Season 5 Junglers, back to gold starvation?

GQmEi3FBgE·11/21/2014, 6:00:15 AM·2 votes·5,033 views

So, it seems to me like they reverted the changes to junglers for season 4, as in they removed all the gold generation from eventhing except an upgraded smite, which kills the whole purpose of having different smites, if you are forced to get the gold generation one to be relevant in the first place. I played a few games in the new jungle, and the new items are really cool and all, but what i found is that i had trouble even completing my jungle item completely, at which point i was falling off pretty hard as a jungler compared to the lanes, i was playing nocturne and such and it seemed like there was really not enough gold at all, to sustain heavy bruiser/damage dealing junglers like it was possible in season 4. Are we looking at Tank and utility junglers being the main focus in Season 5 again, because gold is scarce for the junlgers? Your thoughts?

17 Comments

Jbels11/21/2014, 6:03:05 AM3 votes

It's almost like they intended to remove the jungle as the most powerful, game deciding role. le gasp

Leti the Yeti11/21/2014, 6:02:56 AM2 votes

I've been reading about how jungling is abit gimped all day up till this point, there wasnt much I could say cuz I never went jungling personally since the update

well i went jungle jax/rammu taking stalkers smite and.. I dont really see the problem I noticed my sustain did went down.. sorta, I'll give you that but I'm not the slightest bit hindered seriously

I can stil gank fine both as jax and rammus... moreso as rammus... lol got 11 kills

idl111/21/2014, 6:03:04 AM2 votes

SMALL CAMPS

Small camps have hit the jungle gym (this line was blatantly stolen from someone else)

Small jungle camps now respawn every 50 seconds ⇒ 100 seconds

Base health, attack damage, gold, and experience of small jungle camps have been increased by 20%

Greatly increased the attack damage scaling of small jungle camps throughout the game

Increased the health scaling of small jungle camps up to level 12

I know they increased the respawn time but I just played a game as a jungler and I didn't seem to have a problem with gold.

EDIT: Also just saw that item 3711 Poacher's Knife gives +20 bonus gold on Smite.

Kuroi8611/21/2014, 6:38:17 AM2 votes

The new jungle is meant to be more farm heavy. It's going to mean you can't just level 3 gank all lanes without concern anymore. It means you've really got to think before you try to counter jungle. Red buff now hits like a truck, even if you're up against a low damage tank jungler, trying to steal red could cost you heavily as red could put you more than low enough for him to finish off. It opens up the door for junglers focused on farming into their power game, while somewhat limiting the power of gank heavy junglers. However, if you do your research, you'll find a good path to clear your jungle and how to manage your game.

darkdill11/21/2014, 6:16:47 AM1 votes

I'm not seeing a problem. I went jungle Leona twice today and kicked absolute ass. Never had money problems.

The camps give a lot more than in S4, especially the Raptors. They hurt, but they are wealthy.

GQmEi3FBgE11/21/2014, 6:39:51 AM1 votes

ADC is the number one deciding factor in the game, but that doesn't mean he is that from level one, ADC's are protected and nurtured into late game where they shine and carry games by cleaning up the enemy team after everyone engaged/died.

Saying that ADC is not relevant would be a mistake and being ignorant.