Favorite off-meta junglers

I Am Florg·2/19/2015, 1:56:37 AM·1 votes·1,305 views

With all of the talk about there being no jungle diversity, who are your favorite oddball jungle picks and why?

My far right now are fizz and yasuo. Fizz because his ganks and tower picks are top notch, and yasuo because nothing is more fun than blinking into lane out f nowhere with your ult.

17 Comments

Grimmrock2/19/2015, 1:58:30 AM3 votes

Nautilus. Because tanks are so off meta its silly, followed by skarner and warwick, both esentially having poor presence after a single skill. though skarner makes up for this by being silly powerful as a tank

NorthernDruid2/19/2015, 2:10:46 AM1 votes

:O Yasuo jungle works!?

When is he on rotation next!?! I want this now!

my favourite is gonna have to be Akali, whom I love in the jungle because dipping in with Trailblazer and smite is basically all you need for sustain, as well as the nifty ganks post-6, and just the feel of sneaking into a lane with my shroud.

I can't quite figure out a good first clear though. I'm running 14/2/14 masteries, with spellvamp quintessences (so I get to start with a bit more than 15% spellvamp and three buiscuits) but while I love the utility mastery setup, I'm not convinced I've found a truly good route yet.

Is starting gromp safe enough as Akali? I usually start krugs, but I wanna try gromp->Wolves->Red to see if that gives me better sucess.

darkdill2/19/2015, 2:22:04 AM1 votes

Leona jungle. Might have terrible clear speed and an early vulnerability to invades, but it has some scary gank power and does well as a counter-ganker too.

Thefriendlyorc2/19/2015, 3:14:21 AM1 votes

Rammus. He's slow in the beginning, but his ganks are good and his damage surprises. He becomes nearly unkillable late game. He's like the Tristana of tanks.

Skia Asteri2/19/2015, 3:33:36 AM1 votes

Morgana

Only do it in bot games, for now...

(will not admit Evelynn may not be meta)

straight4free2/19/2015, 3:34:52 AM1 votes

Zyra and AD Malz

SlytherinUmbreon2/19/2015, 3:36:16 AM1 votes

I loved TF So much, too bad he's never going to get any compensation for the Soft reset nerfs :/ That diversity.

Syn Zykan2/19/2015, 3:39:04 AM1 votes

Fiora awesome damage in ganks and she can duel just about anyone in the jungle at any point. meaning yes I am likely to counter jungle you :P

SpecterVonBaren2/19/2015, 3:52:56 AM1 votes

Rumble And yes, I do use Rumble In the Jungle when I use him in the jungle. I start Flamespitter and spam it to over 50% heat until buff spawns (Doesn't matter whether it's Krugs or Gromp, I start the side I can get a leash from bot with), then I put a point into W to help mitigate the damage I take from the other camps and then E.

The key is to get Chilling Smite and then focus on ganking, only farming your jungle when there's no opportunities for ganks. Don't finish your jungle item until you've finished some other AP item (I tend to prefer getting Rylais first for more CC), while it has good stats, the CDR isn't that important for you due to your passive and I think it's better to get items that can help with your ganks or getting through the jungle better.

I also tend to get mobi's early and switch them out for Sorc Shoes once lanning phase ends.

BluePolarizer2/19/2015, 4:35:15 AM1 votes

Twitch.

Amazing ganks, amazing damage with just Warrior and BoRK (I don't go Devourer because with Devourer you take huge damage in the jungle and get a lower power spike for mid game), late game monster, less pressure since you are 2nd ADC so you get to build more utility, true damage to squishies with the arpen build.

insaiyanbacca2/19/2015, 4:47:49 AM1 votes

so far ive had slight luck with a couple of jungle lucian games, the drive-by ganks