. Just stay surrounded by your minion wave and, as soon as he approaches to farm, hit him with Cull the Meek. He will Safeguard himself and try to respond. The right thing to do here is to first force him to receive minion damage, and then do auto attack, Ruthless Predator, auto attack combo, and back away. DO NOT LET HIM too many auto attacks in trades, or his Flurry will melt you down easily.
Later on, do not ever, but ever against Lee Sin build offensive items first. Simply because he will also do it, as you can't match his scaling. Rushing Sunfire Aegis is correct choice here. Rule about short trade stays for entire laning phase.
Why is this lane so dangerous? Well, simply because of the fact that one small mistake can cost you your life and he can easily snowball from that point. Be extra careful all the time here, especially if your Dominus is not up.
Few hints: Stay in the middle of lane. Pushing will make you vulnerable. Also, if lane is pushed to your tower, the tower will not help you - when you get hit by Sonic Wave, Lee Sin can cast Resonating Strike and then Safeguard to his minion mid-flight, to avoid the tower and still do the damage. This way he will outsustain you very quickly.
Also, do not forget that Resonating Strike has execution damage, based on your missing health. Do not let to be low when the trade starts, or his Sonic Wave, Dragon's Rage, Resonating Strike combo will melt through your bonus health gained from Dominus.

Difficulty: 10/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is, in my opinion, by far the hardest match up for Renekton, and I don't feel competent to say a lot on this match up since I have NEVER came out victorious from it, but will share some (painful) experience.
Lissandra has superior poke with her Ice Shard, she can stop your Slice and Dice with Ring of Frost and escape your all-ins with Glacial Path. Using Frozen Tomb, Ring of Frost, Ignite combo she can set up a gank and easily kill you with jungler's help.
Only window for you to trade is if she wastes her Glacial Path. Than you can go all-in and kill her or force her out of the lane, but good Lissandra will rarely give you this kind of a present.
Call for gank early because the only time you can actually kill Lissandra is before she grabs her ultimate Frozen Tomb and also because you really need help in this lane. Depending on how early game goes you can go two ways:

• If you start well grab Bami's Cinder right away and use level adventage to trade at least for some time. When you get exhausted (which will happen probably very quickly), recall and grab Sunfire Aegis as first item in order to continue forcing close fight. If you force her to use Glacial Path defensively you will get some breathing space in lane, at least until Level 11. You might try another all-in after you buy Hexdrinker and your Ignite comes back up, but be careful because you could easily lose this 1v1 engage...
• If you fall behind go for Spectre's Cowl and Hexdrinker and try to farm as much as you can. DO NOT engage if you are behind in levels, you will get killed almost for sure. Wait for gank and try to make yourself useful for later in the game

There is a hazard tactic recommended by some Renekton players which includes constant all-ins against Lissandra from the very start. This is high risk - high reward method, so if you try it and start dying repeatedly, don't say you were not warned.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 4

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Rarely seen on top, LeBlanc can be very suprising and effective counter to Renekton. This lane is all about wave control and managing of cooldowns (both yours and hers).
Before Level 3 you should push as hard as you can. It is very difficult to farm as LeBlanc and she will need to waste a lot of mana for farming under tower.
Starting from Level 4 you should already have health and/or mana advantage. If not, keep pushing until Level 6. Usually, you should start trading with her a lot (even if she will probably start Cloth Armor and 5 Health Potions), and start to push her away. At Level 6, recall and grab Spectre's Cowl or Hexdrinker to prevent her burst, if you get ganked.
Danger here is only in element of suprise, so just ward properly and try not to get caught into Ethereal Chains. You should finish the laning phase before she buys Morellonomicon because that is the point she will start outscaling you.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 3

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This match up is very hard and incredibly annoying. Lulu has very good and reliable sustain damage with combination of Glitterlance and Help, Pix! and she can keep herself very safe and set up ganks with Whimsy. On top of that, Wild Growth stops your all-in with ease and overall, this is a blessed ability kit, extremely hard to counter.
So, what to do? In early game be as aggressive as possible, pushing the lane at Levels 1-2. Make her spend some mana. From Level 3 on put a ward and keep being aggressive. In my experience, this is the only way to play simply because you will be outsustained very quickly if you play passively.
At Level 6, which you should get first, prepare for all-in and call for gank exactly at that point if possible. Kill her or force away from lane before she grabs Wild Growth. After this, keep advantage in experience, rush Tiamat and Spectre's Cowl.
All the time here you should be super aggressive. She will pick up a bunch of mana regeneration so you must hit her health. Do not forget to have a lot of wards and Health Potions. First ones will save you from ganks (very easy for Lulu to set them up), and second ones will enable your aggressive playstyle.

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 4

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You will probably see Malphite in specific situations, for example if you have AD mid or there is Orianna or Yasuo in the enemy team. This is simply because Malphite is picked for two reasons - Unstoppable Force as a part of a big combo and because he naturally builds armor due to Brutal Strikes and Ground Slam scaling. This is also why Malphite can do a lot of damage without actual damage items and once he manages to get tanky enough, you will not stand a chance. So, you must get early advantage or your entire team will have a problem.
Early game Malphite is very mana dependent and this is his weak point. Force him to trade a lot at Levels 1-4, never let his Granite Shield to refresh and he will stay out of mana very soon.
This way you prepare for Level 6 all-in. If you grab it first, simply force him away by your full combo, but not before he wastes Seismic Shard in smaller trade or on minions. You need to maintain constant Level advantage over Malphite or he will outscale you already at Level 7 if he goes even in farm and buys Glacial Shroud. You should definitelly end the lane before his Iceborn Gauntlet purchase because this is where you can not match him any more.
Item combination of Phage, Spectre's Cowl, Hexdrinker is optimal for this match up since you need utility, damage and magic resist to face Malphite.
The problem here is not to lane against Malphite (since he has no way to kill you except if he ults you under his tower), but the fact that he can just sit and farm, waiting to outscale, and you are forced to make plays in order to stay relevant.
Also, you must be extra careful if Dominus is not up and Unstoppable Force is. If enemy jungler comes at this point, he will easily force your Flash, then come back in 90 seconds to kill you.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 4

