Talk:Renekton/@comment-7880799-20130406191157

What has changed about him to make people feel the need to nerf him all of a sudden? i have been playing this crock forever (since my early level 20 days) and the last buff i saw to him was on his armor shred, he has not changed much and i don't see why he should be nerfed. I have heard before that hes good all damage since when i started playing, i do agree that the new items have worked wonders, but even when they were being added people were arguing that renekton was UP and needed a buff because he fell of late game.

Here is an interesting thread that watched the the absence of changes to renekton:

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1515193

along with a direct quote from morello at the time on this thread: "I'm short on time right now, and I know there's some 'give Renekton some love' threads, but he gets used a reasonable amount in tourney and high-elo play. Other than new build options (which is fun for any character), I don't see what we need to do here." (morello)

Here is a thread giving other threads about frustrations with renekton before itemization patch(obviously there are alot of them):

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2457317

here are several forum posts about rnekton  that i found came after the itemization patch: http://euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=986615

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2785844&page=3

http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=3057063

I also found a direct quote from xypherous about renekton, but i lost it unfortunately :(.

Also, to me it seems like renekton does fall off late game because hes not a carry. I've been fed with up to 20+ kills (with little deaths i might add) before and have lost most of those game because either the other team melted me instantly or my teamates just weren't at my level of gold and xp. My guess is that it depends on whether the entire team is doing well enough to support him.

Maybe it isn't that renekton is OP, but that the game has evolved around him to the point that renekton has finally found his snuggly little place in all of hearts. Or all the other toplanes have been nerfed enough that renekton can compete against them (which is leading to the outcry). But i Have no clue really. anyone want to give me more info?