Help the helper help you!

So as a jungler, there are a lot of things that people "expect" of you, whether they be part of your role in the game, or completely counter productive to what you need to do in a game in order to get ahead or help your team. Regardless of what you think, and regardless of what you or your Jungler thinks, the jungle is a lane of itself, and because of that it has just as much impact on the game as the other three lanes in the game!

With the jungle being of importance, I've realised that over my time jungling (as many people would have) in lower elos, jungle tends to be a lane that doesn't get any attention from regular laners, unless its giving up buffs for them or letting them take camps to keep their lane on par with their opponent. However, with the jungle, unlike regular lanes, it doesn't require that much input from laners in order for it to make a huge difference for your jungler, which then in turn, as a bi-product creates opportunities for your jungler to make decisions, press objectives, pull off ganks and keep the enemy jungler at bay with counter jungling, deep wards and even getting dragon and rift herald!

Some of the things that I personally appreciate that not a lot of people do, happen to be things that really make a huge difference for me, and then make jungling for me A LOT easier. Some of these things include:

• Always scout for invades! ALWAYS!: There is nothing more annoying at the start of the game then hearing the announcer speak the words "An ally has been slain" when it's in your own jungle and should have been in view. If you actively are searching for the enemy, then it could provide you OR your team mates with an extra second or two that they need to evade capture and certain death! On top of this, it also has the ability to save your summoner spells! Additionally, if you see that they are scouting, there is a good chance they are doing that scouting FOR THEIR JUNGLER! As they can then turn this information into a good outcome, through counter-jungling, trapping people walking to lane, attempting to steal buffs, and then knowing your jungle path. So make sure that you always are looking for enemy movement, as it can have a heavy impact on the start of the game!

• Chuck some deeper wards down!: One thing I have noticed recently on some pro players stream highlights is that mid laners often throw down wards at the raptors camps. This is tremendously helpful for both the mid laner and the jungler, and buys you at least 4-5 second time extra if they are walking through there, instead of just having a ward covering the shrub, which would only give you 2-3 seconds before the jungler is on you! Additionally, this provides your jungler with a much clearer picture of where the enemy jungler is and helps them plan accordingly. Now I understand that mid laners can't do this everytime, but if the opportunity arises it can be very advantageous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9khPCvo8yg&t=206s If you watch from the 50 second mark, you'll see that not only are they (dyrus and team) spread out to watch for invades, but they actually spot one. This not only saves vlad by seeing this early, but it also had the potential to save dyrus as he had his back to a shrub, which had they crept up, they might have killed dyrus. Also watch the ezreal and tahm kench: as soon as they have the info that the rest of their team is top, they immediately head to the enemy red buff and ward it. Also, if you watch on again for another 20 second in the video, you'll see, already, a second deep ward on/near their raptor camp, which then allows dyrus to track nidalees movements and force her off scuttle. Knowing that she can't have cleared her kruggs, dyrus steals them. before the three minute mark there has been two deep wards, one of which gave dyrus a chance to steal gold from their jungler and deny a camp. It's only a small gesture, but it makes a huge impact!

• Take note of their pings!: Quite often I ping where the enemy jungler is, or where he was last seen on the map. That's a given and pretty much standard and laners can choose however they wish to use this info. However, there are a few times where a jungler might actually be pinging for assistance at their camps. It's important to pay attention to this because the faster you can let them know if you're able to help or not, might save them, OR might get them to go in early which ends up netting you summoners and a free kill! Additionally, the jungler after this will love you, and will proceed to "love" your lane, whenever they get the chance ;)

This is just a few things that I know junglers would like from their team mates! If anyone has any suggestions to add just put them down! Thanks for taking the time to read it all <3