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Who ever played Heroes of Might and Magic knows how futile it is to hit a tree, but here you have to do just that. And, of course, when you do it, be patient and care, or tree can fall to your head. Hit it slowly but patiently in order to finally cut his root.
In early game Maokai can not match you in either damage or sustain. Here you can punish him very hard and slow him down before he becomes unkillable tank for his team. Fortunatelly, this is not difficult at all. As soon as he comes to farm, meet him with Ruthless Predator and then your melee combo (save your Slice and Dice if there is a chance that enemy jungler is near). He simply has no resources to respond.
You can do this all the time and force him away as many times as you can. He will rush catalyst the protector into Rod of Ages, which will be fully stacked at maybe 25-30 minutes, and that is the time when he will finally outscale.
To delay this as much as possible, rush Tiamat and then go for his tower, even if he is alive. If you buy Bami's Cinder to early when tower still stands, he will wait for the item to activate it's agro and then lock you with Twisted Advance, arcane smash combo, causing you to lose a lot of health. Better option is to go for Spirit Visage first.
The only danger for you in this lane is to get ganked few times, so ward properly, and do not use Slice and Dice if you have no vision. It is very easy for Maokai to set up a kill if you do not have your escape.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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In general, when you, as Renekton, face a lane opponent with no crowd control, you will not have too much of a hard time. There is a straight forward way to counter Master Yi and it is not difficult at all.
The only rule here is to make short trades at all times. Master Yi is heavily relied on landing auto attacks since his Alpha Strike is not nearly enough to match damage from your combo.
The only way for him to respond is to wait for you to use your Slice and Dice and then re-engage with Alpha Strike and Wuju Style, sticking to you for a longer time once you waste your escape.
What you need to do is to just use Cull the Meek and Ruthless Predator to punish him every time he steps up to farm. Hold on to Slice and Dice until Alpha Strike is used and then make a safe distance to wait for cooldowns. This way you will outsustain him very quickly.
For items, rush Tiamat into Sunfire Aegis and he will not be able to match you at any phase. Consequently, in late game it will be easy for your team to lock him down and kill him multiple times.

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 3

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As, Renekton you are usually in position to chace fleeing opponents. Here you will face a champion that will never run away from you, but it is not a good news. Mordekaiser has no escape and no crowd control, but he can trade with you very well at all phases of the game, so be careful.
From the very start, Mordekaiser will use his Siphon of Destruction to harass you. Do not let him trade on his own terms, which means surrounded with your low health minions. He will activate Iron Man shield to absorb most of your damage and then kite back. Once you give him an opportunity, he will activate Mace of Spades and try to make three punches to the face in a row. If he manages to do this only once you will be in a big trouble.
The right way to play in this situation is to initiate at all times. Stand outside of your minion wave and start auto attacking on order to force him to choose - hit you and lose farm and a lot of Iron Man shield or hit minions and miss you.

• If he hits you simply go for full trade. Make your standard combo and get out before he can connect two consecutive auto attacks. Complete success for you is to recognise his Siphon of Destruction cast animation and avoid it with Slice and Dice, closing the distance at the same time. If you manage to do this two times, your advantage in the lane will be very big
• If he hits minions simply start walking to him. As soon as Iron Man falls off, use fast Ruthless Predator, Cull the Meek combo and back away, waiting for the next opportunity

Be careful not to waste your Ignite if Children of the Grave is active. Mordekaiser will have Hextech Revolver in his kit and, with help of Iron Man and Health Potion he can heal up survive in situations when most of the other champions can not (yes, even Dr. Mundo).

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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You will not have a hard task to release anger to your brother, since Renekton is pretty much a textbook counter to Nasus. Every single one of your abilities is countering every single one of his, so simply follow a few of basic rules during entire lane phase and it will be fine for you.

• On his approach to farm use Ruthless Predator to stop his Siphoning Strike stacking. However, try not to use Cull the Meek on minions, but only on Nasus since you do not want to push this lane too much
• On his cast of Spirit Fire simply use Slice and Dice to get out of it's circle and dash directly to him, using Ruthless Predator, Cull the Meek combo. It is ok to use Cull the Meek on minions here since Spirit Fire will also push the lane to you
• On his cast of Fury of the Sands respond with your Dominus and make two short trades, each one when your rage bar is full. Your ult has shorter cooldown than his, so as soon as Dominus is back up, go all in with Ignite

Of course, here you need to pay attention to constantly deny farm from Nasus and make an aggressive and short laning phase. We all know the legends of Nasus Q stack, so don't allow it to go beyond control.

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 5

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Maybe someone would feel that here should be two separate guides needed, refering to AD or AP Nidalee, but this comes to more or less the same, especially in the early game. Also it looks pretty obvious to tell you to avoid Javelin Toss and Bushwhack but it is really an important matter.
Small digression: Why no magic resist runes? Simply because real danger from Nidalee is in her Takedown, assuming that you follow the previous advice (if you do not, there is no magic resist that is going to help you).
Moving on to early game: Here, every trade that starts by you being Hunted by the Prowl will end up bad for you, simply because of Takedown bonus and execution damage. On the other hand, you will win almost every trade on your terms so, if you are marked by Prowl use Slice and Dice to gain some distance and prevent Nidalee from jumping on you.
Further on, you will rely on short trades to outsustain Nidalee. Rush Hexdrinker and Kindlegem for protection and cooldowns. The only difference in playing against AD or AP Nidalee is where you stand in your lane:

• If she is AP, hide just behind the minion that is nearest to Nidalee and use every chance to jump in as your abilities come from cooldown
• If she is AD, stand in the back line of your minion wave to avoid poke from her auto attacks, and also trade very often. Only here you should start a trade when Nidalee is in Human form, because it lowers her chances to quickly jump away with Pounce before you can land your Ruthless Predator stun

When Nidalee plays with Teleport you should try to be really aggressive, and if you force her out of lane twice, you can take the tower. On the other hand, if you face Nidalee with Ignite be more careful and call for gank once you gain Hexdrinker, bacause Ignite will enable her to kill you with only one big combo by Pounceing on you twice. Anyhow, end the lane as soon as possible, because you will get outscaled, especially by AD Bilgewater Cutlass, Trinity Force Nidalee...

