Suggestions to Riot on TRUE Mage Junglers
So I heard Riot was looking to enhance certain mages for the jungle. In terms of TRUE ("true" meaning not assassin, fighter, or some weird mage hybrid) mages that can jungle, I personally believe
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could be suited to the jungle with certain changes.
Keep in mind, this is mostly theory.
can probably clear the jungle already (slowly?), as well as have good ganks (with the obvious counterplay being her short range). It's not optimal, but she has potential to be a mage jungler. In terms of possible changes to make her better suited for the jungle, I believe something could be done with her E for the jungle, to make it easier to clear.
's W buff a long time ago made it easier for her to clear the jungle (I remember attempting it when it first was a "thing"), but she's probably really slow at clearing early. Her ganks are quite good in theory, but have counterplay (missing a Q probably sucks). Her Q isn't that spammy at level 1, though it's good for kiting camps. If Riot's looking to make a better mage jungler out of Karma, they'd have to change her Q to be more spammy/have less base damage (which might have consequences for mid Karma, so that might not be the way to go)?
is probably the best true mage jungler in theory. Her Q is an almost guaranteed follow-up if she lands it (and it has counterplay because of the slow speed). She has sustain in passive, and her W is quite a good AoE, especially considering junglers have access to Runic Echoes (which has the secondary effect of making it easier for her to position Qs). The problem I can see in making Morgana a mage jungler is that her base cooldowns are incredibly high, and she's not going to use her E for jungling at all. You'd have to max W specifically for jungling.
All in all, this is theory-based, but I wrote this because I'm interested to see if Riot's actually considering making mage junglers an archetype.
to jungle and resent the very existence
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