Game patch 26.20Data Dragon 16.20.1

Reference patch 16.20.1

Rengar

the Pridestalker

Rengar is a burst-focused champion who looks for a reachable priority target and a route back out. This overview keeps the explanation practical and leaves patch-sensitive numbers to Riot's structured data and the current in-game tooltip.

JungleMostly physical damageMelee attacks

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Usual roleJungle

ClassAssassin · Fighter

DifficultyHigh · 8/10

Basic attacksMeleeMelee basic attacks · 125 range.

Damage profileMostly physical damageMost normal kit pressure is physical. Armour may help, but check whether attacks or abilities are the main source.

Reference patch16.20.1

Strengths and limits

What Rengar does well, and what can go wrong

These are kit-level patterns, not a promise that every lane or matchup plays the same way.

Good patterns

Threatens reachable priority targets through burst, mobility or an unusual angle.
Combines damage and durability in committed skirmishes or extended exchanges.

Limits to respect

A failed commitment can leave no clean exit and little value until cooldowns return.
Can be worn down or controlled before reaching the range where the kit is strongest.
Basic attacks require close access, so enemy range, slows and displacement can deny a clean trade.

Riot ally tips

Use these while learning the champion

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Riot opponent tips

What an opponent is told to watch for

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Practical champion reading

How to read Rengar in a real fight

Use these patterns to ask better questions before choosing an item, target or commitment. They describe the kit, not a guaranteed result.

Damage delivery

Primarily physical pressure

Armour can reduce the broad physical profile. Separate basic attacks from physical abilities before relying on an item passive that only affects attacks.

Fight rhythm

One short window carries much of the threat

Track the key setup and highest-impact cooldown. A missed or blocked opening can create a safer window before the full rotation returns.

Range and access

Needs close access for basic attacks

Range, slows, displacement and terrain can deny the clean contact this champion wants. Plan the route in as carefully as the damage after arrival.

Typical team job

Threaten a reachable priority target

A clean angle matters more than attacking the nearest unit immediately. Keep an exit, reset or follow-up route in mind before committing.

Control check

Identify the exact movement restriction

Tenacity can shorten only eligible control. Displacements, airborne effects and repeated slows need their own positioning, blocking or movement answer.

Protection and sustain

Check whether recovery changes the fight

Anti-heal or anti-shielding is situational. Buy it only when the effect is materially protecting targets and your champion can apply the answer reliably.

Resource pattern

Ferocity and cooldowns both matter

A spell being available does not mean the complete sequence is sustainable. Watch the resource bar as well as the setup and escape cooldowns.

Defensive item reference

What can help against Rengar?

Start with the threat that is actually affecting the match. These are conditional comparisons, not an automatic counter build.

Pre-game choices

DEFENSIVE BOOTS

Neither pair is automatic

This champion is not cleanly answered by the passive on either defensive pair.

Use Plated Steelcaps for meaningful basic attacks, Mercury's Treads for magic damage or reducible control, or keep the build's normal Boots.

Reducible controlSlowsHealing or sustain

PHYSICAL DEFENCE

Physical defence

Armour · health · role-appropriate defence

Armour can reduce physical damage, but Plated Steelcaps' passive is specific to attacks.

Match the item to attacks, critical strikes or ability burst rather than buying armour from the label alone.

CONTROL AND ONE KEY SPELL

Control and one key spell

Mercury's Treads · Quicksilver Sash · Banshee's Veil · Edge of Night

Tenacity and a removable-control active can help against the relevant disabling effects.

Check the current tooltip and whether the exact effect can be shortened, removed or blocked.

REPEATED SLOWS

Repeated slows

Boots of Swiftness

Slow resistance can be more useful than Tenacity when repeated slowing strength is the main problem.

It gives no armour or magic resistance, so compare the rest of the opposing team.

MEANINGFUL HEALING

Meaningful healing

Bramble Vest or Thornmail · Morellonomicon · Mortal Reminder

A role-appropriate Grievous Wounds item can reduce healing.

Buy it only when healing is materially changing fights and your champion can apply it reliably.

BURST WINDOW

Burst window

Zhonya's Hourglass · Banshee's Veil · Edge of Night

Stasis or a spell shield can deny one decisive engage or spell when the item fits the build.

These do not replace positioning, vision or ordinary durability.

Normal Draft and Ranked role map

Where Rengar fits on Summoner's Rift

Each lane is assessed separately. Open a role to reach its queue-specific build and matchup preparation.

TopSecondary

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Rengar has a secondary role listed in this historical reference. It is less common than the primary roles, but it has a recognisable role-specific plan.