Difficulty: 1/10 Rune Page: 1

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If you still can meet top lane Nunu & Willump in enemy team, you should really take advantage of this. There is huge difference in power in your favor in Levels 1-8 and decent difference in Levels 9-13. Plus, you can easily counter every single one of his abilities. He can go two ways:

• He maxes Consume and tries to survive until Level 13 and/or Rod of Ages purchase. He will not be able to return damage so you can simply stand beside him and fight all the time. He should be in trouble very early in the game
• He maxes Ice Blast and tries to return some damage. Anyhow, he can make you slow but you still can Slice and Dice undisturbed, and keep sustaining dominantly

In both cases build depending on the rest of enemy team composition since you will win the lane for sure. I recommend running Teleport so you can help your team in early game and still win against Nunu & Willump 1v1.
Just don't get surprised by full channel of Absolute Zero from the bush. Simply Slice and Dice to him and use Ruthless Predator to interrupt his ultimate.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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This is pretty straight-forward match up. Olaf is classical face-to-face fighter that wants to stay near you and fight all the time. On the other hand, you do not want to allow him that, and have all the tools for it.
Playing against Olaf goes in similar fashion throughout entire lane phase and up to late game. There are two ways for him to play:

• If he maxes Undertow he becomes very mana hungry and not so strong in close range exchanges. Let him throw his Undertows a couple of times and, when his mana goes under 50%, become aggressive. He will be forced out of the lane because he can not rely only on auto attacks
• If he maxes Reckless Swing (as he should do) he will be stronger in short trades but still he will not be able to match you as soon as you are able to make distance from him after using your combo. Just do not stand in range of Reckless Swing, enabling him to use it all the time. Simply stay away and Slice and Dice in for the trade

There are two points where this might become tricky. First, if you decide to push hard, ward properly or you might easily die to gank if he uses combination of Ragnarok along with multiple Undertows. Also, do not underestimate the power of Berserker Rage passive. In other words, do not try to finish of Olaf with auto attacks or he might easily finish of you...

Difficulty: 9/10 Rune Page: 2

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Let me cite SoloRenektonOnly: "As Renekton do not lane against Pantheon. Just DON'T!!!".
Indeed, if you do not have to lane you should really swap, if do have to, concentrate every second in this lane because good Pantheon will severely punish every single mistake you make, even the smallest one.
Start Cloth Armor and Health Potions in order to survive his poke as long as possible. He can play this lane in two ways (and both are very hard for you):

• Agressive, starting Doran's Blade and Health Potion. He will jump on you all the time (especially after he grabs Level 3), and put Spear Shot, Aegis of Zeonia, Heartseeker Strike, Spear Shot combo with a lot of autoattacks. His Aegis Protection will give him clean advantage in these trades. Your chance is in fast reaction on his Aegis of Zeonia by using Slice and Dice while he is mid-air, so he will waste Heartseeker Strike in wrong direction. This is pretty hard to do but if you make it two times his pressure will fall of due to lack of mana and you should be able to feel more comfortable in lane.
  He will probably rush Ravenous Hydra and remain a problem to 1v1, but will be vulnerable to ganks, and will not be able to take a return kill if you have your Sunfire Aegis. Call for gank and try to finish the laning phase as fast as you can after killing him once or twice.
• Passive-agressive, starting Crystalline Flask, Health Potion and Mana Potions, so he can Spear Shot all day. He will trade and trade, not letting you to farm and out sustain you quickly. recall as much time as needed not to stay low (first time to finish Chain Vest and second time to pick up Bami's Cinder) and always grab a lot of Health Potions. Use lane bush a lot to stop him from frequent trades and prioritize farming over focusing to him (fill free to "waste" Slice and Dice just for 2 minions).
  He will probably pick up The Brutalizer for some immediate power and Last Whisper right away. If he does this early in the game he will melt through your entire team. You will have small window in The Brutalizer + Pickaxe against Sunfire Aegis match up where you can fight back. Try to use it...

Whatever you do, to cite angry players from community: DO NOT FEED!!! If you are behind in creep score it is fine, and here you will actually outscale Pantheon in late game and worth more to your team than he is worth to his, but that point (approximately 25 minutes in the game) will be delayed for 3-5 minutes every time he kills you. Be patient...

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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No matter what Gbay99 says, Poppy is a very weak champion in lane phase. Her tool-kit is very item dependent and you can easily dominate here.
Early game is very hard for Poppy and you can ounish her for every minion she wants to take. Simply engage every time she approaches to farm. Your damage and cooldowns are superiour so no tutorial is needed here.
It gets harded later on both if Poppy goes for Trinity Force or Blade of the Ruined King first. At Levels 7-9 Devastating Blow will start hurting you, especially if it is combined with Sheen / Trinity Force on-hit effect. Go for combination of Phage, Hexdrinker and Kindlegem before buying Bami's Cinder to minimize Devastating Blow percentual damage. You should easily finish laning phase before she finishes her second item.
The only way for you to lose this lane is to get caught by Heroic Charge stun multiple times or during gank. Avoid positioning yourself between Poppy and any of the walls and you should be fine.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 2

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Although Rek'Sai is primarily seen in the jungle because of her great utility and pretty much mediocre scaling, she can be surprising top lane pick especially for strong early game.
Before Level 6 is actually the only period where she can put you in danger in 1v1 confrontation. While laning, you can easily use Ruthless Predator to stop her from executing three consecutive Queen's Wrath basic attacks and your sustain from Fury of the Xer'Sai is not closely enough to match your Cull the Meek.
After Level 6 you will be free to play as aggressive as you want, as long as you ward properly. Build Sunfire Aegis into Black Cleaver and freeze the lane as much as possible. She will be forced to approach to melee range in order to farm and you will severely punish her for it.
So, where is the catch? Simply, in her fantastic gank setup and pretty dangerous snowballing potential. You MUST be aware of the enemy jungler location at all times and have Slice and Dice prepared to escape Tunnel, Unburrow combo if there is a potential gank coming your way. Take this warning seriously because one mistake can turn around entire laning phase and potentially entire game if you feed Rek'Sai with gold to buy a damage you can not handle. To sumarize - taking a kill is not priority here since you will be more useful than her in team fights, so just ward a lot and stay safe...

