Renekton/Strategy

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Playing As Renekton

• Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice out to safety.
• Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are
• Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build and use his Fury.

Playing Against Renekton

• Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will signify when he is about to attack.
• Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.

Tricks

Ability Usage

• While some might have played manaless champions before, Renekton's Reign of Anger Fury resource (shared with Tryndamere and Shyvana) can catch many players who are unfamiliar with Renekton off-guard. While he needs Fury to enhance his abilities, he does not need it to cast them. Try to use this to your advantage.
• Cull the Meek heals more when an enemy champion is hit; try to use this to your advantage.
  • Empowered Cull the Meek grants excellent lane sustain thanks to its increased damage and healing cap. Take advantage of this by building Fury, then hitting as many enemy minions as you can in a single swing to greatly increase your health gain.
    • Keep in mind that the normal version of Cull the Meek grants Fury while the empowered version does not.
• Ruthless Predator resets Renekton's autoattack timer, resulting in a possible fourth attack.
  • Keep in mind that Renekton is not able to move while hitting with Ruthless Predator.
  • Note that Ruthless Predator does not deal additional damage to turrets unlike Shyvana's Twin Bite.
    • Nevertheless, it can be used to take turrets faster due to it being an autoattack reset.
• Slice / Dice has a number of great uses thanks to its mobility.
  • When you need to make a quick escape, use Slice into a minion wave or champion. This will trigger Dice, allowing you to use it again and clear distance very quickly.
  • When moving through the jungle, you can use Slice / Dice to go through some walls. Ideally, try to Slice through walls where you will hit a monster camp on the other side, allowing you to cast Dice for increased chasing or escaping effectiveness.
  • Slice / Dice can be used to harass enemies who have their abilities on cooldown. Slice in, land a few hits, and Dice back out of range in time before the enemy champion has time to react properly.
  • Remember that Dice with loaded Fury will activate the bonus, not Slice.
  • Slice / Dice in combination with Ruthless Predator is good for attacking ranged champions, since Slice / Dice gets you close while Ruthless Predator stuns the target. Once again, make sure you Slice through minions or champions so you can Dice the rest of the way if needed.
  • Slice / Dice provides excellent mobility for dodging skill shots in lane. When you see an enemy lining one up Slice through nearby minions out of the way, and then activate Dice to further re-position yourself.
• Although they aren't on-next-attack abilities, Cull the Meek and Slice / Dice also reset Renekton's autoattack timer. Try to weave all his abilities in between autoattacks to increase your DPS substantially. These autoattacks also generate Fury, so do not neglect them!
• Dominus increases the range of Cull the Meek. Use this to your advantage in team fights.
• Dominus allows Renekton to easily win duels thanks to its mix of instant health gain, damage, and Fury gain, allowing him to make sudden comebacks.
  • If both you and your opponent are low on health and Dominus is available try to lure them in and use it to get an easily kill.
• Renekton can jungle with Reign of Anger and Cull the Meek.
• Deciding how to use Renekton's Fury bonus on abilities is very important.
  • The added heal from Cull the Meek can help you sustain better in lane or in the jungle.
  • A increased stun from Ruthless Predator will lock down an enemy longer when pursuing or escaping.
  • The armor reduction from Slice / Dice increases physical damage dealt by yourself and the rest of your team.
• By activating Ruthless Predator during a dash from Slice / Dice and selecting a champion as your next basic attack, you can dash into an enemy and stun them immediately.
• It is recommended to try to reach 100 Fury so you can use two empowered skills. You may activate empowered version of Ruthless Predator and Cull the Meek to maximize your damage and healing, or activate Dice (after Slice) to shred enemy armor, then following with other skill or autoattack.

Mastery Usage

•  Warlord's Bloodlust allows Renekton to sustain at low health, complementing Reign of Anger's increased rage generation.
•  Fervor of Battle is a very strong Keystone for Renekton, granting him bonus damage on autoattacks when he's in combat, which can give him the edge in a close duel. He can also easily build up the stacks due to having four damaging abilities.
•  Thunderlord's Decree adds to Renekton's burst during a trade.
•  Grasp of the Undying is a good Keystone to take on Renekton if he's the main tank of his team. The bonus health from Dominus will also increase the mastery's damage and healing.

