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Spells:
Exhaust
Ghost
Ability Order
Reign of Anger (PASSIVE)
Renekton Passive Ability
Introduction



I plan on keeping this guide updated for as long as I keep playing this game, and I would appreciate constructive feedback so please comment!!
Here's a match history for a few ranked games:

This is a screen shot of my current ranked stats with

Keep in mind, these are stats from nearly all 3v3 games, and teams often surrender quite early, so the games are short. (I've only picked him in ranked 5s I think twice) For instance, a creep score of ~90 sounds lame, but I actually outcreep just about everyone except the absolute BEST farmers



Lastly, I'm not gonna pretend that I am outrageously gosu, I really only recently started playing LoL, I was a fairly competitive SC2 Ladder player for awhile. So far, I've only played 80 or so ranked games. (Mostly 3v3) This of course means that I have not played at an amazingly high ELO. But, I would like to think that I'm pretty decent at this game, and I feel good enough about that to presume to guide YOU. And if you happen to be a ridiculously GODLY ladder player, please tell me how to make my guide better. Thanks.
THIS GUIDE
2/5/11: Version 1.0
2/6/11: Version 1.1 Fixed some typos and added a few things to the "How to Play" and "Items" sections.
2/7/11: Version 1.2 Added
Slice and Dice TT Map, and
Bloodthirster to the items section, added
Renekton patch changes, resized some icons
2/8/11 Version 1.25 Changed item build - get
Black Cleaver earlier,
Youmuu's Ghostblade pushed till after
Randuin's Omen
2/18/11: Version 1.3 Changed the name of the guide from "Renekton for Ranked 3s" to "Renekton: Lavish Brutality." I'm going to play him in 5v5 and then update this guide accordingly. Updated introduction section to reflect these changes.
2/20/11: Version 1.4 Added "Laning Matchups" section and changed the name of the guide to "Renekton: BAMF" because "lavish brutality" sounds kind of lame.
2/24/11: Version 1.5 Updated "Introduction section."
RENEKTON
League of Legends v1.0.0.111
* Fixed a bug where Slice and Dice would remember your order after casting, causing him to move toward previous locations
League of Legends v1.0.0.110
* Cull the Meek
* Ruthless Predator cooldown reduced to 13/12/11/10/9 from 14/13/12/11/10
* Slice and Dice armor reduction changed to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% from 10/15/20/25/30
* General
* Fixed a bug where Renekton was gaining bonus attack damage while wounded
2/5/11: Version 1.0
2/6/11: Version 1.1 Fixed some typos and added a few things to the "How to Play" and "Items" sections.
2/7/11: Version 1.2 Added