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Here you face a very uncharacteristic champion for top lane and should be extra careful. Playing against Rengar is all about managing of cooldowns and keeping an eye on his Unseen Predator Ferocity stacks. In general, you should outsustain him easily, but care not to get suprised by his burst damage, especially by magic damage from Battle Roar.
You should behave in the same way during entire laning phase, considering trades. Since Rengar is heavily relied on his cooldowns, you should start the trade and extend it just until his cooldowns are about to be back. Do not let him to perform double combo. This means that you will have time to kite back with auto attacks and hit him with one bonus empowered Cull the Meek before you retreat.
When you have a kill potential be very patient and hold on to your Ignite until the very last time. Reason for this is Thrill of the Hunt which helps a lot not only for hunting, but also not to get hunted. I reccomend Sweeping Lens purchase at first back and maybe even upgradeing it to Oracle's Lens early in the game. Also, Phage, Sunfire Aegis combination is optimal here.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 2

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Against Riven you will have a typical clash that is almost completely focused on first few Levels, because this is where you win or lose your lane. If you do well here, there should be no problem later on.
So, how you handle early game Riven? First of all, be very careful at Level 1. Riven is probably the strongest champion in the game at this point, because triple Broken Wings cast combined with triple Runic Blade proc can eat 60% of your health instantly. If you want to win trades against Riven at Levels 1-3 you need to force her to take damage from minions. Stand between two waves and use Cull the Meek every time you can. If she jumps on you, simply kite back with auto attacks and go inside your minion wave. Remember to hold on to Ruthless Predator and use it once she overextends to maximize the damage from minions. Longer you stay outside of Ki Burst range, better it is for you.
Since you can not match scaling that Riven has you should go tanky here from the very start. Only situation when you should buy Tiamat first is when you are crushing the lane, but keep in mind that, even if she is very far behind, Riven always has high all-in potential. If you simply rush Sunfire Aegis and avoid her all-ins she will be outsustained and you will routinely win this lane.
Danger in this lane comes from very high burst and Ki Burst reliable stun. I suggest that you use Slice and Dice almost exclusively for escape against Riven. If you can not avoid all-in from Riven, activate Dominus immediatelly, because if you do it late it will be completely nullified by Wind Slash execution damage. Also do not hesitate on Ignite because Riven with lifesteal combined with Valor can suprise you with regaining a lot of health for a short time.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 3

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This match up is very specific since here you will be one jumping around and dodging enemy's abilities most of the time. You have a chance in early game and you will keep up most of the time but there are few very dangerous powers spikes that Rumble has as an opportunity to shine.
In early game you are stronger in both damage and sustain. You will also win every trade if you are not hit with Electro-Harpoon twice. When you close the gap to Rumble, you can avoid most of the damage from both Flamespitter and Electro-Harpoon if you Slice and Dice behind Rumble before he turns on the Flamespitter. Then immediately use Ruthless Predator and Cull the Meek and Slice and Dice back behind your minions. Major tip to win this lane is to use described combo two times in a row every time. During the second trade, he will get overheated from Junkyard Titan and will not be able to return damage. But do not underestimate auto attacks from overheated Rumble.
It gets harder once he grabs Haunting Guise which is his first and biggest power spike. This is the point of the game where Rumble is extremely dangerous and, depending how you did until this point, you have two options:

• If you are ahead grab Tiamat and keep trading, preparing for the all-in. After two good trades you will have a chance to pick up a kill and finish the laning phase. When you engage, always have Slice and Dice prepared to avoid The Equalizer
• If you are behind take Spectre's Cowl and try to farm safely. Call for gank and, if you manage to kill him, go for the tower right away, because Rumble will still be stronger than you when he comes back

CAUTION: Never push a lane against Rumble. Reason for this is his very good gank set up. Rumble can keep you in The Equalizer and Flamespitter field if he manages to hit you with initial Electro-Harpoon. If enemy jungler is there, there is pretty much no escape that can help you, especially if you have offensive build.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 3

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It is fairly easy to handle Ryze in lane, but the fact is that he will outscale you hardly later in the game so passive play is not an option here, except when his Arcane Mastery is charged. This is a very strong but predictable passive and you should not deal with Ryze when he is supercharged.
For first two Levels push you lane as much as you can and gain some early farm advantage. After that freeze the lane and stay inside the group of minions in order avoid getting hit by multiple Overloads. Start the trade at the very moment when Ryze uses his Overload for a last hit. Close the gap with Slice and Dice, continue with your combo and land three auto attacks before using Slice and Dice to go back into the group of minions so you don't get hit by an Overload as it comes off cooldown. A couple of trades like this will give you dominance over the lane.
Keep your pressure on with combination of Kindlegem and Hexdrinker. A success for you in this lane is to finish the laning phase before he completes his Rod of Ages. This way Ryze will be delayed for a very long time and will not be very useful to his team.
Even if all this looks easy always remember that you can't outrun Ryze when Desperate Power is on so always be aware of enemy jungler if you decide to push the lane.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 4

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Against Shen you have classic early game versus late game champion match up which means that you need to take your early advantage or your entire team could have problems with unkillable mega tank that Shen can become.
In early game you need to deny as much minions as you can. Since kill potential here is very low due to Shadow Dash you can not rely on that. Also you can not push this lane because he can farm very effectively under tower with Ki Strike and Vorpal Blade. More than that, if you get tounted by Shadow Dash under his tower you will take at least two tower hits and lose a lot of health. Fortunately, it is not very hard to deny minions from Shen. Simply trade every time he approaches. Also, whenever you see Stand United casting, Slice and Dice to him anduse Ruthless Predator to cancel his ult.
Later on, when Shen stacks some health he will start to match you. Once he buys Sunfire Aegis he will definitively outscale you there will be nothing you can do to stop him from staying in lane forever and pushing all day long. Rush Tiamat and take the before this point. After this you can go for Sunfire Aegis yourself and push the lane fast in order to force Shen to stay on top lane instead of helping his teammates.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 5

