What's going to happen to Jungling?
Ok , as I was reading the changes to PBE not so long ago, I just about went mad when I saw the changes to jungling. I'll go over, one by one, why I think this isn't a good turn for jungling ;-;
ONLY HUNTERS MACHETE REMAINS: NO. JUST NO. All the recent work on say, making tank junglers viable or having feral flare beast mode udyr into a being of mass destruction is gone. After I saw JUST THAT, I was wondering what of the Godyr, Nautilus, Nocturne, of other junglers who were AMAZING just because of their cohesiveness with their items. This is only the first of many faults.
New Machete: I like it. I really do. But, there's one problem for all you bronzies out there. FORGETTING SMITE. You can only pick up machete if you have it, so be wary.
Blue and Red buff changes: THEY CUT THEIR DURATION! They're argument was that the constant siege because of blue buff's duration was unfair. BS. As for red, they tried to broad it out, helping with siege, not just fighting. The reason why this is bad is because they just countered their own point. Burn applies to towers, helping pushing. 1% max health per second.(RESISTANCE IS FUTILE) But, they reduced the ganking potential of red buff, making lee sin lvl 2 red ganks impossible or shaco red buff first bloods way harder.
Buff Timers: Okay. So, minions spawn at 1:50 right? Or something like that. Anyways, the typical leashers lose at least 1 cs by leashing. However, now, they won't even be able to leash, as now they spawn at 2:30, and that also discourages invading, as you need bros for that.
Baron, Beast of team fights: I can deal with the health and regen going, but seriously. this makes no sense. Giving us a 4 second recall. Why would I care about A STUPID SHORT RECALL! I HAVE BARON! I'VE ACED THE ENEMY TEAM! We go to win the game with baron, not sit around with it and b after Twitch gets a pentakill. And they talked about not passively grinding the opponent, right? WELL NOW, WITH BARON, YOU'RE MINIONS WON'T DIE. You're minions have buffs to them, making them pushing monsters, hard to kill, and a group of minions could be more powerful than the 8/0 Zed breathing down you're neck.
Dragon, The Hater: Dragon now gives you a buff if you kill him. It lasts forever. If you try to dragon again if you have a Dragonslayer stack, you'll be dealing less damage to Dragon, but he'll be dealing more to you. The ironic part about this is that 5 stacks of Dragonslayer, i can imagine, would be more useful than baron.
Smite bonuses: Eh. Most of them are worthless. Execute? Since when did you waste smite on Golems before you're Red? Execute? Pffff. Poison armor? What, am I supposed to do Gromp camp before I gank top? Razorbeak's is just op. Go bot and just snuff out their wards. And wolf sentry? I think it's just one more think to kill when Nunu comes stomping through to you're blur after you b.
Machete upgrades: Stalkers? Spirit of the Elder Lizard did everything that it did, but better. True damage every attack. A brief slow. MORE AD. This item is atrocious. Poachers? What's the point of fast clear if you don't get something out of it? Feral made fast clear junglers gods. This? Stupid. Just a plain waste of time. Challengers? Invading is already discouraged. Now I just get to see them? Wtf? Trailblazer? Ooooh, it damages the little guys a bit. If you want to waste smite on razorbeaks, go ahead and get that one.
MOAR UPGRADES: Slayer: Trying to make up for what they lost with feral, but it won't fill that hole anytime soon. Magnus? I can imagine it now... The two ap junglers ever used anymore... Fiddle and Elise... getting Magnus.... STUPID . Juggernaut? Doesn't grant that cool quill coat shit we liked, and doesn't give percent of you're maximum health. Spirit of Ancient Golem, you will be missed. Warrior is just okay. Not the best whatsoever, but okay.
All right! Thanks guys for listening to me rant for like 10 minutes. Write what you think in the comments! Bai!
