jungle is badly designed right now

ill just leave my conclusions here

the jungle was changed in the past to be a harder enviroment which had to prevent laners from cheesing it for gold and exp and unfair lane advantages due to the side of the map they occupy

but this has brought some problems to light

as jungle became less friendly towards the laners it actualy started pushing junglers themselves out ... since they lacked the power to clear it while still having resources for any eventual fights

the answer riot came with were the jungle items those packed stats and passives to aid the jungle clear and outfit junglers for the game

but this basicaly introduced the era of jungle fighters since they actualy worked witht the jungle items that were specialized so a tank who lakced damage couldnt clear after he had the sotag since he still lacked damage while fighters had versatile kits allowing them to make up for what they didnt itemise

this brought up another problem as jungle items were updated made to make more junglers viable ... but junglers needed too much to live in the jungle

the items that make junglers wiable ... are actualy so loaded that laners who buy them can get more benefit of those than of normal items

most of the time it is the red smite comboed with cinderhulk

but the fact as they stand are that jungle cant push laners out by being strong ... if jungle is strong junglers need to be stronger ... by simple chain of action and reaction we get to the point where jungle items are going into lanes and i dont see this avoidable

what i personaly find to be a good way of keeping laners out of jungle is by making it less rewarding to do so i feel like jungle was made stronger to make keep it as a profit for laners with a certain drawback to it

but if you would make it easier and less rewarding for laners it would still serwe that purpose

the way i see it jungle should be indeed weaker and give less gold and exp to the laner ... but a champion with machete should get bonus gold and exp from clearing it ... so laners are discouraged from clearing jungle but they can still do it for a bonus

this way you can ballance jungle items around weaker stuff that they can attain earlier in the game (mage junglers can be viable with that ... a big chunk of ap and required mana regen passives is too costfull to provide it early) ... and that wont be the core of their viability

basicaly speaking items cant be what is making junglers viable as champions jungle items should set give make your junglel clear more rewarding and safer than for a laner