Uhhhh Riot? Jungle items?

And now goes to cry in her corner again

Game could possibly end while Rammus is working on his first clear

Hm. My guess is that they want to limit the champion pool in the jungle. Removing Trailblazer kicks the weakest junglers out of the role.

idk why they did this.

It's Riots way of telling you to stop playing junglers other than Lee Sin.

Riot's redone starting jungler itemization and split Hunter's Machete into two components, one that gives AD/on-hit junglers better clearing (but mediocre sustain), and another that gives sustain-dependent junglers excellent mana and health regen from the get-go (you get 150% mana regeneration in the jungle and 20 health regen while in combat with monsters, which means even Fiddlesticks gets to put this to good use). On top of this, there's a new Crystalline Flask replacement called Hunter's Potion that holds 5 charges, each restoring 60 health and 35 mana over 8 seconds, and gains a charge every time you kill a large monster (if the item has full charges, you instead gain the regen for free). All of this makes Ranger's Trailblazer pretty redundant, so it got removed.

Probably to make room for Hunter's Potion, which helps weaker junglers just like Trailblazer did.

Trailblazer + Potion might create abusive amounts of sustain in the early game, and might push out most early game junglers into unplayability unless they could guarantee kills off of every gank they did and could gank non-stop in the early game or they could guarantee kills off of weak early game junglers that are perpetually at 100% health. Alternatively, the combination could push out sustain-oriented junglers entirely unless not getting Hunter's Potion and getting a combat Smite are such a big deal that it warps the game more to sustain junglers than other junglers.

If Ranger's Trailblazer is designed to help struggling early game junglers then it might not do the trick anymore, at least that far in the early game. Jungle mid-tier items (Stalker's, Skirmisher's, and the new item Tracker's Knife) cost 1050 gold now, and you would need 700 gold after your first clear to get your jungle item, which would come a lot later than Ranger's Trailblazer would be needed. By comparison, Hunter's Potion only costs 400 gold, which is more than affordable as an item on your first back, especially if you start with your jungle item and the new item Refillable Potion (which costs 150 gold and combines into Hunter's Potion for 250 gold), and will likely help weaker junglers just like Trailblazer does without forcing them into a single smite the way Trailblazer did.

My guess is that people gank too often when they use trailblazer. It stuns all the monsters, takes half their health and gives back x amount of health and mana which can allow a champ to be at full health and mana at the end of a clear which gives them the power to gank if needed. They could just nerf the item instead of getting rid of it. Also why not get rid of poacher because who really uses it in the first place, maybe if it gave more gold then yes it could be worth but not really. Bye my trusted weapon

THEY WOULDN'T.....

would they?

because diversity :^)

Riot: We need to get rid of a jungle item this preseason. Riot: hmmmmmmm.... Riot: Well nobody even uses ... Riot: fuck

it's been turned into this

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which doesn't give a smite bonus, but does grant a bunch of regen when jungling (think spirit stone/season 4 machete) It also acts as a mini-sightstone (with 2 charges)

Really the only jungle item removed is Poacher's Knife which no-one bought competitively anyways.

so the theory behind ranger's trailblaizer was that it helped champs that had mana/health sustain clear better.

now what ended up happening was that champs that already cleared well would take for even better clear. e.g. lee sin, an early game ganking jungler with pretty good sustain, you would expect a stalkers blade on something like that, but since trailblazer gives better clear speed, he just builds that. trailblazer on live is pretty much the best upgrade in every situation on every champion(even after the nerfs), which is not a good thing to have in a game

The new jungle just seems much easier in general. The new Machete is OP and the other jungle item is also really strong.

Dont forget what else they added though.

There's going to be a specific Flask for jungler's that refills in spawn, but also gives you a charge when you kill a big monster. If you're already full, it automatically activates the charge for you.

Basically: gone

A new one that is basically a mini sightstone

And you have two options to start off, as well as a potion that refills on killing monsters (start 3 normal health potions and not the refillable by the way, if your champion is not great at sustain), and a new mastery set that makes jungling easier (up to 200% health regen at 20%- hp for tanks, for example.)

It's worthless with the new starting items.

Jungle difficulty overall is going down (reduced health and range for big monsters, armor removed from small monsters, reduced damage, more patience for ranged kiters). Also, any champion who COULD NOT SURVIVE without Trailblazer due to sustain issues (a very small pool) gets a whole host of refillable potion options. Thirdly, mana hungry junglers who needed the extra mana getting through their first and second clear (like Evelynn and Fiddlesticks) can now buy the Hunter's Talisman item for 150% base mana regen.

Trailblazer being removed only looks like the Jungocalypse before taking into account these factors.

jungle bonus gold got rekt. Now laners are going to steal jungler income 24/7.

Jungle main here, with the potion changes the loss of this item doesn't bother me all that much.