Hey guys, my name is RTO - RenektonTopOnly - and I am a Renekton main, with over 6000
games as Renekton.
I have peaked at 520 LP in Challenger, and I have over 5million mastery points with Renekton.
I am here to teach you the in’s and out’s of how to play Renekton to a high skill level,
over a multiple video series - and during this Ultimate Guide, we will go over;
Introduction to Renekton Renekton’s Builds
Renekton’s Favoured Items Renekton’s combos (basic and advanced)
Early laning phase How to Splitpush as Renekton
How to teamfight as Renekton Mid - Late Game
Renekton’s Match Ups
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Who is RTO?
I want to tell you a bit about myself, and the validity of my Renekton guides, tips and
tricks.
I am a Renekton main, streaming over on Facebook, within the Master - Challenger elo brackets
in NA.
I am a part of the Official League of Legends Partner Program with Riot Games.
I actively participate in Reddit, including /r/RenektonMains and /r/SummonerSchool and
I have multiple Mobafire guides on top lane champions, as well as video guides being released
alongside them.
In Season 2, I peaked at Silver Four!
And this is important, because I want everyone watching this video to know that you can climb
to high elo, by putting in the work.
I never used to play Renekton, and tried my hand at ADC’s and also jungle before I found
my main for life.
This, as you may know, is my Academy Channel - and it is the one stop shop for all things
Top Lane related, not just Renekton.
I cover tips, tricks, guides, match ups and many many more things any top laner should
know.
In this specific video, I will cover the introduction to Renekton, his strengths and weaknesses,
and an overview of his abilities.
Introduction
Renekton is a strong, early to mid game champion that is easy to learn the basics, while having
a very high skillcap.
Renekton has high versatility in his build paths, great mobility and high outplay potential.
He is different to other champions, in that he uses rage instead of mana.
Effective rage management is essential to doing the insane damage Renekton can output,
along with being able to master his combos.
He provides a single target stun, as well as mobility, self healing and strong AoE damage.
Unlike other champions, Renekton does not have a hard counter that completely shuts
him down - there are difficult matchups - but none that render him useless.
He is able to push lanes hard, and have the mobility - in 2 dashes - that allow him to
make clutch escapes from ganks.
By keeping the lane pushed, he is able to use the enemy minions to dash off of - akin
to Yasuo.
Renekton has a built in shieldbreaker on his W, when used at 50 fury, meaning that laning
against champions such as Riven, or teamfighting against Janna, is made a lot easier.
Strengths
Renekton has multiple strengths, and by far outweigh his weaknesses.
Let’s go into them
Strong early game, can easily achieve a level 3 kill if the opponent overextends
Even stronger midgame, can easily 1v3 Single target, unavoidable stun
Mobility, with 2 dashes Self healing, increasing with more enemies
& fury Insane splitpushing power
Unfortunately, every champion has to have weaknesses.
Here are Renektons
Ranged laners are difficult, they can poke you down and kite away from you
Renekton falls off late game.
Mid game is his power spike and you should aim to close out then.
Exhaust hurts him a lot, it enables him to be kited, and reduces his damage output
Flash is pretty necessary in teamfights, to be able to engage - and stick to - the necessary
enemy.
He is an “AD Caster” - he needs his abilities more than he uses his auto attacks.
Abilities
Renekton’s abilities are what make him so strong.
He isn’t as reliant on his auto attacks as other champions, drawing most of his strength
through using his abilities with correct Fury management.
Reign of Anger
Renekton’s passive, Reign of Anger is what enables him to gain Fury.
Renekton gains 5 fury per auto attack, and loses 4 every second when out of combat.
When Renekton is below 50%, he generates 50% more fury from all sources.
When at, or above, 50 fury, Renekton’s next ability consumes 50 fury to enhance its effects.
Reign of Anger seems pretty straightforward, as far as simple passives go, but it can be
extremely strong when you learn to play around it.
You cap 100 fury, and gain 50% increased fury when below half health - which is what makes
Renekton so strong at outplay potential.
It is very important to know what to use your fury on, when to use it, and in what situation.
Fury is important for securing kills, and winning trades, along with that esteemed outplay
potential.
Cull the Meek (Q)
Renekton swings his blade, dealing physical damage to all nearby enemies, and healing
for each non-champion, and champion hit.
