Some of the new routes are actually kinda awkward

TehNACHO··5 votes·3,207 views

Gromp is getting buffed. It allows for 3 camp clears, yay. Does it allow for the functionality of the Krugs routes though?

- Lv3 Double Buff Clear - This is the direct upgrade from the original 4 camp Clear that Single Target Junglers in particular have had to deal with. If you clear straight from Red to Blue to Gromp, you now have a faster gank or invade, and if the matchups are terrible, you can transition straight into a clean full clear after Gromp from Wolves into Raptors into Krugs.

Except Single Target Junglers like Warwick really don't want to be clearing into Raptors and Krugs. Granted, it's not the end of the world since you already optimized Warwick by clearing nothing but Single target camps to start off with. However, this route shows off its silliness if you started the Route at your Blue Buff, clear Gromp, and run straight to Red. Now Wolves, the next best camp for a Single target clearer to do, is on the opposite side of the Jungle from you. Or, you could clear Blue Buff into Gromp into taking your Wolves then your Red, but now you're back where you started with a 4 camp clear.

- The Predator Route - For those who don't know, Red Raptors Krugs back immediately for Boots is an incredibly optimized route for Predator Junglers. It allows incredibly fast access into Boots and Pink Wards, it's keeps open the option of a 3 camp gank opportunity into the side lane, and if all else fails, transitions cleanly into a full clear (if you go Blue->Crab->Gromp->Wolves, Raptors should respawn by then). What about Blue Wolves Gromp?

Well, the gank opportunities aren't exactly the same. Gromp's placement is just awkward to gank out of since it's behind a wall if you want to access River. Now you could say it's a great angle to lane gank from...but you don't have your Predator yet. On top of this, you only have your Blue Buff, which isn't as strong as Red Buff for ganks. On the bright side, taking your Red Buff after backing for Boots and Control Wards maximizes your Gank time. However, and this is the joke of it all, all Predator Junglers are AOE Junglers who prefer to take Raptors and Krugs.

- The Krugs Route - So the equivalent here is Blue into Gromp into Wolves. Depending on the exp scaling of Gromp, this may actually be an optimized gank/farm route in the same way clearing just Raptors and Krugs optimizes farm and gank time with today's routes. Like the aforementioned note of the Predator Route, taking Red second also really maximizes your Ganking time. Ultimately, what makes this equivalent of the Route so funny though is that you really want your Red Buff before you gank or invade. In other words, you're going to go from your Blue to Gromp to Wolves to Red...this is just the 4 camp clear.

To sum up, I like the idea that Gromp allows for 3 camp clears, but so many really minor inefficiencies and silly things pop up out of it that I really can't help but think "wow, this is actually kinda awkward"

2 Comments

ButterBladesX3 votes

this and they are also having junglers get less xp overall and buffing solo lane xp [zombie-nunu-bummed]

A Frisky Jacket1 votes

Man THIS is a quality post I with riot would see and respond to.

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