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Playing against Shyvana can be very frustrating to you, because, although you can win this lane by a couple of minions, you will probably not be able to slow her down enough and you will get hardly outscaled.
Almost every Shyvana player will max Burnout (which is, to be fair, her signature spell), and you will lose most of the trades where you stay inside Burnout for its entire duration. Good thing is that it will start to hurt only from Level 5, and you will have the edge in this match up all the way to Level 9.
The fact that you can not fight if you are behind in levels and you can not stay in long trades makes playing against Shyvana pretty much straight forward.
Push first two waves to grab Level 3 and deny some farm. Further on you can:

• If you have health advantage freeze the lane and try to kill her before Level 6, when she will obtain escape in the from of Dragon's Descent
• If you start even ward a lot and keep pushing, putting as much turret pressure as you can

Rush Tiamat in this match up because, no matter if she first buys Bilgewater Cutlass or Giant's Belt and Chain Vest you will have a few minutes of window where you can push very hard and take down tower. If you do it before Level 10, it can be considered as success.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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Some people say that you can not beat Singed - you can just slow him down, and this is more or less true. But as Renekton you can slow him down a lot, and this is not very hard thing to do.
I recommend Doran's Blade and Health Potion start against Singed since you want to go very aggressive from Level 1. He can not respond with damage and can not sustain from anything except Crystalline Flask. Simply kite around him and stay out of Poison Trail. If you get Flinged, simply Slice and Dice back and keep auto attacking and using Cull the Meek and Ruthless Predator as they come of cooldown. He will need to recall very quickly if you do not kill him before.
If he tries to do classic Singed thing by "dirty farming" behind your tower at early Levels ping to your teammates and kill him every time he tries this. Before he will be able to do this effectively, his own tower will be long gone.
Go for Tiamat and take down turret as soon as you can. Singed needs 20-25 minutes in order to become useful to his team. Simply extend this point as long as possible by constant aggression.

Difficulty: 5/10 Rune Page: 6

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Here should be a routine lane for you if you do not make a mistake and very difficult lane if you make one. You will start with defensive runes since Sion a very good mix of physical and magic damage at early Levels.
In early game you can starve Sion by constantly engaging and forcing him to turn Soul Furnace on. He can go even in a trade with you only if he uses his full combo, which will drain his mana very quickly. Grab Slice and Dice at Level 2 but always engage form melee range, using it only to dodge Decimating Smash. You should come out on top on every trade and outsustain him easily. Do not underestimate damage from Roar of the Slayer. If you stay at longer range he will use it and snipe you all day long.
Later on, there are two ways for him to go:

• If he goes AD, rushing Tiamat his burst damage will be very high. Respond with Sunfire Aegis and melt him slowly from just out of melee range, always being ready to avoid all-in
• If he goes tanky, buying Sunfire Aegis himself, respond in a same way and just keep spamming your Cull the Meek and Ruthless Predator, and he should be losing his resources faster than you

About danger from Unstoppable Onslaught: Simply, and in one sentence - DON'T GET HIT BY THIS and use everything you can, including Flash to avoid it. Also, if Sion is missing from lane, do not overpush because he can just fly into your face, kill all your minions in the process, and, while you are in the air, do a full channel of Decimating Smash. This means you will take probably 4 tower hits and, if enemy jungler is there, you will die for sure. The proper way to attack tower with missing Sion is to stand in a tiny space between the tower and the wall. When you see him charging, simply Slice and Dice through tower and let him hit the wall.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 3

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Noxus general inspired by Edgar Allan Poe can be handled, but this lane will require some fancy moves and great care. Swain is a late game champion but has an ability kit that responds to Renekton very well.
In early game you need to set up the lane it you own terms. If you allow Swain so stand safely and use complete Torment and very problematic Nevermove, Decrepify combo. Go into melee range and force engages as much as you can, especially after Level 6, where combination of Ravenous Flock and Tear of the Goddess can heal Swain infinitely. Ravenous Flock is also a reason why you always start your all-in with Ignite.
An issue in this lane is how to position properly. You need your Slice and Dice to close the gap, but it is also necessary to use to avoid Swain's abilities. This is where Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed and clever use of bush come into play, since you need to find a way to get into his face without using a gap closer. Remember that once you get spotted by Decrepify it will follow you in the bush but will not spot you if you are in the bush when it is casted. This is why I recommend switching to Sweeping Lens at first back or even starting the game with it.
At later stages you will have to build Spirit Visage and Hexdrinker but it will help you less and less as time goes on. Tiamat can be considered only when you are crushing the lane which is highly unlikely to happen. However, if you get a kill, go for tower and try to get Swain into team fights before he gets crazy Rod of Ages, Zhonya's Hourglass, Spirit Visage build and becomes unkillable late game force...

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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As against any champion with no crowd control, this match up is fairly routine to Renekton. Talon is based on snowballng by assassinations so top lane is not his natural position and he is forced to win a lane hardly against you if he wants to be useful.
So, in early game, Talon will try to starve you with Rake and prepare for Level 6 all-in with full combo and Ignite. This is, more or less, his only chance against you. Stopping him from doing that is not very hard, because you can easily sustain through his poke and, if he goes in with cutthroat you can simply respond with Ruthless Predator and walk away.
Once you grab Sunfire Aegis as your first item Talon will simply have no more tools to stop you, since all-in will not be possible and your sustain will be much better.
Only danger in this lane are your mistakes. By this I mean overpushing and not taking care of ganks. This is because Talon can go out of control if you donate him a couple of early kills. To prevent this just ward properly, put some extra care in early game and also always have a Vision Ward in your inventory, because Talon will use Shadow Assault as an escape once you have chance to finish him off.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 3

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Ok, this one is iritating to write as it is ritating to play. Simply, its Teemo, we all know and (do not) love him. So, here is all about patience and smart all-ins, since you can't match Teemo in sustain.
In early game try to position yourself just out of range of Teemo's auto attacks, but try to land as much of your own auto attacks as you can in order to stuck Rage (not so easy to do). At Level 2 you can grab Slice and Dice and do a small combo along with Cull the Meek once you get over 50 rage. You can proceed doing this up to Level 6, looking for a possible all-in.
Later on it will be harder for you, so you need to look for a chance to destroy his tower as soon as you can. Spectre's Cowl is a great item against Teemo and you should rush it into Hexdrinker or Tiamat depending if you have advantage or not.
Later in laning phase, and in general later in the game, Teemo is beaten by vision, so take a lot of it. Buying Oracle's Lens is very valuable, and you could consider even doing it already at Level 6, since one activation of this item can help you do clear out an entire field of Noxious Traps.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 2

