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Renekton Abilities and Combos

Abilities & combosData-drivenEasyPatch 16.19.1
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Overview

This guide goes through Renekton's kit ability by ability. The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Ruthless Predator, mobility with Slice and Dice and sustain with Cull the Meek. Its ultimate is Dominus.

Strengths

  • High physical damage: Riot rates it 8/10 in attack.
  • Crowd control: Ruthless Predator applies a stun to set up kills.
  • Mobility: Slice and Dice lets you reposition, engage or escape.

Weaknesses

  • Isolated lane: vulnerable to ganks when you push.
  • Predictable if you always play it the same way: adapt your build to the enemy team.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The default path: Black Cleaver, Trinity Force and Spear of Shojin give the health, attack damage and on-hit effects this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. TopMain100% of matches

Starting items

Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Black Cleaver
  2. 2Trinity Force
  3. 3Spear of Shojin

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Situational

Death's DanceAgainst heavy physical damage.Mercurial ScimitarAgainst heavy magic damage.Guardian AngelAgainst burst and assassins.Chempunk ChainswordCuts the enemy's healing.Lord Dominik's RegardsAgainst tanky teams.

Runes

Primary· Precision

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Press the AttackLethal TempoFleet FootworkConqueror
Absorb LifeTriumphPresence of Mind
Legend: AlacrityLegend: HasteLegend: Bloodline
Coup de GraceCut DownLast Stand

Secondary· Resolve

DominationSorceryInspirationResolve
DemolishFont of LifeShield Bash
ConditioningSecond WindBone Plating
OvergrowthRevitalizeUnflinching

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Teleport

Abilities

  • Reign of AngerPassiveRenekton's attacks generate Fury, increased when he is low on life. This Fury can empower his abilities with bonus effects.Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • QCull the Meek7sRenekton swings his blade, dealing moderate physical damage to all targets around him, and heals for a small portion of the damage dealt. If he has more than 50 Fury, his damage and heal are increased.
    Cooldown
    7
    Range
    325
    Basic ability — heals. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
  • WRuthless Predator16/14/12/10/8sRenekton slashes his target twice, dealing moderate physical damage and stuns them for 0.75 seconds. If Renekton has more than 50 Fury, he slashes his target three times, destroying damage shields on the target, dealing high physical damage, and stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
    Cooldown
    16·14·12·10·8
    Range
    300
    Basic ability — applies a stun and shields. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
  • ESlice and Dice16/14.5/13/11.5/10sRenekton dashes, dealing damage to units along the way. Empowered, Renekton deals bonus damage and reduces the Armor of units hit.
    Cooldown
    16·14.5·13·11.5·10
    Range
    450
    Basic ability — moves you. Keep it to escape unless the kill is certain.
  • RDominusUltimate120/100/80sRenekton transforms into the Tyrant form, gaining bonus Health and dealing damage to enemies around him. While in this form, Renekton gains Fury periodically.
    Cooldown
    120·100·80
    Range
    20
    Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1The kit

The kit brings crowd control (stun) with Ruthless Predator, mobility with Slice and Dice and sustain with Cull the Meek.

  • Reign of Anger — Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • [Q] Cull the Meek — Basic ability — heals. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
  • [W] Ruthless Predator — Basic ability — applies a stun and shields. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
  • [E] Slice and Dice — Basic ability — moves you. Keep it to escape unless the kill is certain.
  • [R] Dominus — Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

2Skill order

Put a point in Dominus at levels 6, 11 and 16. Between the basic abilities, max first the one that does most for your lane — usually your main damage or wave clear — and keep the utility one for last.

3Combos

A simple sequence that follows from the kit: open with Ruthless Predator, follow with Cull the Meek and Slice and Dice and finish with Dominus. The disable first means everything after it lands.

4Using your ultimate

Dominus is the ability the enemy plays around. Use it where it changes the fight, and remember its cooldown: after using it, you're a smaller threat for a while.

Tips

  • Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back 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 up and use his Fury.
  • Land Ruthless Predator first: every ability after it is easier to hit.
  • Keep Slice and Dice out of your combo unless the kill is certain.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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