AmbessaMatchups

Matchup depends on Renekton skill. If they are very good and understand the matchup, it becomes VERY difficult for you. Luckily most Renektons won't be good until GM. His W shreds your W, which you heavily rely on. If this is in the lower MMR, then this matchup honestly becomes like a 5. Reality is, if he's good, you will lose lane, and lose carry potential, but you can still play safe and play for teamfights.

You heavily outscale him. Grasp is fine for this matchup.

• Cheese Strat: Rush bramble vest.

• Play around his Rage, remember that it deletes your W shield. Otherwise if he doesn't have empowered W, you should win trades. Lv 1 you need to out space him with Q.

• Best to take W second as he can take E, and if so you need to abuse this window, but otherwise he may take W to counter your W, in which case you space with Q. This varies based on his rage, but when he E's forward with half a bar of rage, immediately dash away with Q. He will be forced to walk back with E on CD, or he uses his rage to chase you, in which you can safely use W to block and punish him. Remember he can always instantly gain rage through his ultimate.

Similar to the Mordekaiser matchup. Dodge his W pull at all costs or you lose trades. You die to him once, he perma snowballs over you.

(Post nerfs to Zaahen, the matchup has become much easier)

• Level 1 you need to space his Q with your Q which should always outrange him.

• You want to force short trades with him as much as possible, absorbing as much damage as you can from his Q's with your W. If you are spacing him correctly, he should only ever be able to hit you with one of his two Q's, as he shouldn't be able to auto you without using his E or W.

• The most important thing is to dodge his W when you are disengaging, whether by dashing or sidestepping it, otherwise you will lose the trade.

• If he attempts to all in you with his ult, you can guarantee your own ult on him to disengage immediately after he lands.

• He wants to be sustaining himself on the wave with his Q, it won't heal him much until he has several points in it but later on, zone him off the wave if you can.

Basic Idea: Get on top of him, invade his personal space, and save a spell for dodging his 3rd Q. Later levels post 6, and especially level 9, you have to be careful lest he all ins you with his shorter CDs, like Riven. But as long as you keep your CD's up and play with them, you win.

Keep baiting his Q's without getting hit. Dodge to the side to avoid his Q1, predict his E forward or back. His E is your main CD to keep track of after Q. IMPORTANT: DON'T GET DASHES CANCELED BY HIM. It may even be worth it to intentionally take a Q hit then using your dash to escape his W. Also buy boots early. Helps a ton escaping his W from the side, Tier 2 boots can straight up run out of his W.

• Dodge his Q1, dash around him to avoid Q2 sweet spot, and kite his Q3 with your Q dashes.

• Skill matchup in your favor due to your dashes but if you mess up he will end you.

• Beware that he can very easily cancel your dashes, so when you W into him, you need to either react Faker fast or do it predictively. If he misspaces you can E into Q and use W.

• The most important CD to keep track of is his E. Bad Aatrox players will waste E forward, and use Q3 early. Good Aatrox players are much more difficult and punishing, and may hold Q3 for lower Q CD.

• Many Aatrox players will try to poke you down with Q1 E. Predict this and sidestep or Q backwards, then punish him. If he oversteps, just E into him for short combo, and Q sideways or out depending on his E.

Practiced a lot against Palco. Can be a tough lane if they know what they are doing. Careful about getting silenced and ulted by him in teamfights. You are generally stronger in lane but pre-rework, he outscales.

• Always W his Q.

• Lv 1 depends on his runes. If he takes Conq, respect his E lv 1, you can W and match a bit. If he takes Phase Rush, you can probably expect Q lv 1. Take W to play it safe, or ego with Q spacing.

• ALWAYS make sure your W is up to match his Q, otherwise you should never be getting hit by his E.

• Another good trick is WE out from his QE combo, instant E after your W before his Q hits, you can cancel W dash. His silence doesn't cancel your dash after your ability is already cast. Engage when his W is down or Q & E are down.