Kaisa
Matchup Summary
Kaisa is another free match up post level 3 for Renkton, as Renekton's high damage and mobile based playstyle allows him to easily jump onto Kaisa to make easy work out of her. Kaisa's playstyle within the top lane consists of going tear into full ap, allowing her to poke off her range with her W. Kaisa's pre level 3 damage can be quite a lot, forcing Renekton to go Doran's Shield and Second WInd. Once Renekton has the wave on his side, Renekton can force his quick trades to easily chunk out Kaisa, eventually allowing him to easily kill her in single trades after his first back. Renekton when rushing damage completely makes the match up unwinnable for Kaisa, allowing him to essentially do whatever he wants within the rest of the game. Kaisa's only strength is trying to reach her 3 item powerspikes with her W spam. As long as you prevent Kaisa from getting free kills and warning your team of her W playstyle, Kaisa won't really be able to do much within the game.
Detailed Tips
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Level 1 E Start - Try to cheese PTA proc or Conq with E1 > 3 auto's > disengage with E2.
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Play For Level 2/3 Kill Angle - Once you chunk out Kaisa you're most likely able to kill her with your W, Dash or Flash up. Look to shove the wave around your kill timer, so you're able to make Kaisa lose a lot more.
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Abuse Renekton's Early Game - In this match up Renekton is essentially able to do whatever he simply wants. With that said, really hone into your strong early to mid game strengths to help you dominate and win the game. Play to deny your enemy of gold and xp, play to proxy and generally lead any top side skirmishes with your insane lane advantage.
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Respect Kaisa Passive - Kaisa’s passive works in the form of stacks, where if she’s able to proc 6 attacks with her autos or W, she will be able to proc her passive to deal 15%+ damage upon target’s missing HP. When fighting Kaisa try to always consider her passive stacks, as she can do a ton of damage if you tank it straight up. Play for quick in and out combos in the beginning, then look for heavier trades when you start building more damage.
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Play Wave On Your Side - Playing the wave on your side essentially means playing wave states on your side of the map, via abusing wave manipulation tactics or freezing on your side of the map. Simply use this to help you combo on your laner, taking away any space from them being able to trade you back (This also helps prevent the enemy running you down with their extended or sustained movement speed abilities). You can also use this wave state to run down your opponent with your abilities up, helping you obtain kills a lot easier vs stalemate or ranged match ups. Look to do this when your opponents are below 50% HP, or potentially make a mistake to provide you an all in opportunity to run them down.
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Heavy Trades - Being that Renekton carries a lot of high damage, Renekton is able to just jump on his target nearly at will. Whenever your laners present you with the ability to jump on them, simply take the opportunity to burst them as much as you can. If you didn't kill them already from that, use your options of freezing or your tower diving ability to help you finish off your opponent.
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Respect Kaisa W - Kaisa W will mainly be problematic if she goes for her W nuclear missile build, allowing her to spam W’s as long as they hit her target. If they hit her target, she can either use her R to pick off low HP targets, or she can use W again due to her CD refund when hitting a target. Try to avoid Kaisa’s W at all costs, as this can easily nuke your HP bar if you don’t respect her repetitive hits. Making her miss her W with your movement or dashes also puts a giant strain on her playstyle, so make sure to avoid any of these as you can.
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Build Eclipse, Stridebreaker or Profane - Go Eclipse for consistent power through mid game and damage mitigation with the shield. / Go Stridebreaker to cripple Kaisa’s mobility and provide teammates with additional utility. / Go Profane for full damage focused playstyles.
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Mid Game + Teamfighting Tips - Depending on Kaisa’s overall playstyle, if she opts into her AP W focused playstyle, she will look to constantly launch nuclear missiles until her target is low enough to either kill them with her W, or use her R and Q to finish off her targets. Kaisa’s pretty deadly when she gets more items, so make sure to always avoid getting hit by her W, as it can reset her CD a lot longer. Try to look for plays as a team to dogpile on to her, as this is the best way to easily deal with this playstyle. If Kaisa plays her normal on hit build, Kaisa remains pretty easy to kill for Renekton, allowing you to easily play the match up and control the mid portion of the game. When it comes to teamfights, if Kaisa is AP, try to hard focus her and kill her out of the fight. If Kaisa is on-hit, you can afford to ignore her if she is relatively weak from the laning phase, so with that said you can aim to focus her other carries and then kill her off if she’s nearby.