So, Renata mid.

The basic stragety here is similar to all other low kp anit carries that you may play mid. I find that the playstyle is most similar to malzahar especially agasint hyper mobile carries that you have the ability to shut down.

You need to play around your jg and your W alot.

Renata depends alot on the matchups that you will be facing off against. In slower lanes against mages you will often come out on top. Agaisnt divers and assassins in lane however you will come to struggle. The biggest benifit to playing Renata mid is the ability to hyper feed a good jungler as you bring alot of pressure during ganks that many mid laners cannot.

Identify the enemy mid laner and how they will want to play, are they aggressive, do they want to farm up, your style of play will depend entirely on this.

Agasint scaling champions that want to farm up, wait until you can get help from your jungler and look to get early kills. Usually it will best to throw you W on the jg and dive under tower. Even if they die they often can use the extra life to secure the kill. Most junglers also rely a decent amound on auto attacks to the attack speed and move speed help them more than you. Often it is best to bring ignite and attempt to win early matchups with your superiour trading due to E.

Against aggressive lane bullies, you need to play safe. You will have an even worse game if they end up getting fed due to a few missplays. This game youi need to pay careful attention to the map, and react to plays accordingly. You will not be the carryh this game, but you can help your jg side-laners get fed. Buy full boots early and look to help set up plays. This is usually a time to take TP to quickly get back to lane and stop the carry you are facing from getting ahead.

Renata has a few tricks you can do with her abilities.

Q:
You can use the recast of Q to move them even while using other abilities. Especially your E and R which allows you to move one enemy into these abilities.

If your Q hits a minion, you can use the recast to throw them into a champion and still do damage, the inverse is true where a champion will damage minions if you throw them into one.

W:
In your settings I reccomend you to bind a modifier to your Quick+Self cast. Under your hotkey setting you can bind a modiier to your keys by holding a modifier key (Shift,Ctrl,Alt) and pressing your ability key. I reccomend using Alt.


E:
There is an explosion both on top of you and at the location you aim at. If the enemy is on top of you, aim at a teammate or towards the minion wave if you can.

R:
If you Flash while you are casting your Ult, your position will change but the spot you aimed at will not. You can use this to quickly reposition yourself as your ulting to hit more people.

In lane you play like a poke mage, unlike other poke mages however you trade some of the range for a free shield on E. If you play too passive your not going to ever be able to take back prio from most mages. If you play too aggressive you may give your opponent a free kill. Pacing your tempo and pressure is the key to winning mid lane in all matchups and this holds true for Renata.

Renata has decent pressure when ganking for other lanes. She is designed as a support and with her passive procs as well as her W she can take a losing top lane and turn it into an easy kill. You are going to be buying Lucid boots most of the time due to her cooldowns, and the cheapness of the item allows for roaming quicker than most other mid laners especially if you rush it. However if your opponent is a better roamer like a Twisted Fate, it may be best to fast push a wave in and back as soon as they commit. If you were to roam with them you may find that you lack the ability to compete with their tempo. Pushing in the lane as fast as possible is the best option in this scenario. One key thing to think about when roaming is do you have teleport, and does your opponet have it as well. Roaming is best done when you have full boots and TP ready so you can quickly get down to lane, and TP back to yours.

Most of your games you will not be the carry, but that doesn't stop you from having a huge impact on the game. Renata acts as an anit carry, an can turn their fed champion into a penta kill, for you. However Renata is also designed to be a supprot meaning if that is not an option she can reliably help her team get fed and carry the traditional way.

Renata excells at teamfights. Particuarly ones that force enemies into choke points where your Q, E, and especially R can hit multiple enemies.

When ahead, Renata becomes a terror to the enemy team. With your E shield and the ability to grab and stun enemies, you can act as a suprisingly tanky wall between your carries andt he enemy. Your R can also lcok the enemy into a fight for up to 2.25 seconds and the damage they do to each other can be the factor that wins you fights and ultimately the game.

Renata as an anti carry should not often find herself in this situation. However, somebody will get fed in some games no matter what rank you are. Renata's role as an anti carry however can not only neutralize them and give your team a chance, but her Ultimate can turn them against their team. Many games I have won becuase a fed top laner eliminated their entire team.

Renata plays best if she can act as a support for her jungler, but this isn't always possible. If this is the case focus your attention on the other lanes, and think about who is more likely to carry. Alteernatively you can even try to carry yourself if you feel that you have the best matchup. Carrying through others takes some practice but after a few games you will get used to it. If you have experience on support this may feel more natural to you and if you have experience on jungle checking lanes to see how matchups are working out should be something you are used to.