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Very unpleasant match up for Renekton as Trundle is a champion which will always look for melee range trades and will be very strong in these during entire game, and will also hardly outscale Renekton once he gets two items.
Early game is your chance to gain advantage, bacause you can initiate short trade with Ruthless Predator and Cull the Meek at early levels. Try to use Cull the Meek only on Trundle and not on minions. Reason for this is King's Tribute - if you push the lane to the tower Trundle will heal up very quickly and you will not be able to outsustain him. So, freeze the lane, call for gank and try to get early kill, so you can snowball from there.
Depending on you have advantage or not, later on you have two options:

• If you are ahead try to use this to get tower as fast as you can because your time is limited to maybe 5-minute window where you are acrually stronger. Grab Tiamat, push as hard as you can and land auto attacks on turret as much as you can. Problem here is that Trundle will start hitting you hard (probably with Bilgewater Cutlass) while you are hitting the tower, so save Slice and Dice for escape and provide deep and proper ward coverage
• If you do not have advantage than you will get outscaled for sure and you need to delay it as much as you can. Rush Sunfire Aegis and upgrade to Mercury's Treads early so you can do some damage without actually entering the trade. Try to outpush Trundle and to drain him out of mana and then roam to gain advantage somewhere else on the map. This will be very difficult to execute and you will probably need a lot of help

If laning phase extends to the point where Trundle purchases Blade of the Ruined King and Randuin's Omen there will be nothing more you can do. Do not allow it to go this far or your team will have a huge problem to deal with unkillable Trundle in the front line.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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It is well known that Tryndamere is all about auto attacks and, since Renekton is very good in denying auto attack based champions with no crowd control - this should be routine and easy lane for you.
Tryndamere is not even closely dangerous without his rage as he is with it, so if you do not let him to auto attack a lot, he will not be able to match you. Fortunately, this is very easy to do. Simply force short trades all the time. Tryndamere will always try to stay close to you for a longer time even if it means that he will take a lot of damage from minions. It is perfectly ok to use Slice and Dice to move away from Tryndamere once he goes in hard.
These simple rules stand for entire laning phase and only danger for you is to get greedy and stay in fight for too long, especially after Level 6. Remember that hard denying is enough, so it is not obligatory to kill Tryndamere at all costs because he will not be useful to his team without a farm. If you have a lane dominance you can go in but do not risk too much. And do not use your Ignite before you force him to use his Undying Rage.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 2

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Udyr used to be very good counter to Renekton when Iron Mantle was providing mana on-hit, which was giving him almost infinite sustain. I mention this because now mana mana is the main issue for top lane Udyr and you should use it to your full advantage.
So, early game for you should be based on you exhausting his mana and than gaining supremacy on the lane. Do not get surprised by early Wilding Claw, Blazing Stampede combo which can do a lot of burst damage and stun you at the same time. Have Ruthless Predator ready to respond to Blazing Stampede at any time. Trade as much as you can, ward properly and you should be fine.
Later on longer trades can become more dangerous for you. To prevent Bilgewater Cutlass, Trinity Force Udyr to outsustain you go for Black Cleaver, Sunfire Aegis, Randuin's Omen build, and trade only when your abilities are ready, but I sincerely think that you will be able to finish this lane long before he gets his second item.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 5

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This is dangerous in many senses. Vayne can respond to Renekton at any phase of the game by range, damage and, if played well, sustain. Plus, if you see a player picking up Vayne for top, it is probably his main, and that is why almost every top lane Vayne is very good.
At Levels 1-2 stay very safe, because you need all your basic abilities to actually hurt her. Take care of her Level 2 combo of auto attack, Tumble, auto attack which can proc Silver Bolts 3 times. But if you see her wasting Tumble, you can trade at Level 2 with Slice and Dice and Cull the Meek.
You need to stay out of the auto attack range at all times or she will do a lot of damage to you without taking any.
Once you have Level 3, you will be able to trade well with full combo. Stay near the middle of the lane and use bush to Slice and Dice away once you deliver damage. When you go in, always go through minions, or she will push you away with Condemn and you will lose the trade. Remember that Condemn has longer cooldown than Slice and Dice, so if she pushes you away, wait for cooldown and attack again immediately. Before Level 6 is the time to call for gank, which is not very hard to perform.
The only way to keep yourself in play if you do not finish the lane phase before her Blade of the Ruined King purchase is Tiamat, Chain Vest, Warden's Mail itemization - damage, armor and no health (not much use of health stacking against so much percentual damage). Anyhow, sooner you finish this lane - better it is for you and your team. We all know how dangerous Vayne is with a few items...
CAUTION: Never, but never, stay between Vayne and the wall, especially at higher Levels. One good Condemn can create an openning for her to melt you down, even through your multiple ways to escape. And when she does that once, she can snowball very hard at solo lane...

Difficulty: 7/10 Rune Page: 2

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This is manageable, but can be a pretty dangerous match up if you underestimate her burst damage and crowd control. This is because players are used to see Vi in the jungle much more than on the top lane and can easily forget that these two are completely different. Vi has very good base damage on both her stats per level and her abilities, so not letting her to get far ahead is very important, or she will be able to easily destroy your carries in mid-game.
Early game against Vi is played around her cooldowns. This means that you need to count cooldown of Vault Breaker once she uses it and also charges of Relentless Force. Ideal trade for you is to use Slice and Dice to dodge Vault Breaker and then use your combo. Important thing is that you will have your combo up again just before Vault Breaker comes back up. This small window will give you very strong advantage.
Mid-game point is where you will shine if you can play patiently and wait for your chance. There are two paths to go:

• If you are ahead grab Black Cleaver for cooldown reduction and you will be able to trade a lot more with no retaliation from her cooldowns. She will be exhausted of health and mana very quickly and you will easily win the lane
• If you are behind go for Sunfire Aegis first. This is not a match-up where you will get hardly outscaled later in the game so it is perfectly ok to kite around her with Slice and Dice and do as much damage with Sunfire Aegis aura, staying close to your tower at all times

