Mid-game control bruiser build: Renekton wins when he turns one clean first contact into domination of space and tempo. The build must therefore protect his access, immediate threat, and enough durability for his presence to keep mattering after the first burst.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Renekton build (Baron Lane): Black Cleaver › Sundered Sky › Hullbreaker › Death's Dance › Spear of Shojin, boots Plated Steelcaps, keystone Conqueror. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,200 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,000 total cost -200gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,100 total cost -100g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Poppy
Blade of the Ruined King
Very durable
Vayne
Chempunk Chainsword
Recurring healing
Heimerdinger
Wit's End
Magic damage
Olaf
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Renekton wins through early dominance.
Long Sword
On-hit amplified by W Ruthless Predator triple hit
Split push with the duel 1v1 strong of Renekton
Anti-heal in melee, Renekton constantly trades up close
Gluttonous Greaves
Goredrinker
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combos fast with E dash + W stun + Q stack Conqueror immediately in fights.
Trades won with empowered W push opponents off — convert every window into plates.
Passive sustain his trades to maintain his pressure in lane dominant.
Accumulated HP to be hard to kill during his R Dominus active.
The flat bonus rides every auto between spells — your lane-bully early game hits even harder.
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Black Cleaver turns Renekton into a team threat, not just a lane duelist. The armor shred and movement speed help him stick to the target, while his team benefits more from the target he has locked down. This is often when he must move beyond lane-only thinking and accelerate the map.
Blade of the Ruined King is not just a damage purchase: it is an answer when Renekton must threaten tanks, extend a split push, or punish targets that survive his first rotation. It changes his profile, but it does not replace the need to choose the engage properly.
