Talk:Renekton/@comment-31.175.163.156-20120614120310/@comment-50.103.5.55-20120614182551

Visage is a circumstantial pick. It definitely has its uses on Renekton, but it's nowhere near a core item for him.

Closest I can think of as being "core" is Brutalizer, Phage, and Merc's or Tabi (usually Merc's, though I take Tabi against AD Top + AD Jungler). And even there I only find myself regularly using Brutalizer.

The ideal, "overfed" build is to grab some boots rush Bloodthirster and quick-charge it with your amazing lane pushes and ganks. This is better than Black Cleaver in the short term simply because it abuses Renekton's amazing AD Ratios, which will outpace enemy armor gains. The sustain on it plays to his tanky nature, and any money you farm up should immediately go towards a tanky item. Go roaming. Steal the enemy jungle. If you managed to get fed enough to rush Bloodthirster, you could very easily knock a tower down before 15 minutes. (this very rarely happens outside of some pubs. Though I've stomped pubs in under 15 minutes with overfed Renekton)

Slightly behind that is rushing Black Cleaver. This is better when the enemy lineup includes champs with innate armor gains (Taric and Shyvana especially). In the absence of champs like that, stick to Bloodthirster, unless you cannot afford it. This is a tight judgment call really.

Anything less farmed/overfed than that is standard Tanky-DPS Renekton. Don't rush luxury items, keep to the code. Brutalizer, Phage, Merc's is my typical opening core build, followed by a Bloodthirster. Into Frozen Mallet, Guardian Angel, and something more circumstantial like Randuin's.

Trinity Force would be good on Renekton if not for the enormous cost. He has a high base attack damage, so Super-Sheen hits are actually pretty strong. He loves the bonus movespeed, attackspeed and Phage effect. The tradeoff is that it costs too much for what it gives him in the time he has to farm it; NOT that the effects in general are bad for one items slot (it's essentially Super-Phage).

And looking forward; I'm hoping Riot gets around to building that AD-Spellvamp-CDR item soon. Wonder what it should build off of though?