During the entire laning phase caution will save you against Vi. She has very powerful crowd control and gank setup. Also, Cease and Desist has longer range than double Slice and Dice, so you will not be able to escape once you find yourself in a bad position. A small tip for dueling is that you can always interrupt charging of Vault Breaker with Ruthless Predator, when Vi uses it both for chase and escape.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is a very difficult match up but not because of laning itself, but because of a fact that you have very limited time to make advantage before you get hardly outscaled, which means that you need to be very aggressive throughout entire laning phase.
In early game, force trades from the very start as often as you can. This will not bring you very big advantage but if you do not do this Transfusion and Tides of Blood will drain your blood, slowly but constantly. Try not to push the lane too much while doing this because, while farming under tower, Vladimir will regain full health very quickly. When you go for all-in, be sure that you do not use Ignite until Sanguine Pool is on cooldown or for the very last tick of damage.
Level 9 is a point from where you can not outsustain Vladimir any more, so don't try. Do the best you can to take down the tower before, but if not, there are two ways to handle this:

• If you are ahead, get Tiamat and go for constant all-in. This still gives you a chance to win this lane but is a risky strategy, because you will be very vulnerable to ganks. Ward a lot...
• If you are behind, take Spectre's Cowl and try to farm. Usually you will get pushed under your tower. Do not all-in without a gank, because you will most likely die. Just somehow survive and cry for help...

If you manage to kill Vladimir in later stages of laning phase, go for his tower straight away. Also, if you go behind, try not to give too many kills because this will be a huge problem for your team. In tough situation, consider Locket of the Iron Solari as a legitimate purchase.

Difficulty: 8/10 Rune Page: 3

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This is very hard, since Volibear is a bruiser which really outmatches Renekton in the laning phase at both damage and sustain and this isn't getting better as the game progresses.
Early game is the part where you will be in the smallest disadvantage. Here you can feel free to spam Cull the Meek as soon as Volibear get into the range. Your great success here is to activate The Relentless Storm before Level 4. With this you can call for a gank. Anyway, use short trades at all times and do not let him to stack Frenzy and use it onto you or you will not be able to answer. This rule holds for the entire laning phase. Be careful if you try to dive because Thundering Smash can hold you inside the turret range much longer than intended.
Later on he will rush Bami's Cinder into Sunfire Aegis and here are a very few things left that you can do. There are two ways to go here:

• Safer path is to go with your own Sunfire Aegis and stay as safe as possible, constantly spamming Cull the Meek. Call for gank or two when he is low on mana, try to force him away and take tower. Do this if your team is doing well or you have an aggressive jungler in your team. In this scenario, you will run Teleport in order to help as much as you can. Remember that both of you can interrupt Teleport to each other, so do not use it close to him
• Risky path is to go for Black Cleaver and try to exhaust him of mana by trading as soon as your abilities come off cooldown. Run Ignite and do not hesitate to use it on activation of his The Relentless Storm in order to outsustain him as much as possible. You will be vulnerable, but if you manage to get the advantage, your team will strongly benefit from it

Whatever you do, do not forget that Volibear has one of the best gank setups in the game. Either you play offensively or defensively, warding is your big priority.

Difficulty: 2/10 Rune Page: 1

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Warwick is a very strong late game champion but is mostly played in the jungle because of his weak laning phase. Indeed, lane bully like Renekton can easily make sure that Warwick never gets to his power point. You can and will bully him every step of the way and you will be doing it with ease.
In early game you should win every trade. Damage from Hungering Strike is similar to damage from Cull the Meek but will cost him a lot of mana every time he uses it. Push first two waves into the tower to make Warwick lose minions or farm with Hungering Strike. Starting from third wave freeze the lane and punish every his approach to your minions with Ruthless Predator, Cull the Meek combo. He will not be able to respond and will be outsustained very quickly.
Starting from Level 6 you should put more attention to warding. This is because Infinite Duress can not kill you but it is very good and unavoidable gank set up. This is also the only danger for you in this lane. This is why I recommend killing Warwick or forcing him away from the lane before going for the tower. Ward the river at all times and always have two wards if you decide to push.
Warwick gets stronger with items but this should not affect the laning phase too much, because you will be very far ahead all the time and take tower before he completes two items. Rush Tiamat into Sunfire Aegis and put Mercury's Treads in between if enemy jungler also has hard crowd control. With this combination you should be perfectly fine.

Difficulty: 6/10 Rune Page: 5

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Here is all about mind games and reflexes, In full combo trade, Renekton will be stronger than Wukong all the way to Level 11. The problem is that he has tolls to deal damage without actually taking it. Do not be afraid to trade with him, especially in early game, because you will lose the trade only if you get baited to use abilities on his clone.
His standard combo is Nimbus Strike, Crushing Blow, Warrior Trickster and he will try to avoid damage by going invisible. The way to overcome this is to hold on using your Ruthless Predator until you realize that it is actually Wukong you are hitting. Remember, you can use Slice and Dice to go through clone. This will enable you to catch him as he starts retreating after the trade.
If you are the one engaging do this only if he is deep into your half of the lane and/or you want to go all-in. Use Slice and Dice after he uses Warrior Trickster, and use it offensively. This will enable you to chase on, whatever direction he chooses to go.
If he engages don't get afraid and back off. Combine Cull the Meek and auto attacks while kitting back into your minions. As soon as he starts retreating using Warrior Trickster or just by moving back, use Slice and Dice to re-engage and lock him with Ruthless Predator for a couple of bonus auto attacks.
If you are winning the lane, Oracle's Lens is very reasonable purchase. Anyhow, finish lane phase before Level 11 or you might be in trouble from his Ravenous Hydra, The Brutalizer build, combined with upgraded ult.
Dangers in this lane mostly are due to your bad following of his cooldowns. Your trade should finish before he has chance to use Crushing Blow twice.
On top of that, be extra careful when you dive him if his Cyclone is up. You might be surprised by damage you receive by standing in full channel of his ult. Also watch on his other cooldowns when doing this, or you might give up an easy death.

