Sated Devourer and Double Jungling: New Meta?

Allahu Barackbar·7/11/2015, 8:14:33 AM·1 votes·1,587 views

Please read the entire post before making a comment; and maybe try this combination out in a game yourself too. Thank you!

Alright, I've got some pretty crazy news I just found out through my games tonight. So, you clearly know the new Sated Devourer enchant, but here's some things you might NOT know.

  1. If you have two people with Smite and the Devourer Enchant, they both share the stack on a monster if they're together/hit the same monster, regardless of who gets the last hit.
  2. In theory, with this combo, you can stick an carry Devourer jungler and a tanky Cinderhulk jungler, or two Devourer carry junglers, in the jungle; if they balance the EXP well and gank frequently, as they should be able to with high health, it could be incredibly potent.
  3. Vayne's W with Sated Devourer will proc every TWO hits, instead of every three. Basically; INHUMAN AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE! Throw in a tank jungler to guide her through the early/mid game, and you have the most unbelievable carry potential ever seen.

I would HIGHLY recommend it! Grab a partner you usually bottom lane with, that way you already have some synergy going. You'll want to roam together and share exp and gold till about lvl 3, then you'll go gank one of the solo lanes. Repeat this, and keep an eye on Dragon. Dragon control is key to it.

I do suggest trying it before its nerfed/changed; once more people catch onto it, double jungle will be the next new Meta. I recommend doing Vayne/Nautilus duo jungle, or someone with comparable high CC or peel to complement her and aid in powerful ganks.

Dragon control should be very easy with a Vayne and two Smites. Definitely strong on paper, but it could be a net positive for the game. If it becomes popular, it can be countered by counter-jungling. So Riot would want to buff Poacher's Knife to balance out the double-jungle meta, which would hopefully make all 4 jungle enchantments viable.

Now that I've written it down, I'd actually be pretty happy to see this catch on. Double jungling used to be a thing in DotA and it completely changed the playstyle of teams while it existed.

P.S. the Vayne effect acts the same way for Jax R passive and Aatrox W passives too; maybe more are out there!

(Some of this text was taken from a discussion between myself and Chefo, the main editor of News Of Legends; I suggest checking out the website, for it has a lot of cool content in an easy format to read!)

Article where our discussion can be found: http://www.newsoflegends.com/index.php/wip-pbe-1007-changes-to-azir-ryze-and-vladimir-ezreal-reverts-42445/ -Between Tigermark and Chefo

Please let me know what you think in the comments below!

12 Comments

FyshinaTux7/11/2015, 8:26:23 AM1 votes

Eh, shameless plug for "News of Legends" aside, I hate the idea.

I'm all about change, don't get me wrong, but Sated Devourer needs to go (if you want my opinion.)

Too much detail to go into right now, but there's a reason FF got nerfed (and eventually removed), and there's a reason Devourer got changed. It's only a matter of time before either EVERYONE is running double jungle, in which case it'll get nerfed and we'll just revert back to the present meta, or EVERYONE starts crying about it, and they nerf it, and we'll revert back to the present meta.

AGAIN! This is just my opinion.

buster kiton7/11/2015, 8:32:25 AM1 votes

The problem is that the other jungler will be extremely gold starved (supports won't have income from support items in the jungle) and someone has to lane 1v2. Also shared experience is a big issue, if the enemy team knows what they're doing and ward you basically starve yourselves on gold and exp.

ChargeItDownMid7/11/2015, 8:39:57 AM1 votes

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