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JunglePrimary role

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Rengar has an established clear and map plan that can function without lane income while contesting camps and objectives.

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MidUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Rengar is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Mid route. Mid usually needs solo-lane safety plus wave control, roaming or reliable burst pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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BotUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Rengar is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Bot route. Bot usually needs dependable duo-lane scaling and sustained damage with shared early pressure. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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SupportUnestablished route

Historical reference. Recommendation review pending. Rengar is normally played Jungle and does not currently have a reviewed Support route. Support usually needs useful engage, peel or utility while operating on low gold income. Treat this as a deliberate experiment, not a standard recommendation.

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Kit reference

Rengar abilities

Ability names, descriptions and numeric fields come from Riot Data Dragon. Practical reads are independently written; the current in-game tooltip remains authoritative.

Abilities Data Dragon 16.20.1Cooldown / Cost / Range Data Dragon 16.20.1

Passive

Unseen Predator

What it doesWhile in Brush, Rengar leaps at his target with his basic attack. Rengar generates Ferocity whenever he casts an ability. At Max Ferocity, his next ability is empowered. Killing enemy champions awards trophies on Rengar's Bonetooth Necklace, granting bonus attack damage.

Practical readUnseen Predator is an automatic part of the kit involving basic-attack interaction and damage. Track when its condition is active instead of treating every fight the same way.

Movement

The cast changes position or access. Account for where the champion finishes, not only where the ability begins.

Q ability

Savagery

What it doesRengar's next Attack brutally stabs his target for bonus damage. Ferocity effect: deals increased damage and grants Attack Speed.

Practical readSavagery contributes basic-attack interaction and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Listed range450 units

W ability

Battle Roar

What it doesRengar lets out a battle roar, damaging enemies and healing for some of the recent damage he has taken. Ferocity effect: additionally breaks crowd control effects.

Practical readBattle Roar contributes protection or sustain and damage. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Listed range450 units

Protection

The protection or sustain is part of the cast's value. Compare its timing with incoming damage rather than reading only the offensive effect.

E ability

Bola Strike

What it doesRengar throws a bola, slowing the first target hit for a short duration. Ferocity effect: roots the target.

Practical readBola Strike is a ranged cast involving a slowing effect. Respect its line or target area, and avoid spending it when the opponent can simply step away before the important exchange.

Listed range1000 units

Ultimate

Thrill of the Hunt

What it doesRengar's predatory instincts take over, Camouflaging him and revealing the nearest enemy champion in a large radius around him. During Thrill of the Hunt, Rengar gains Move Speed and he can leap to the tracked enemy without being in brush, reducing their armor.

Practical readThrill of the Hunt contributes movement or repositioning. Its value changes with cooldown, range and target access; recognise the setup before moving into its effective area.

Cooldown100/90/80 secListed range2500/3000/3500 units

Movement

The cast changes position or access. Account for where the champion finishes, not only where the ability begins.

Levels 1–18

Rengar · Health / Ferocity · Abilities

Base values exclude items, runes, temporary buffs and mode-specific modifiers. Cooldowns are the listed base cooldown before ability haste.

Level 1590 Health4 Ferocity

Level 3743 Health4 Ferocity

Level 61,001 Health4 Ferocity

Level 111,503 Health4 Ferocity

Level 162,095 Health4 Ferocity

Level 182,358 Health4 Ferocity

Cooldown Data Dragon 16.20.1

Basic abilitySavagery

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

CooldownRead current tooltip

Basic abilityBattle Roar

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

CooldownRead current tooltip

Basic abilityBola Strike

Can receive its first point from level 1. Later ranks normally become available at levels 3, 5, 7 and 9.

CooldownRead current tooltip

UltimateThrill of the Hunt

First rank becomes available at level 6; later ranks normally become available at levels 11 and 16.

Rank 1100 secRank 290 secRank 380 sec

Open every levelHealth and ferocity from level 1 to 18

Level	Health	Ferocity	Ability milestone
1	590	4 Ferocity	Choose the first basic ability
2	665	4 Ferocity	Add another basic ability or rank
3	743	4 Ferocity	Add another basic ability or rank
4	826	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
5	911	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
6	1,001	4 Ferocity	First ultimate rank normally available
7	1,094	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
8	1,191	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
9	1,291	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
10	1,395	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
11	1,503	4 Ferocity	Second ultimate rank normally available
12	1,614	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
13	1,729	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
14	1,847	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
15	1,970	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
16	2,095	4 Ferocity	Final ultimate rank normally available
17	2,225	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point
18	2,358	4 Ferocity	Spend one ability point

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