Jungler PSA

trash sion··4 votes·332 views

Before we get into this, we need to establish something. It is agreed upon that a laner's primary objective is to outfarm his opponent. Farm is the main gold income, so it makes sense that farming would be key. If we take a lool at the jungle, we see that their gold income is reliant on clearing camps.

To everyone that thinks a jungler's job is to gank, you're wrong. The only way to guarantee progress is gold, and the only guaranteed gold is from farming. A jungler has the same responsibility to gank as a laner has to roam. It is in no way required, but it does increase the chance of victory if successful. (this is not always the case, junglers like Shaco will rely on kills for gold income, but you get the idea)

If you lose lane, it's not the jungler's fault unless he fed your laner. A lack of ganks is no excuse to blame the jungler. If you feed a few kills early, it doesn't make you a priority to gank. Often, a jungler will look at a lane that is behind and it will make them avoid ganking that lane even more.

When you get behind, the best thing you can do for your team is to not die. Ward like a madman, and farm near tower. If you get killed during a dive by the laner and jungler, then you have to trust your team to capitalize. (However, your team can fuck up and not make use of the jungler wasting time snowballing a single lane. This is on them. If you die with every precaution imaginable and your team doesn't gain anything, then you can't do anything else)

The jungler should always be focused on helping to win the game. If no lane is gankable, then it's in his best interest to farm so he can attempt to carry. He can only do this if you make yourself carryable. Don't feed. Even if it means missing a majority of the farm, not dieing makes it worth it.

Conclusion: don't blame the jungler. Ganking isn't his only job, and he isn't required to do it. You aren't entitled to jungler assistance, especially if you're losing lane.

1 Comments

EzraTwitch1 votes

Hah, I wrote something vary similiar in 2011 Slowpoke :P

I even started it Public Service Announcement XD

http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1338946&page=1

Good post though [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

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