Spellthief's Jungle is actually going to be a problem

PopcornBunni··2 votes·700 views

It is an actual example of secret tech hidden OP.

item 3303's Tribute passive has a cooldown when killing lane minions. This is in place to prevent solo laners from taking it to get loads of free gold from trading and farming at the same time.

But this cooldown isn't in place for jungle camps. So famr-gank-farm champions can take the item to massively increase their gold income, getting a support's bonus gold while simultaniously being the fastest role to get to 1000 gold because of the jungle's camp cooldowns meaning they need to provide more gold each clear.

This needs to change. It isn't super popular now, but it's actually completely busted, and once more players start catching on, junglers are going to be controlling the game even more than they can already with a good gank. On top of those lane-changing ganks, the bonus gold is going to mean insanely fast power spikes and junglers carrying games because of their abuse of a support item.

11 Comments

PhearBunny2 votes

isn't eve the only champ using it? Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really see it as a big deal.

PopcornBunni1 votes

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isn't eve the only champ using it? Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't really see it as a big deal.

Eve is the only one using it now. It doesn't even need to be a champion with AP ratios, the free 24 gold off every gank pays for itself and then some.

Ahristocats2 votes

which means you need to do 15 ganks in order to make the item gold efficient, might as well go for item 1036 to outduel the enemy jungler, jungling faster, and doing more damage during ganks also sustaining more since afaik you heal a portion of the damage dealt in the jungle

LUXANNA HOSHIDO1 votes

Nidalee players use it as well.

Slythrin Umbreon1 votes

Morgana

z63XnLCMwX2 votes

You would still need to buy t1 jungle item in order not fall behind in exp which would put this at second or third buy. It also does not work for ad junglers.

Zezilian1 votes

That means your jungler would be stealing team's XP in case to get money.

PopcornBunni1 votes

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That means your jungler would be stealing team's XP in case to get money.

So, nothing changes? Because that happens every time junglers gank already.

HalcyonDweller1 votes

Brb gotta go test this now.

Professor Ward1 votes

2 gold per 10 seconds doesnt pay for the item slot or the item itself (which is terrible on 99% of junglers)

Most people dont understand that support gold comes from support item "missions" not the passive gp10

2 gold per 10 seconds is 240 gold at 20 mins, not worth it whatsoever, better off taking the free boot rune.

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