Ranking the junglers at worlds (OPINION)
Preface: I watch the 4 major regions, went back and watched some of the others. Ones I did not watch: LST/LLA/LJL. Also, these are opinions.
- G2 Jankos
- SKT Clid
- FPX Tian
- GRF Tarzan
- DWG Canyon
- RNG Karsa
- C9 Svenskeren
- FNC Broxah
- SPY Xerxe
- GAM Levi
- TL Xmithie
- JT Hana
- IG Leyan/Ning
- CG Lira
- RY Closer
- ISG Oddie
- HKA Crash
- LKE DNK
- FLA Shrimp
- UOL AHaHaCiK
- AHQ Alex
- MEGA Lloyd
- DFM Steal
- MMM Babip
Some overall comments: The jungle position is certainly, in my opinion, one of the stronger positions at Worlds. Basically every top tier jungler is here. The top 3 are pretty set - Jankos, Clid, and Tian are all on a level of their own. Tarzan probably is in that tier as well but has shown he can underperform. Canyon, Karsa, Sven and Broxah make up the next tier - all really good junglers but I've seen them make a lot of mistakes as well. Xerxe is a good jungler but doesn't seem to have a lot of synergy with Humanoid, Levi is probably the best wildcard jungler in history with his aggressive plays on carry junglers. Xmithie is a bit lower here because he's a bit more passive then the top 10 and plays a lot of tank junglers, which aren't the best in the early game (also, his performance later in summer was pretty dismal). Hana is probably the best player on that J-Team roster that went nearly undefeated in LMS, and imo is slightly better than the unproven Leyan (who wavered between solid and plain bad in his games) and the coinflip Ning, who has underperformed all summer. Lira is probably the worst of the junglers from the 4 major regions, but has proven that he can be solid on champs like Skarner and J4. To round it off, Closer and Oddie are probably the 2 best wildcard junglers (besides Levi) and I was impressed by their performances.
to be the main champ for such team/Oddie.
. I still have 2 weeks to study them but that's just my opinion on GAM and Group B currently.