Talk:Renekton/@comment-4929329-20120619043417/@comment-50.103.5.55-20120620035008

Definitely consider your opponent before blindly dismissing CDR one way or the other.

For most games, yes, you will want MR Glyphs. But there are matchups where you can capitalize on CDR.

If your opponent is (primarily) AD, consider Flat CDR glyphs. Ideally, Renekton wants his skills up as often as he can get them. Renekton has a strong early game, but horrificly long cooldowns, so you want to capitalize on it THEN.

And NOT after you have the ability to afford Brutalizer/Youmuu's and Elixers.

If your opponent is Magic Damage Based, consider their range and matchup for trades in lane. Definitely run full MR Glyphs against top monsters like Kennen who can poke you over and over and over. If you cannot answer their skills with your combo, play conservatively.

Against No-CC, short-range top-bound mages like Vladimir (who has to pay 20% of his life for his "CC" anyway) you should consider them, but they are not required. Renekton CURBSTOMPS most short-range squishies on top; AP or AD.

Finally, consider the enemy mage. Some mages are more prone to passive farming than active ganking. ALL AP-mids are Exp-hungry, their best game comes from a bit of farm combined with good base damage. So if they don't have to leave lane, ideally, they won't until their team is ready to commit to a push.

Morganna is a huge farmer in mid; and is most likely to remain there for a long while.

Hunters like Cassie are to be feared because they tend to start roaming more quickly. (Cassie is a prime example of an AP Chaser. So is Rumble, but that pain in the ass usually rolls top anyway.)

Their skillsets promote ambushes with high base damage. Get MR Glyphs vs these at all times regardless of who you face on top.

Finally, their jungler...it's something of a crapshoot, because for most of the laning phase, junglers aren't stacking damage. They're stacking armor to survive jungling. Tanky-hit items to harass (Phage, Wriggles). Wards.

They cannot afford the quick boomsticks AP nukers need to do their job, so for early game, you can safely ignore them for the purposes of choosing runes. (the exception is the rare champ who gets magic damage from AD. Like Shyvana.)