Item Usage

• Renekton is a tanky attack damage caster, relying on health and resistances to sustain himself in teamfights and cooldown reduction to maintain his Fury.
• Elixir of Wrath grants additional damage for your skills and auto attacks, giving additional sustain, turning your already strong early/mid game in a bigger threat, as it can snowball your enemies.
• Elixir of Iron gives extra Tenacity to protect or attack the enemies in team fights, bonus movement speed for allied champions, and increased size granting additional range for auto attacks and Cull the Meek. Combined with Dominus, this will make your attacks reach further as well giving Cull the Meek enough range to hit every enemy during teamfights.
• Hexdrinker and later Maw of Malmortius are strong items on Renekton, providing additional attack damage and durability against magic damage. Maw of Malmortius scales very well with Reign of Anger, due to increased Fury generation combined with Lifeline and Lifegrip, increasing all damage output significantly.
• The combination of The Black Cleaver and Ruthless Predator, which triggers on-hit effects, can give the target 3 stacks of the armor reduction debuff almost instantly. Using this at the beginning of a fight can decide its outcome.
• If you are having problems sustaining yourself with Cull the Meek alone, The Bloodthirster/ Blade of the Ruined King synergize well as their effects proc on all three hits of Ruthless Predator.
• Ravenous Hydra can be an acceptable alternative to The Bloodthirster. The area of effect adds to the others that Renekton already has and Crescent can be used to cancel the animation of Ruthless Predator, which tends to undesirably hold Renekton in place.
• Mercury's Treads are the standard boots for Renekton, as he is required to be in the middle of skirmishes and thus will be often afflicted by crowd control.
• Ninja Tabi are good if laning against physical damage champions, such as Riven or Garen.
• Ionian Boots of Lucidity grants cooldown reduction, which is a valuable stat on Renekton. However, this item is only recommended if Renekton is snowballing or the team is tanky enough and needs more damage.
• Randuin's Omen is a good defensive item, offering armor, health and a movement speed slow.
• Sunfire Cape is a very useful item on Renekton as it synergizes well with his ultimate, adding even more AoE magic damage. It is also easier for Renekton to get into the middle of the enemy champions due to his Slice / Dice.
• Phage gives Renekton some much needed health, and is an excellent choice, as he is pretty squishy without items early and mid-game.
  • It also builds into The Black Cleaver, which has great synergy with Renekton, granting attack damage, cooldown reduction, armor penetration and a stacking armor reduction passive.
• Frozen Mallet is a very good item for Renekton as its movement speed slow allows him to stay in range and constantly use his abilities.
• Spirit Visage can be a very good item when using Cull the Meek, since it boosts all healing effects by 25% and giving Renekton some needed cooldown reduction.

Countering

• Renekton has an extremely strong laning phase and very high early game damage because of the high base damage his abilities have, especially their Reign of Anger-empowered versions.
  • On the other hand, despite his strong early game power, Renekton is highly vulnerable on being poked down early and his main gap closer, Slice / Dice is relatively short. Ranged champions with good kiting mechanics such as Teemo. Kennen, Jayce, Ryze, Nidalee, Kayle, and Lulu can crowd control Renekton and/or safely create distance between Renekton and kite safely.
  • Keep in mind that Renekton does not use mana as a resource, has a built in heal with empowered Cull the Meek, and can build common lifesteal items such as Ravenous Hydra to stay in lane longer. Build accordingly to counter him.
• Watch his Fury bar. Renekton will usually be passive until he gains Fury, then attack you with  Slice, hit you with a Fury-empowered  Cull the Meek or  Ruthless Predator and back off with  Dice's dash. Position yourself in the brush and make yourself hard to reach for Renekton, forcing him to get out of position.
• Never get careless against Renekton: he has a powerful combination of a stun, mobility and sustain.
• Due to Renekton's AD caster playstyle, he's extremely weakened and disrupted by Template:Cctip, but not Template:Cctip. Keep this in mind when playing against him.
• One of Renekton's biggest weaknesses is powerful burst nukers. Excluding Slice / Dice mobility, he's essentially a melee character that's prone to be bursted down from range and kited with crowd control.
• Renekton has a naturally high health pool, further complimented by Dominus, which leaves him vulnerable to items and abilities that deal percent health damage.
• Usually  Slice / Dice can be used once, but if it hits an enemy, he gains the ability to use it twice. This will allow Renekton to cover over 800 units of distance. If the situation allows it, don't let him hit an enemy with  Slice / Dice, which can be difficult as he can use the ability on minions.
• At level 6, Renekton gains the access to use Dominus. It can make turret diving him a very difficult task because he will quickly be able to receive a large bonus of health, which is also essentially a heal that cannot be reduced by Ignite. It will also grant him access to a lot of bonus Fury which can net him a powerful heal from Cull the Meek or an extra-long stun from Ruthless Predator.
• Dominus is an extremely powerful ability, especially in the early to mid-stages of the game. The extra health makes a Renekton in this form more durable than most champions. The additional fury and AoE damage can enable Renekton to dish out deceptive and overwhelming amounts of damage, essentially being able to kill two champions by himself easily. Approach a level 6 Renekton with care.
• Be sure to build armor when playing against Renekton. He deals high bursts of physical damage.
• Renekton might choose to build more towards damage or tanking. Pay attention to this: If you force him to build tanky he will greatly fall off late game because of the nature of his kit. If he builds towards damage, prioritize him accordingly in teamfights and be sure to lock him down with crowd control. He has extremely high ability ratios but low survivability outside of health, sustain, and Dominus.
• While tanky DPS Renekton greatly loses power late game, he's very difficult to deal with early to mid-game. You should try to isolate him out of teamfights and always know his location.