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snpnx
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany454 Posts
September 21 2013 18:17 GMT
#81
Could you spare some thoughts about the Renekton vs Darius matchup?
Especially what you think about early trading, I played the matchup and asked my jungler to camp top, which helped me win my lane eventually, but it took 2-3 ganks and the other lanes lost (not because they were camped but if my Jungler could've helped them, it might've been better). Am I as dependent on the Jungler as it seemed for me, or do you have some tips on how to play this matchup better with less help from jungle?
"Language is Freeware, in that it's free to use, but it's not Open Source, so you can't just change things how you like."
TomatoShark
Profile Joined August 2011
United States288 Posts
September 22 2013 04:14 GMT
#82
bait decimates dont slice and dice in that way you can disegage and his pull can't pul lyou back in.
snpnx
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany454 Posts
September 23 2013 18:01 GMT
#83
I still feel that I lose trades against a Darius who knows what he does and backs off after a failed decimate, but I'll try to do that the next time I have the matchup
"Language is Freeware, in that it's free to use, but it's not Open Source, so you can't just change things how you like."
schmutttt
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia3856 Posts
September 30 2013 14:39 GMT
#84
Fantastic guide, thanks man. Been playing a lot of croc recently as I've been trying to learn top lane and damn hes fun, so easy to zone people early in so many matchups :D .

Do you ever start dorans blade? I went it vs a Nasus recently, won lane really easily but he also wasn't that good and pretty sure I could have opened whatever I wanted and still won the lane.
Arisen
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2382 Posts
November 14 2013 11:26 GMT
#85
I had a game vs vlad where I won pretty hard in lane. I really abused that little opening to go back in with E after you've forced vlad's pool out. I never snowballed super out of control because he was playing very cautious, but I did get a few kills on him and his jungler and really beat him hard in CS (I think I had something like 98 at 10 mins, he had like 44).


So my question is how to build for this matchup:

So, on my first back, I had around 1300 gold (I think, it was 50g short of buying hexdrinker). When playing vs vlad, I like to rush a hexdrinker because the AD combined with the hexdrinker passive is really nice when I want to play aggressive. However, I didnt really know if I should come back to lane with a longsword+null+boots+ward; I decided to opt for double dorans here and then picked up hexdrinker on my next back (they had like naut, kat, blitz, vlad and Varus, so hexdrinker was a pretty great choice into the game).

First off, is this the right decision? I delayed getting the hexdrinker for a while but instead got some nice tankyness and some room to bully him some more in lane with that tankiness. Usually I try not to buy 2 dorans unless I really want to either snowball a lane with that extra tankiness so I can bully, or if I need the tankiness to survive. I usually pick up either none and go straight for hydra (or sun-fire, or hexdrinker; depending on match up) . However in this case I felt that heading back with that amount of tankiness would buy me room to pressure top super hard and get the jungler to maybe gank me and waste his time.

After I completed hexdrinker, I went for a sunfire. In most matchups I will go for a hydra because I think it works well with renektons W and gives you some nice damage to really help out in those midgame teamfights. I really don't know when or if I should build Sunfire after that. The really great thing about sunfire on renekton is that you become this really, really tanky person with your ult that does a ton of AOE damage, so you can really bully out any enemy AD in midgame teamfights; as the game wears on sunfire loses some appeal though as the damage component gets less relevant and you just need more armor/MR to be that tanky guy who the enemy carries have to run from.

My logic here was I was pressuring second tower; Vlad was being very conservative (He maxxed his pool first and rushed that jungler item that vlads get, so It was really hard to dive him, so I didnt bother after I saw his pool was up as often as my E), so I couldnt really bully him any more, and Bot was even(ish, the kill counts were in thier favor, but only 1 or 2 went to the ad carry and we got a tower out of the deal, so our AD carries had around the same gold), but mid was winning. I figured if I went for a really quick sunfire I could get tanky enough to really force some fights midgame; we had amumu so it seemed like a good play to go for the massive AOE midgame.

Is this also the right call? Usually after my damage item (Usually hydra, but sometimes hex, sometimes sunfire), I go straight for a randuins or spirit visage if I'm worried about enemy AP. In this situation I felt confident I could end the game by Just getting in front of the group and making some good dives happen. This is a big probelm I have, when is it OK to go for sunfire after a damage item? When is too late for it to be a good buy?


