Gold Disadvantage for Ivern in the Jungle

the1anonlyACE·11/19/2016, 5:44:29 PM·2 votes·635 views

I noticed in a game recently that when I took the Krug camp, while playing as Ivern, that I only received 80 gold. This felt low since I had been playing champs that actually had to kill the camps so I looked into it and tried it in a custom game and got the same 80 gold when I took the camp as my first as Ivern. Then, I did a custom game with Shaco and after fully taking the Krug camp as my first camp, my gold intake from the camp was 160. I don't think that it is fair to Ivern (and the people who actually play him) to earn less gold simply because the Krugs can't split for him when he takes the camp. It would be greatly appreciated if he were able to get the full worth of that camp just as EVERY other champion is able to do.

While writing this the amount of EXP gained crossed my mind so I went back to custom games with the same two champions and repeated exactly what I did before. This resulted in Ivern gaining exactly enough to reach level 2, and with Shaco being level 2 and about 33% of the way to level 3. This also does not seem fair to me at all.

1 Comments

EndlessSorcerer11/19/2016, 5:48:16 PM2 votes

Considering the itemization and jungle changes which have occurred, Ivern is currently one of the strongest junglers and will likely be nerfed soon.

He most definitely does not need buffs.

Anyways, the extra gold and experience from Krugs are a reward for the additional time it takes to clear them. Ivern doesn't take longer to clear them than any other camp and as such does not get the additional gold and experience.

Riot has stated that this is intentional.