Difficulty: 3/10 Rune Page: 2

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This is an easy lane for you as it is against most of the melee auto attack based champions. Fairly speaking, Xin Zhao has nice crowd control, which will make you play more passively early on. On the other hand, he is a classic early game champion so this approach is perfectly fine because you will outscale him later on.
Early game is by far his strongest point and you should not try anything crazy before Level 6, because you could get really surprised by his burst damage. Also, Three Talon Strike provides a great gank set up and if you get knocked up in presence of enemy jungler you will probably die. Save Slice and Dice only for escapes and hold onto Ruthless Predator until you see that he has activated agro from your minions.
Once you get Level 6 you can behave more aggressive because you will outsustain Xin Zhao from this moment on, not to mention safety provided by Dominus. Here you can start looking for short trades, and try to exhaust him of health and mana so you can prepare possible all-in.
You will take full control over the lane as soon as you purchase Sunfire Aegis which perfectly counters everything Xin Zhao does - physical burst damage in melee range. Here you will be able to trade very effectively and to burn his life every time he gets close. Go for Black Cleaver afterwards for maximum cooldown reduction and he will not have any tools to stop you...

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 5

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It takes really a lot of skill to win the lane with Yasuo against Renekton. This is because correct calculation of Sweeping Blade cooldowns and Steel Tempest management can put any opponent into trouble. The thing here is that this is extremely difficult to use to full effectiveness even for the best Yasuo players (except, of course, the best of the best). My point is to be careful at the very start until you see your opponent's skill level.
One way or another, here you have three phases of laning where you behave differently:

• Who has an edge in Levels 1-5 depends on how many times you will get hit by Steel Tempest. Yasuo will try to predict your movement to low health minions for a last hit in order to hit you with Steel Tempest. It is ok to stop and miss a last hit if this means he will miss
• Once you grab Level 6 and Pickaxe you will have a huge advantage. Feel free to last hit and trade all the time. Difference in power will go even higher when you buy Tiamat compared to his Zeal, Brawler's Gloves build, or even completed Statikk Shiv. He can not trade here, and if he tries to all-in, you will easily win 1v1
• Do not allow lane to go that far for him to buy Statikk Shiv, Infinity Edge combo. With this he will shread through your health and even Ninja Tabi and Sunfire Aegis will not help you. Finish the lane while you still have an advantage

General thing you need to follow is to always try to activate his shield with auto attack without wasting your abilities, or, even more, your rage. Also, look to obligatory purchase Randuin's Omen at some point of the game.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 5

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Yorick can be very hard to handle if you do not know what to do and very easy if you know. He is a lane bully and, if has enough mana, can be extremely annoying to play against.
Handling Yorick means handling his ghouls. If you let them hit you you will be very low before you know it. You might fight with Omen of War and Omen of Pestilence if you really have to but never with Omen of Famine because you do not want to give him free heal on top of damage he deals to you.
When laning stay close to the bush and, when you enter in it, ghouls will not attack you any more. They will push the lane instead. And since Yorick has no escape you can easily gain advantage of lane being pushed by these very same ghouls.

Difficulty: 4/10 Rune Page: 3

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This match up is against a super tank who does not have anything else to offer. The only way for Zac to gain dominance over the lane is to outsustain you by constantly collecting his Cell Division blobs. You can engage every trade and then walk around him and step on the blobs while you auto attack during your combo.
Later on you will buy Phage and this will just be easier to do it. From here on, rush Hexdrinker and Black Cleaver and continue to trade as much as you can. Anyway, whatever you do, do not stack healt during the laning phase or Unstable Matter will melt you down very quickly and you will have no damage to respond.

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You should solve this match up quite routinely, but there are some basic rules you need to follow and some places where you can slip and give advantage to Zed, putting yourself in a bad spot.
In early game you should just put yourself in a position from where you can hit him when he comes to farm. Zed will probably be forced to farm only with Razor Shuriken, standing at safe distance. Stand away from your low health minions, not letting him harass you and last hit at the same time. There is a specific point where you can lose initiative in lane and that is Level 3. Standard Zed trade is to put Living Shadow close to you, and do Shadow Slash, double Razor Shuriken combo. As soon as you see Living Shadow, Slice and Dice to Zed, do your combo and Slice and Dice away to the bush. This will minimize the damage. As soon as your cooldowns come back up, trade again to take advantage from his lack of energy. Already from Level 4, you can easily sustain through all this.
From Level 6, when you see Death Mark, simply prepare Ruthless Predator and use it before you Slice and Dice away. But care, if you are low, or you are about to get hit by some crowd control from enemy jungler, use Dominus immediately, before you are Ignited.
As first item grab Sunfire Aegis and from here you should be perfectly safe. Proceed with Tiamat and Zed will simply have no tools to stop you. CAUTION: At this point, he will probably roam. Keep the lane pushed all the time to stop this and alert your team repeatedly whenever Zed is missing because he can easily get back into the game by ganking other lanes.

• Creep score at lower MMR is quite low (around 40 minions 10 minutes in the game, on average) and this is due to 2 reasons: weak lane mechanics and unnecessary fighting. Both of these can be easily avoided. Personally, I have improved my farming a lot by just few hours of practice in custom games. Jump into a custom game and practice until you start getting 88+ farm at 10 minutes routinely. With this in your pocket, jump into the game and focus yourself on farming - you should be able to get 70+ in the game easily as Renekton. Only this can put you an entire tier up
• Enemy aggressive plays are something you should focus on. Usually bronze players have more kills per game than diamond players, but also have more deaths, which means that most of the gold is earned from kills. Give yourself a statement that you will not die in first 10 minutes no matter what. This way you deny enemy's main resource and enable yourself to keep on farming effectively. To summarize - there is really no need to make LCS plays just notice and punish mistakes that enemies make
• Prefer tanky builds also for two reasons - enemy will have no farm and, consequently, not enough damage to stop you from melting them down with your Dominus and Sunfire Aegis and also because probably nobody else in your team will build tanky (you will often see full AD Xin Zhao, Jarvan IV or Lee Sin in the jungle, or Blitzcrank support with Rabadon's Deathcap)...