Just some questions I have about renekton builds, thanks for the help!
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention"
IamPryda
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1186 Posts
November 19 2013 06:35 GMT
#86
vs vlad u have to play aggressive early I like to push and build fury trying to hit 2 first and wq ignite going all in if possible.I usually go double dblad or dblade/dsheild into a neg cloak. If I managed to get a large lead I will get Brutu but most times I just finish SV. Good vlads will just play safe hit lvl 9 then just spam Qs and Es sustaining for days. Hex drinker is not that great vs vlad imo
Moar banelings less qq
RyLai
Profile Joined May 2011
United States477 Posts
November 20 2013 02:23 GMT
#87
Tbh, I feel like if a massive meta shift happens, then guides affected should be updated. The Shen guide is a good example.

That was during Red Pot meta, and a lot has changed since then. Very few people start red pot now (not that you can't, it's just not nearly as strong as before). Not only that, you shared blue exp with your jungler, which gave you an earlier lv 2, which DESTROYS Shen, especially if you slow push on top of that to gain a full 2 level advantage (holy shit talk about lop-sided matchups). Both these facts result in an INSANELY powerful tower dive. I can't tell if he started Red Pot or not, but it doesn't look like it, so you probably could've gotten first blood on your own much sooner (though it'd obviously be a bit riskier).

Currently, you wouldn't have gotten the level advantage you had unless you played a bit more aggressively, which would also push the lane in a bit faster. Also, in terms of the current build meta, you have 2 ("competitive") options: 1) Tiamat->Standard Sunfire Tank, or 2) Standard Sunfire Tank. You can also go Hydra->LW->GA->Tank if you're in Solo Queue.

In those days, another thing you could to to cheese your opponent, is steal the Wraiths, and come into lane and level 2 all in immediately. It's what a lot of Rivens did, and it gave a lot of first bloods. =.= Even if they know it's coming, they end up denying themselves CS passively because they know if they go for CS they will die 100%.

Also, do you still insist on Rejuv Bead+5? Doran's Shield+1 is the current standard. The difference is 500 hp and 1 ward for 1 hp/s and 8 hp per champion auto. If you just REALLY want the early ward, then yeah, there's basically no other reasonable start.

Also, it'd be nice to see footage of you entering lane and the positions you guard from (if any). Since the Shen video is old, I have the feeling you might be cheesing these matchups pretty hard (which is actually pretty difficult if you start W first unless you buff exp share, you need Q to Wraith/Wolf cheese). The reason I say this is because in the vs Irelia video, you're shown starting off with level 2 vs 1, and 50+ fury. So I'm 90% sure you shared buff exp (since you got level 2 with just 1 wave of exp), which gave you a huge boost in lane, which is not possible anymore without hard fucking your Jungler.

Also, that Irelia isn't very good. Or, he hasn't mastered Irelia to the extent that you've mastered Renekton. Irelia is supposed to start E first against melees (Q vs ranged). He started Q first against you, which makes his ability to trade relatively poor. He follows up by skilling W, which is best for a passive lane, intent on farming (most likely under tower). However, he tries to go ham on you repeatedly when his damage is poor compared to yours. If he goes E->Q or even E->W his trade potential raises quite a bit, since you can't just get in and drop 100% free damage on him. And him starting E at level 1 (in current meta) allows him to trade fairly evenly with you. (It's enough to outtrade any poor Renekton, though a high level Renekton should at least go about even, if not slightly ahead.) It'd be nice if you could get a video against a good Irelia in the current meta (no buff exp). Too bad you probably can't ask Wickd, though Voyboy or Dyrus should provide fairly decent substitutes (more-so Voyboy than Dyrus).

And I feel like Singed made the same mistake as you did in your vs Shen video. When ult is down, don't overstay vs a Renekton that you know has both ult and Ignite up with ~40% hp, although Shen doesn't have the same kind of kill potential vs anyone like Renekton has vs Singed with no ult. T.T Meta back then favored Renekton more than it does now (not saying it doesn't favor Renekton though). Updated videos would be nice, if you ever get around to them.
ZataN
Profile Joined July 2010
New Zealand414 Posts
November 27 2013 06:19 GMT
#88
Gratz on the reddit fame your videos are awesome though I hope you get heaps of hits from that shit. $$$. I wish there were more videos like yours for other champs though. Going in depth on the matchups is an awesome idea.
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Artunit
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Philippines399 Posts
November 27 2013 09:01 GMT
#89
Thanks man I recently picked renekton and so far having fun with him winning every top lane for the past 4 games using him. I still haven't faced harder top match ups tho like vs kennen, vlad or Yorick.
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