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A request for the basic rules/guidelines of Jungle

AFK Isopod··1 votes·1,531 views

Hello, I know there isn't really a clear path out there to understanding Jungle, so let me explain what I'm looking for.

Every time I boot up LoL and join Ranked ( Bronze/Silver elo RN ) there is always a hyper-carry in a lane such as Yasuo and Nasus. I took Support and Top as my lane, but for some reason there isn't a really strong Jungle presence. Either they only stay in the Jungle and farm all game, or they camp a single lane that doesn't need it. Since this game is a team game, I want to take up Jungle as my role so I can make sure all of my lanes stay winnable and camp out the hyper-carries.

However, being a Silver 5 player, I have absolutely no idea how to professionally play Jungle. I understand there is a balance between farming and ganking, but I do not know the fine lines between them. I also don't know any good gank routes/tricks and what a 'winning' lane is compared to a 'losing' lane.

I know I'm asking for a lot, being a Silver 5 player asking all of you guys to give a noob tools to feed in higher ranks, but I'm just tired of certain lanes falling off and some lanes unable to carry because everyone feeds. I just want to support my team in a roaming role to keep them alive and have an enjoyable match for once. It's a team game, so I want to play the 'Team Player' role as Jungle.

Any tips and tricks that you can give me? Thank you,

Aether ( Aaron ) Bartsch

6 Comments

FrozenFrostFyre2 votes

Cheesing at that elo can give really big advantages and snowball games. Other than that maybe try watching IWDominate. He has a lot of nice videos where he explains stuff. But jungle is very panned out. You do your camps toward a lane you want to gank then try to gank. Looking at your map most the game watching lanes to see how aggro enemy laners are.

Some mistakes I see in lower elo are as follows: 1) junglers stopping to kill a ward while ganking. 2) rarely will they have zero vision so ganks should be fast. But if you sweep and find no wards on your way to lane don't be afraid to wait for them to enage on your laner or burn a dash for poke in lane. 3) gank early game champions once and then never again. Getting them a lead is worth it, but after that your ganks lose a lot of value when you could be doing other things. 4) don't be afraid to stay around a snowballing lane and try to kill the enemy jungler esp if you know their pathing toward that lane.

AFK Isopod1 votes

Thanks for the advice! I honestly wish Riot made good AI that can Jungle, or even properly explain their game. This really helps!

Any idea on what champ I should play? I usually want a champ with Hard CC to stop carries

Elite4Runner2 votes

I highly encourage you to pursue this. Even if Jungle does not become a new role, or even if you decide you absolutely despise the role, this will at least give you some perspective for people who play the role.

As for advice, I would strongly recommend watching YouTubers who are jungle mains. Two of my favorite jungle mains to watch, from an educational perspective, are CaptainMonk and Foxdrop. They do a pretty good job of explaining why they do certain things during their videos, and they also are very good at explaining their mistakes, WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT.

AFK Isopod1 votes

I have a hard time finding good content, mostly due to all the clickbait and PBE-Tubers around. I'll take a look!

zoliking2 votes

One thing to remember is not to gank the duo lane when either the support or the adc is missing but both enemies are there.

AFK Isopod1 votes

Thanks for the info!

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