A data-driven breakdown of Rengar Jungle for patch 16.11: the most-played and highest-win-rate builds and runes, the matchups that beat Rengar, synergy partners, and how Rengar closes games — all from ranked Emerald+ data.
Rengar is an AD assassin in the jungle, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 50.0% win rate, 4.1% pick rate, 48,030 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Rengar spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Rengar wins: roaming out of lane to snowball the rest of the map, and splitpushing a side lane and forcing the enemy to answer it. The kit grades 7/10 roaming, 7/10 split-push. Rengar's soft spots are siege and disengage (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Umbral Glaive, Profane Hydra, Lord Dominik's Regards, which holds a 42.7% win rate across 2,121 games this patch. The build above re-optimizes once you lock in the enemy composition.
The matchup to respect is Quinn, where Rengar sits at just 36.3%, the lane swings the other way into Kennen (58.1%), and on the team side, Rengar gains the most from a Heimerdinger (+13.4% pair win rate).
The build Rengar Jungle players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
The picks Rengar Jungle struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Rengar Jungle wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Rengar's win rate this patch.
Rengar is also played in this other role this patch.
Take Rengar into the Team Builder to plan around every pick, or check the Tier List to see exactly where Rengar ranks this patch.