New champion actualy looks interesting for a change, well at least its not another cookie cuter fanservice female champion. I have over 6.300 IP, I might wait till he gets out before spending it. Or better yet, buy mundo and earn back the IP through cleaving.
DPS mundo is so fun.
I fear Renekton will be just a different Xin Zhao:
Tyrant’s Reach: Renekton cleaves, dealing damage to nearby enemies and healing for 20% of the damage dealt. Each target hit grants 5 fury, up to 25. Heal amount is tripled against champions up to a hard cap.
When Renekton has more than 50 Fury he heals for a large portion of damage dealt. Consumes 50 Fury.
Like Xin's ultimate, this is an AoE strike. Sure, healing is new, but not very different.
Ruthless Predator: Renekton’s next attack will swing twice dealing a percentage of his Attack Damage as physical damage and stunning his target for a short time. Applies on-hit effects.
When Renekton has more than 50 Fury, his next attack will swing three times dealing a percentage of his Attack Damage and stunning his target for an increased duration. Consumes 50 Fury.
Xin's one ability makes his third attack knock you up in the air, this is quite similar. No need to strike twice before the stun though.
Slice: Renekton dashes forward, dealing physical damage to targets along the way. If he hits a target he gains the ability to use Dice. .
Dice: Renekton dashes, dealing physical damage along the way.
When Renekton has more than 50 Fury during Dice, he deals 50% additional damage and shreds the armor of targets he hits. Consumes 50 Fury.
A basic dash ability that I hate - Xin also has a dash..
Dominus (Ultimate): Renekton empowers himself with dark energies, gaining increased size and health for 15 seconds. While empowered, he deals additional magic damage and generates bonus Fury every second.
Xin doesn't have this, yes, but Nasus has almost exactly same ulti.
My conclusions: Fun? If you think Xin Zhao is fun, then you most likely find this guy as well. If you are like me, and have permanent traumas from the times when Xin was released (almost guaranteed to get something like 21/2/4) then you hate this guy.
I personally don't like dashes that are really easy to aim, one reason which makes me hate Xin. I really hope Renekton's dash will require actual aiming like Shen's does.