Talk:Renekton/@comment-4929329-20121206074101

Got around to playing Renekton in Season 3. Okay, where to begin...

Yes, the Ravenous Hydra is a great early game item for Renekton. It is easy to build, has an active that's worthwhile for pushing lanes and whatnot, and the small amount of lifesteal is still noticeable. HOWEVER, if you keep getting items like this and Black Cleaver, you'll notice that your damage isn't quite peaking, and your sustain is less than you'd like. The other offensive item I highly recommend is Bloodthirster, as it makes Ravenous Hydra worth the gold you spent on it. Now, the other two items? Well, Renekton can't walk out being a squishy wimp!

Spirit Visage [Justex caught onto this] helps with your Q, the lifesteal you have on Hydra, W, and autoattacks, as well as give you much needed magic resist and CDR and a small amount of health like Black Cleaver. The armor item is situational. If you have an aura slave support like Taric and a tanky jungler, then you may not have to buy Randuin's Omen for Teamfights, and that lets you choose Sunfire Cape or maybe even Atma's as Renekton's ult gives him HP. Sunfire is better for tanking, but Atma's is if your team needs more damage from you.

How does one set about getting items? Hydra is first because it lets you get in its active early game while it's still useful, and you can start 2 regrow pendants 3 pots for fun (that 2 hp regen a second helps about as much as armor, I fought Olaf who would be using Reckless Swing, so I didn't armor until later). Brutalizer is a good next item, but not Black Cleaver itself - your enemies haven't stacked enough armor to make this a worthwhile investment. I would go for Bloodthirster instead, and depending on how you're doing, get Spirit Visage or Black Cleaver. Spirit Visage gives more CDR and magic resist to tank that common AoE magic damage in teamfights, whereas Black Cleaver lets you hit tankier opponents like Shen that might be pushing your lane.

Note: I haven't tested this build in many situations, I could be dead wrong about quite a few things.