In addition, he generates 2.5 fury for each non-champion hit, and 10 fury for each champion
hit - up to a max of 30 fury.
Fury Empowered - When Renekton has more than 50 fury, and uses Cull the Meek, his damage
and healing both increase - increasing the total healing by 200%, and the healing cap
by 300%.
This also consumes 50 fury on use.
Cull the Meek is the key to being able to win lane, and trade efficiently with opponents,
as well as functioning as effective wave clear.
It acts as instant damage, as well as your strong self heal, increasing your sustain
during laning phase.
When empowered, Cull the Meek does 50% more damage, and triples the cap that is put on
the healing - so you can easily heal up a ton of damage in an instant.
Unless you really need the extra healing, I wouldn’t advise spending your fury on
Cull the Meek during a 1v1.
Ruthless Predator (W)
Renekton’s next attack gains 50 bonus rage, and swings twice, applying on hit effects
and stunning his target for 0.75 seconds.
If Renekton attacks an enemy champion, he gains 10 fury.
Fury Empowered - When Renekton has more than 50 fury, and uses Ruthless Predator, his next
attack will destroy any damage-mitigating shields on the target, beforel swinging three
times, applying on hit effects and stunning his target for 1.5 seconds, while consuming
50 fury.
Ruthless Predator is insane in the early game, it’s two increased damage auto attacks in
one, that also comes with a stun - allowing you to combo with his other abilities and
increase your damage output.
When empowered, you’ll strike 3 times instead of 2, dealing 50% increased damage, and double
the stun duration.
Renekton’s W also destroys any shields on the target, when you’re empowered - which
is extremely effective against champions like Riven.
Using empowered Ruthless Predator in a 1v1 situation is insanely strong, and will pretty
much guarantee you win the trade.
Keep in mind you gain 50 bonus range with Ruthless Predator, enabling you to finish
off that slippery target if you’re just out of range.
Slice and Dice (E)
Slice: Renekton dashes forward, dealing damage and generating 2 fury per non-champion hit.
If he hits an enemy, he gains the ability to use Dice for 4 seconds.
Dice: Renekton dashes, dealing damage and generating 10 fury for each champion hit,
and again, 2 fury per non-champion hit.
Fury Empowered - When Renekton has more than 50 fury, and uses Slice and Dice, he deals
increased damage, and shreds the armor of targets he hits, up to 35% at max level, for
4 seconds - while consuming 50 fury.
Slice and Dice is one of Renekton’s core abilities, enabling him to be considerably
more mobile in catching, or escaping, from targets.
In laning phase, you can use it for trading (which will be covered in the next video),
dashing in and out before the opponent can react.
If you don’t hit an enemy champion with the first dash, you won’t be able to dash
out, and this is vital to secure your combo.
The first cast will not use any of your fury - even if you’re empowered - this is extremely
important, as you generally do not want to be empowering your E.
Dominus (R)
Renekton’s ultimate, Dominus, enables him to empower himself with dark energies, gaining
20 fury, increased size and up to 750 health at max level - for 15 seconds.
While empowered, he deals magic damage to nearby enemies, and generates 5 fury per second.
Dominus is fantastic for both duels, and teamfighting.
You gain flat bonus health, attack range, fury and passive AoE damage akin to Sunfire
Cape.
You also gain fury every second, enabling empowerment of more than 1 ability over the
15 seconds.
The core time to use Dominus is before a teamfight, so you have the chance to take advantage of
the fury build up, initiating a fight with empowered abilities.
Ability Sequence
As for what level to take your abilities, I generally take Cull the Meek first, enabling
extra sustain in the early levels, followed up by Slice and Dice - which helps us escape
from those pesky level 1 - 2 Twitch ganks!
Then Ruthless Predator is the 3rd ability I take, enabling our level 3 power spike,
and helping us complete our combo.
We then max Cull the Meek to increase our healing and damage throughout the game.
After Q, we max Slice and Dice for the extra damage and armour shred it provides.
We level up Dominus as soon as it’s available, and lastly, Ruthless Predator - as levelling
it up doesn’t provide us with as much use as the other abilities, our empower is the
only thing that prolongs the stun, and we gain higher damage from our other abilities.
Next video, we will be going over Renekton’s combos (basic and advanced), along with his
favoured builds.
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I am RTO, and this is my Ultimate Renekton Guide.
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