Date: 02/24/2023

Renekton is known for being a lane bully that will dominate from minutes five to twenty-five, with his team fighting late game falls off as he can be peeled by a good support, heavy cc tank jungler or shifty ADC. Obviously part of this reason is that a LOT of Renekton's counters are incredibly strong in 13.3, Darius, Fiora, Jax, Camille etc. All of them are S+ in most top lane rankings and in Patch 13.4, Riven and Malphite are getting buffed which can be tricky lanes for the croc.

But there is another reason why Renekton seems to feel so off recently, most SMART Renekton players complete BORK first before any other item, but after that most other champions rush a mythic first and you're just sitting there trying to find the right build path. Yeah, you could build Prowlers Claw next but at what cost? You’ll just get CC’d and one shot by the enemy botlane because you rushed two damage items. Goredrinker is a fine option, either that or Jak’sho but neither of them feel like they synergize too well anymore. 

So, does Renekton need to be given the Aatrox or Fiora treatment in terms of reworks?

NO, frankly if they did give him a rework like that I might just quit the game because I will always be biased for Renekton, BUT he is in clear need of direction from Riot. 

Do they want him to be a damage focused champion who can dash in and out of fights and blow up the enemy mid-lane in a quarter of a second and dash out with a lower E cooldown or do they want him to be a tanky bruiser who can use a lower cooldown W and maybe an increase in the amount of damage the DOT on his ult does while he peels tanks off of carries? 

Either way I think that a full rework is a terrible idea but Riot needs to figure out Renekton’s identity going forward, he is an assassin that's not a good assassin while also being a bruiser that synergizes with almost ZERO of the strong mythic items right now.

Also mythic items are stupid.

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