2/8/11 Version 1.25 Changed item build - get



2/18/11: Version 1.3 Changed the name of the guide from "Renekton for Ranked 3s" to "Renekton: Lavish Brutality." I'm going to play him in 5v5 and then update this guide accordingly. Updated introduction section to reflect these changes.
2/20/11: Version 1.4 Added "Laning Matchups" section and changed the name of the guide to "Renekton: BAMF" because "lavish brutality" sounds kind of lame.
2/24/11: Version 1.5 Updated "Introduction section."
RENEKTON
League of Legends v1.0.0.111
* Fixed a bug where Slice and Dice would remember your order after casting, causing him to move toward previous locations
League of Legends v1.0.0.110
* Cull the Meek
-
o Cooldown changed to 8 seconds from 12/11/10/9/8
o Base damage increased to 60/90/120/150/180 from 40/70/100/130/160
o Attack Damage ratio increased to 0.8 from 0.6
o Healing reduced to 7.5% from 15% (Fury-enhanced heal unaffected)
o Champion healing increased to 4x from 3x
* Ruthless Predator cooldown reduced to 13/12/11/10/9 from 14/13/12/11/10
* Slice and Dice armor reduction changed to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25% from 10/15/20/25/30
* General
-
o Health per level increased to 87 from 82
o Base health increased to 513 from 508
o Armor per level increased to 3.8 from 3.2
o Base armor increased to 19 from 17.2
* Fixed a bug where Renekton was gaining bonus attack damage while wounded
PROS:
CONS:
So, as you can see,
Renekton is obviously f***ing awesome and has way more pros than cons. (IMO)
- Ability to stay in the lane FOREVER with just a
Doran's Shield
- Can effectively harass most champions
- Is great in either a solo lane or 2v2
- Does not use mana or health to activate his abilities
- Awesome chasing ability
- One of the best farmers out there
- Great damage potential
- Great AOE damage with his ulti and a
Sunfire Aegis
- Good escapist
- Practically unkillable late game if you follow this item build and farmed decently well
- Can effectively fill the role of a DPS or a tank, depending on the needs of your team
- Is a badass crocodile guy
- He is green, which is my favorite color for a number of reasons ;)
CONS:
- Somewhat vulnerable to hard CC:
Warwick,
Malzahar -_-
- Other than
Ruthless Predator, does not provide a significant amount of CC
- Difficult to solo against champions with great regen
Warwick, etc.
- Needs to be aggressive early in order to use his fury
- Very dependent on his ulti
Dominus. Be extremely careful if you are forced to fight without it.
- Can get nuked down quickly if you are caught unaware and cannot get your ulti off immediately. (
Warwick)
- His name is kind of hard to pronounce
- F*** YOU
Warwick!!!
So, as you can see,














Here's a chart with some of the many wall jumps you can do using



When to use it:
- Teamfights . . . but make sure the other team is committed to the fight. The last thing you want to happen is you popping
Dominus and they run away with no losses.
- When you are getting ganked by 2 or more people. If you get locked down immediately and it looks like you are going to die, pop this and
Ghost and try to run to the nearest wall you can
Slice and Dice through.
When NOT to use it:
- 1v1 fights. Unless you are going for first blood, or it looks like you might die, save your ulti for a larger battle.
- Chasing. Just don't do it . . . you want to have your ulti up when they are trying to kill you, not when they are running away.
Marks: Greater Mark of Desolation x9. Armor pen all the way, this is absolutely mandatory. You NEED this for DPS and farming. Your
Cull the Meek is your staying power while laning, more armor pen = more healing.
Seals:
x9. I go with dodge, but HP or armor could both work here.
Glyphs:
x9. Flat CDR. MR could be viable here as well. Do NOT get CDR/lvl runes. You will get maxed CDR with these items.
Quints: Greater Quintessence of Desolation x3. Mandatory for the same reasons as above.

Seals:

Glyphs:

Quints: Greater Quintessence of Desolation x3. Mandatory for the same reasons as above.
Personally, I'm a fan of the defensive tree, so I'll go 1/21/8. Many people will tell you that Ren is an offensive character, and needs the 21 points in offense. I just think that many of the masteries in the offense tree are practically worthless compared to equal tier masteries in the defensive and utility trees.
In previous versions of this guide, I noted that masteries are a matter of preference, but come on, if you just take a quick look at the masteries in the offense tree vs the masteries in defense, its really not even close. The offense tree is really only good for crit champions. Renekton is not a crit champion, no matter how much you wish he was. Just go defense, you'll thank me later.
In previous versions of this guide, I noted that masteries are a matter of preference, but come on, if you just take a quick look at the masteries in the offense tree vs the masteries in defense, its really not even close. The offense tree is really only good for crit champions. Renekton is not a crit champion, no matter how much you wish he was. Just go defense, you'll thank me later.











