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Rengar

How to beat Rengar

Common role: Jungle

A stealth assassin who leaps from brush and one-shots squishies with an empowered combo.

Best counters vs Rengar

Champions with the highest win rate against Rengar on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.

  1. 1VolibearVolibear66.7%47 games
  2. 2Xin ZhaoXin Zhao60.1%151 games
  3. 3KindredKindred60.2%88 games
  4. 4Master YiMaster Yi58.4%275 games
  5. 5DariusDarius60.7%42 games
  6. 6NasusNasus58.0%162 games
  7. 7PantheonPantheon61.4%33 games
  8. 8WarwickWarwick58.1%147 games

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What makes Rengar dangerous

Rengar builds Ferocity to empower his abilities, and his ultimate grants near-invisibility and a leap onto a target for a burst assassination. He hides in brush and leaps for bonus damage, deleting a lone carry before they can react. He's all about picking off isolated targets.

How to play against Rengar

Weaknesses to exploit

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Rengar's abilities does — and how to play around it.

Itemization

Rengar is a burst assassin (AD or on-hit). Vision (Control Wards, sweeper) denies his brush leaps, armor and Zhonya's survive his combo, and grouping stops his isolated picks.

This guide covers Rengar's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.

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