Hey guys, RTO here and welcome to our Challenger Renekton guide.
I have over 5 million mastery points as the Croc, and have reached challenger on the NA
Server as a Renekton One Trick Pony.
In this guide, we have a basic overview for everything a beginner needs to know, to start
playing Renekton.
Renekton is an extremely versatile top laner, that puts to use the versatility in his build
paths.
He is easy to learn, but with a high skill cap that makes him fun to master.
He has good mobility, Insane burst, has extremely high outplay capabilities and a master Split
Pusher.
Before we get in to playing Renekton, I just want to offer my view of the pros, and cons,
of playing him.
PROS Renekton has a strong early game And an even stronger mid game!
He offers a single target, unavoidable stun, with a duration increase if you use Rage Correctly
Renekton has good mobility with two dashes, ghost and flash
His self healing is very strong, giving him high potential for outplays and great lane
sustain He’s very successful at split pushing, being
able to use all of the above for 2v1 (or more) situations, along with escape tools.
Very few hard counters compared to other champs Sounds OP right?!
Unfortunately, there are some Cons to our favourite Croc
CONS His Second Dash is Conditional on whether
or not he correctly uses his first AND his rage is used when he does his second dash.
No Rage means No Damage.
Ranged laners offer a bit of a problem to lane against, but that can be said about the
majority of melee top laners, right?!
As I mentioned in the Pro’s section, Renekton’s early and mid game are amazing.
BUT he falls off very hard late game, grievous wounds and armor pen are a huge burden, and
these items start coming into play the longer the game goes on.
Exhaust is a horrible summoner spell to play against, it slows your movement speed and
reduces all damage you do by 40% for 2 and a half seconds!
He’s what I like to call, an “AD Caster” - he has bad auto trades, you need your abilities!
His pro’s massively outweigh his cons, but it is worth thinking about depending on what
match up you’re going to be going into.
Now, what do we do to really play Renekton?
Summoner Spells First off, we need to talk about his Summoner
Spells - a lot of toplaners, choose Teleport, for the map pressure it provides in split
pushing or turning team fights, but the other viable option for Renekton specifically is
Ghost - This gives you the ability to chase down slippery targets, with insane sticking
power.
If you’re not clued up on how to properly utilize teleport, take Ignite for lane pressure
and grievous wounds, if the enemy has heavy self healing in their comp such as - Vladimir
and Dr. Mundo.
Never forget FLASH!!
Runes As for Runes, the Precision tree is your be
all and end all when it comes to Renekton, he needs to be making the most of his chosen
keystone, Conqueror.
This keystone offers great sustain and damage during prolonged trades, skirmishes and late
game teamfights.
The only other keystone I can recommend is Press The Attack.
For the rest of the Precision tree, you will want to follow up with Triumph which can turn
a 2v1 on you - into a dead v 1 Legend: Alacrity is your main choice, and
especially if the enemies lack hard CC.
It has amazing synergy with your Reign of Anger Legend: Tenacity if the enemies have
multiple ways to CC you and shut you down, this reduces the time you spend in that CC
Following up with Last Stand You’re a bruiser, a tanky frontline, taking the brunt of the
damage and facetanking AoE damage.
If you get to 30% hp, this rune increases the potency of your entire kit.
Secondary runes you can either choose to go into the Resolve tree for Second Wind and
revitlize, which helps your healing on Cull The Meek, and gives you that mid to late game
survivability.
As for your stat shards, you will want Attack Speed or Adaptive Force as your primary one,
then make an informed decision for your next choices - based on whether you are vs AP,
AD, or if you want to carry.
Now we have the core of Renekton sorted, you want to be deciding what items you’re going
to be building.
You need to make conscious choices, depending on what match up and enemy team you are going
against.
Core, no question - Tiamat, Black Cleaver, VS AD - Ninja Tabis, Guardian Angel
VS AP - Merc Treads, Maw of Malmort, wits end
Situational?
Ravenous Hydra, BotRK, Youmuu’s Sterak’s Gage, Death’s Dance
Make sure to check out my channel and guide often to find out what im running at that
time because items and rune change often.
So we’ve sorted out what to choose as Renekton, but..
How do we play as Renekton?!
Renekton uses RAGE as his primary resource, meaning he starts with ZERO, gains it by using
auto attacks, and SPENDS it by using his ABILITIES.
Effective Rage Management is what seperates the Renekton’s, from..
Well, me!
You do NOT want to go into teamfights with no RAGE!
Dominus (his ult) grants us 5 rage per second that it’s active, so use your ult before
engage onto the enemies, so you can build the rage up beforehand.
We’ll talk about what to use your Rage on, shortly - Buuuuttt...
First off, you want to be levelling your skills as such -
Cull the Meek - take it first, every time!
It’s your cleave, it’s your heal, it’s your bread and butter everything.
Use your rage on this in teamfights, when you’re around multiple enemies and need
the stronger heal.
You want to be trading with your opponent with your all in combos (which we’ll get
to soon!), unless you’re vs a hard poke ranged, or a tank - who you’ll struggle
to kill at early levels.
Then just farm up, and push, push, push.
Keep a ward in your river so you don’t get surprised ganked, and remember to use your
Slice and Dice as an escape tool At level 6, you will be able to win a lot
of trades vs your opponents.
Let’s quickly talk about the combos we can use to do this
At level two, we can slice+dice, auto attack, cull the meek, slice and dice - this is so
powerful at level two, chunking down our opponent and forcing them off the wave.
At level three, we add in ruthless predator after our first auto attack, then continue
with level 2 combo.
This gives us a nice stun in the middle of all our damage, potentially setting up a kill
if your jungler is nearby.
Renekton also has a “panther combo” which is slice+dice, cull the meek, auto attack,
slice and dice.
After laning phase is over, you can choose to Splitpush or teamfight.
If you choose the former, you can check down below in the guide of how to maximize your
split push, and when it is optimal to do so.
Teamfighting as Renekton is generally pretty easy, popping your Ult just before the fight
to build up your rage, diving towards the enemy carry and soaking up the damage, while
outputting some insane aoe damage of your own.
Hopefully this short intro video has helped explain anything you were unsure about, as
well as being able to read the guide along with me.
There are multiple videos down below, which can help give you a bigger insight on how
to master the Croc.
If you would like a totally comprehensive breakdown of everything you need
to know about Renekton, then check out
my Ultimate Guide
to Renekton.
I also
have my How To Top Lane Series where I give you 50 tips that EVERY TOP laner needs to
know to climb in elo.
We have plenty of other mobafire guides for top lane, plenty more to come and you are
welcome to catch me over on stream on facebook, and also check out some of my gameplay videos
over on Youtube.
I’m RTO, your guide through guides, and thank you for all of your continued support,
and I hope to see you again!