Core items:
Later game:
Situational:
: Definitely my starting item of choice. It lets you do what
Renekton does best: get away with harassing the other team constantly while taking little to no damage in return, and regenning the rest.
: There are 2 good choices for boots for Ren, although 80% of the time, I will go with these. Getting
Ionian Boots of Lucidity allows you to skip
Spirit Visage and still end up with max CDR.
: In my opinion, the best boots in the game. However,
Renekton really needs that extra CDR, so unless you are facing a team with 3 AP champions, or just a team with a ******ed amount of CC, try to get
Ionian Boots of Lucidity instead.
: This goes hand in hand with
Mercury's Treads if you need the MR and CC reduction, take this after your
Mercury's Treads for that CDR and extra MR. Otherwise, skip it. There are way better items for
Renekton
: This item is an absolute must-have for
Renekton. It only has stats that you want. Damage, CDR, and armor pen. ALWAYS get this after boots.
: Okay . . . honestly, this item is the reason I made this guide, because apparently, no other
Renekton players know about it. This item is f***ing AMAZING for
Renekton. I would say it is 100% required, same as
Mordekaiser. The amount of survivability and increased farming and damage during fights you will do once you get this will convince you that you need it. Always get this after you finish
The Brutalizer, grabbing the
Giant's Belt first.
: Works great with
Ruthless Predator, which will put up 2-3 stacks of the armor reduction debuff immediately. Increased attack speed for faster fury generation, and damage, the perfect late game offensive option for
Renekton
: This item is pretty great . . increases the stats on your
The Brutalizer and gives you a great active that increases your attack speed and move speed. Plus, your
Ruthless Predator will instantly max out the buff. It's so cheap to get after you already have
The Brutalizer, so it's really a no brainer.
: More survivability, another great active that will insure that you basically will never die. I prefer this item over
Frozen Mallet because the slow is AOE, and has a decent range. Additionally, you get a bit more CDR. (This will max you at 40% if you have
Ionian Boots of Lucidity and
Youmuu's Ghostblade) Damage mitigation + HP will always be better for you than just HP, because you'll have plenty of HP when your ulti is up anyways.
Randuin's Omen gives you 80 armor, 300 HP, debuffs people who hit you automatically, and lets you AOE slow/debuff people as an active.
Frozen Mallet gives you . . . 700 HP and slows ppl when you hit them. Ehh . . its just not as good. Trust me, that 20 extra damage is not going to make that much of a difference. I could see a
Phage being somewhat useful, but really, your teammates should have at least 1 slow . . . Take this over
Frozen Mallet, and don't let some noob tell you that you're wrong.
: A good option when your teammates don't have any slows, but like I said before,
Randuin's Omen is just a better option in my opinion. Many times with
Renekton, you will be chasing your enemy, unable to auto-attack them, and the range on
Randuin's Omen's active will allow you to catch them.
I'll usually grab this as my 6th item (Not including the
Doran's Shield), since the rest of this build doesn't focus too heavily on MR, plus the extra move speed and regen is nice. I will grab this earlier if I'm facing a couple of major AP nukers. Get this instead of
Randuin's Omen if you need MR at that point.
This is pretty useful if your team is having a hard time doing enough damage in fights, or if you are against a couple of bursty champions like
Pantheon or
Akali, and just need a bit more offense and healing during fights.




Later game:



Situational:


















































