Rengar Jungle Wild Rift overview and best build snapshot
Best Build
Quick snapshot of the default setup for this guide.
Items
Summoner Spells
Spell 1
Flash
Spell 2
Smite
How to play
Use bushes to get close While in a bush, your basic attack lets you leap to a target. Use that to approach from the side instead of walking straight at an enemy.
Choose your empowered spell for the fight Abilities fill your Ferocity bar. When full, choose your empowered 1st ability for damage, 3rd ability to root an enemy, or 2nd ability to heal and remove crowd control.
Hunt damage dealers with your ultimate Wait until they are separated from their team before jumping in.
Guide author
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Strengths
- His brush leap with full ferocity is some of the fastest single-target burst in the jungle.
- Empowered Battle Roar (2nd) heals through camps and skirmishes, so he stays out on the map instead of going home.
- His ultimate is a map-wide hunt: vision of a low-health target, bonus speed, and a leap to confirm the pick.
Weaknesses
- Almost all his kill pressure depends on brush, so control wards and river vision gut his ganks.
- He is a squishy melee assassin, so hard crowd control or focus fire kills him before his combo lands.
- He scales poorly, and if the early snowball stalls he finds no isolated targets left to hunt.
Rengar Jungle Wild Rift best build, items, runes, summoner spells, and skill order
ITEM BUILD
Best Wild Rift build for Rengar Jungle, including items, runes, summoner spells, and skill order.
STARTING ITEM
Simple early attack damage, since his opening leap either kills a squishy or leaves him standing in their team.
BOOTS
Early lethality, which sharpens the burst his brush leap is built to deliver.
CORE BUILD
Build first. Casting an ability primes Spellblade for the next basic attack, adding burst to the attacks Rengar weaves into his leap combo.
Build second after Essence Reaver. Its execute helps finish carries left at low health after Rengar's leap and follow-up attacks.
Build third to strengthen his critical strikes. Rengar's burst arrives in a few large attacks, so this increases the damage he can deliver during the opening after a leap.
Build fourth for armor penetration and Giant Slayer damage against enemies stacking bonus health. Choose Mortal Reminder instead when enemy healing is the bigger problem.
Finish the build with a revival for committed leaps. Choose an entry your team can follow so allies can protect Rengar while he resurrects.
SITUATIONAL ITEMS
Build this against armor stackers or enemies who out-sustain a burst he cannot repeat immediately. Choose it over Lord Dominik's Regard when enemy healing is the bigger problem, since Grievous Wounds stops targets from recovering Rengar's damage.
Build this when the enemy has shields that keep a carry alive through the leap he set up with his ultimate.
Situational when you need Lifesteal for repeated attacks and extended skirmishes. Its high Attack Damage preserves Rengar's damage while the sustain helps him recover between fights.
Situational when one enemy control spell repeatedly stops Rengar's leap combo. The spell shield helps him reach the carry and land his burst; avoid taking incidental poke that removes it before the engage.
Build this against heavy magic burst, which is what waits where his leap lands.
Boot swap when omnivamp and sustain matter more than the lethality his burst pattern usually wants.
RUNES
KEYSTONE
He chooses the moment to leap from brush, so he always opens the trade.
PRIMARY
His leap sets up the bonus true damage the instant he lands.
His whole rotation pours into a single target, which is what this rewards.
His picks convert into takedowns, so the stacks build faster than on a farming jungler.
SECONDARY
Ability haste means faster Ferocity generation, which is how often he gets the empowered ability his combo needs.
SITUATIONAL RUNES
Take this when Rengar must remain in an extended fight instead of ending the target with his first leap.
Take this when crowd control is likely to catch Rengar immediately after his leap and he needs defenses while locked down.
Take this against burst-heavy teams to reduce the first damage sequence aimed at him after he commits.
Take this when repeated immobilization and slows are the main threats preventing Rengar from reaching or leaving his target.
Take this over Transcendence for extended skirmishes rather than a single burst attempt. More frequent Savagery (1st) and Battle Roar (2nd) casts help Rengar build another Ferocity cycle and recover during a sustained fight.
SUMMONER SPELLS
MAIN SPELLS
Flash
Must take. Unseen Predator (Passive) enables leap attacks from brush or camouflage, including Thrill of the Hunt (Ult); Flash supplies unconditional terrain crossing when neither state is available.
Smite
You are playing Jungle, you always take Smite. Monster damage upgrades from 600 to 1000 after 8 consumed Eco-system Protection stacks and to 1400 after 20 total.
SKILL ORDER
Skill Priority Order
- 11st Ability
Q - 22nd Ability
W - 33rd Ability
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Rengar Jungle Wild Rift matchups and counters
Wild Rift matchup guide for Rengar Jungle, covering favorable lanes and difficult counters to prepare for in ranked.
Good Matchups
These champions are favorable matchups for this pick in Wild Rift. You have advantages against them and can play more aggressively.
Zed
You take away Zed's choice of when to fight by leaping on him from brush: full ferocity bursts his squishy frame in one jump, and the leap lands before the shadow swap he would escape with.
Nidalee
Nidalee wants to poke with spears at range, but your leap closes that gap instantly, and she has no bulk to survive your opener and no time to land enough spears to matter.
Evelynn
Before her charm setup comes online Evelynn is weak and clunky, and your brush leap bursts her early frame long before the scaling spike that would flip the matchup.
Rengar Counters
These champions counter this pick in Wild Rift and can be difficult matchups. Learn how to play against them or consider banning them.
Rammus
Committing your combo into Defensive Ball Curl (2nd) feeds the reflect, and his taunt cancels your leap before your damage lands. You cannot burst that much armor, especially when it hits back.
Wukong
Wukong drops a clone the instant you commit, so your empowered burst kills a decoy while the real one knocks you up and turns the duel, leaving a squishy assassin stuck in melee with a bruiser.
Rengar Jungle Wild Rift game strategy and teamfighting guide
Wild Rift game strategy for Rengar Jungle, from early lane control through mid and late game map play to final teamfights.