I Knew Rito Would Have to Nerf the Jungle

Nerdchop·3/12/2015, 4:27:01 PM·1 votes·759 views

Here is my post from 4 months ago when patch 4.20 came out.

"I'm a jungle main, and this new 4.20 jungle is kicking my butt.

Here are my issues:

  1. My clear times seem to have gone way up
  2. I don't have a healthy hp pool to gank any lanes
  3. I am only allowed to start with 2 hp pots and machete

I miss the old jungle items that gave sustain and damage." http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/G0Q6Qzsq-surviving-the-new-jungle

And now with patch 5.5,

In patch 5.5,

  1. Tank junglers are getting buffed
  2. New Cinderhulk enchantment now available for junglers to make camps easier to clear
  3. Jungle camps are doing less damage and giving more gold now
  4. Gromp's buff has been buffed to make clearing easier.

And it only took 4 months for RIto to realize what I knew after just one day in the patch 4.20 jungle.

3 Comments

Maximum Ao Shin3/12/2015, 4:59:48 PM4 votes

PRETTY sure everyone-- including riot- knew the jungle was too difficult.

Nerdchop3/12/2015, 6:06:10 PM1 votes

And it only took 4 months and 4 patches to do anything about it.

LOL So fast, Rito.

Gorsz3/12/2015, 6:25:18 PM1 votes

Actually, they tried to make the jungle harder because junglers basically solo-win a "team" game.

Junglers have always been disproportionately been too powerful in winning the game. A good jungler can cripple the entire enemy team before the 15 minute mark.