EARLY GAME (Laning): Try to grab the top lane as a soloer. I wouldn't recommend trying to 1v2 with
Renekton if you are running a jungler. (Which you should be doing if you are playing ranked)
If you don't get a solo lane, it's OK, you can do just fine working with someone else, but you wont get as much money early on.
Start out trying to last hit with
Ruthless Predator until you hit level 2. At this point, if your opponent is not a strong harasser, you should try to start pressuring him. Once you build up 50 fury, Slice over, hit him with
Ruthless Predator and perhaps an auto attack and then Dice back. Once you get
Cull the Meek, you can use that after your
Ruthless Predator to do even more damage. Or alternatively, if you are sitting at around 30+ fury and feel like you have enough hp to take a couple of hits, slice over,
Cull the Meek in the middle of some minions to hit 50 fury, THEN
Ruthless Predator the enemy champion. This gives you the element of surprise, since he wont expect you to have 50 fury, but is also more risky. If you are successful, you will force your opponent to back off. If this happens, try to deny him experience, as this will put him further and further behind.
If you are unable to successfully harrass, don't worry, you will be able to stay in the lane for an extremely long time regardless of who you are laning against because of
Cull the Meek. If you start getting low (less than 50%), build up 50 fury, Slice in to the middle of the enemy creep wave, hit
Cull the Meek and Dice out. This is the best way to regain lost HP.
If you are unable to succesfully harrass, and you are also unable to heal yourself because you are getting absolutely dominated, and it's because of the match up rather than because you are a noob, try to switch lanes with someone, ask someone to help you gank them, or go jungle for a bit. Do not try to stay there if you cant do anything, you need to get as much experience and money as possible.
Use your fury to your advantage. If you have 50 fury, and move towards your opponent, he will have to back off to avoide a
Slice and Dice +
Ruthless Predator combo. Use the extra space to last hit minions or whatever else you want to do. Do not always immediately use your fury.
MID GAME (Ganking, Team Fights):
Renekton is a great ganker. Take advantage of any opportunities to switch lanes without the opponent noticing and strike while they are unaware. The proper order to use your skills during an attack is similar to the harassing technique above. Use
Slice and Dice to get next to your enemy, hit them with
Ruthless Predator and then follow up with a
Cull the Meek. Afterward, if they are still alive or are running, you use Dice to catch up to them and repeat the process. Prioritize
Ruthless Predator over your other attacks, and use
Slice and Dice intelligently, whether you need it to escape, to reposition yourself, or to catch a fleeing opponent.
LATE GAME (Team Fights Followed by Long Periods of Farming and Turtling): Remember to use
Dominus if it looks like they are going to fight back. You never want to be stunned for 3 seconds and get pounded on while you dont have your ulti up. Always use your active items. Both
Youmuu's Ghostblade and
Randuin's Omen have short cooldowns, and will likely be up for every fight, so use them anytime you think it may be necessary. Always use your
Youmuu's Ghostblade on turrets, and use your
Randuin's Omen in every fight, because it really makes a difference.

If you don't get a solo lane, it's OK, you can do just fine working with someone else, but you wont get as much money early on.
Start out trying to last hit with






If you are unable to successfully harrass, don't worry, you will be able to stay in the lane for an extremely long time regardless of who you are laning against because of


If you are unable to succesfully harrass, and you are also unable to heal yourself because you are getting absolutely dominated, and it's because of the match up rather than because you are a noob, try to switch lanes with someone, ask someone to help you gank them, or go jungle for a bit. Do not try to stay there if you cant do anything, you need to get as much experience and money as possible.
Use your fury to your advantage. If you have 50 fury, and move towards your opponent, he will have to back off to avoide a


MID GAME (Ganking, Team Fights):






LATE GAME (Team Fights Followed by Long Periods of Farming and Turtling): Remember to use





I decided to add this new section which details the best and worst match ups for
Renekton during the laning phase. This list will grow as I gain more experience against certain champions. This list also assumes that you are playing aggressively from the get go. This also doesn't really account for 2v2 situations. While
Renekton is not bad 1v1 vs.
Akali or
Taric, it can be drastically different when those 2 are combined.
EASY
SEMI-EASY
SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
KIND OF HARD
HARD




EASY
Tryndamere
Teemo
Udyr
Shen
Jax
Katarina
Master Yi
Shaco
Miss Fortune
Amumu
Rammus
Malphite
Blitzcrank
SEMI-EASY
SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
Morgana
Heimerdinger
Sivir
Corki
Annie
Gangplank
Taric
Nunu & Willump
Cho'Gath
Dr. Mundo
Zilean
Poppy
Pantheon
KIND OF HARD
HARD
So, there it is, my first guide. Please comment and vote for it, I don't care if you think this is the worst build ever. I want to hear it, but don't flame me unless you've tried this build. I wouldn't have written it if it didn't work.
Aite, I'm out, See you on the fields of justice.
P.S. F***
Warwick
Aite, I'm out, See you on the fields of justice.
P.S. F***

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