know why i can't stand being a jungler?
it has nothing to do with jungle being not fun. i loved jungle. even when the difficulty got amped to insane levels. because it felt GOOD to do good in such a hard jungle.
no. i hate jungle because no matter how many times i explain to my laners that jungle mobs are worth substantially less to them than they are to me thanks to machete/jungle item, they still say "i need it more"
what laners need to understand about the new jungle is this ill put it in bold for those of you that do this so you can understand better
jungle is not at all like it was last season, 2 seasons ago, or 3 seasons ago. when you take jungle mobs, unlike seasons 2-4, the gold does not just get distributed to a different person. gold is LOST. junglers get 15-30 bonus gold per large jungle monster they kill thanks to machete/upgraded machete.Not to mention riot even nerfed the amount of gold laners get from taking jungle mobs to combat this problem of laners thinking they're entitled to everything. you are no longer distributing gold to a different part of the team by taking jungle mobs. you are LOSING 15-30 overall gold for your team per jungle camp you take.
You may not think it is very much because you're a laner who can readily farm about 80 gold per minion wave that spawns every minute, but when a jungler has to compete with the enemy team AND his team for his own jungle camps, it really hurts. junglers already make substantially less gold than laners barring supports. and when you take jungle camps like wolves, krugs, gromp, raptors, or even red or blue buff without ASKING YOUR JUNGLER FIRST you're basically throwing a big middle finger up to him/her. and then you have the nerve to get mad when he goes to your lane to try and farm some minions to make up for gold lost. it is also MUCH riskier for a jungle to walk into a lane and cs. because junglers have less gold, and are lower level, they are at much higher risk of dying due to having less items, less damage, and less health/mana than enemy laners.
please laners. if you are going to take jungle camps, ASK YOUR JUNGLER FIRST. and if he says no, it's probably not because he's an asshole. its because he NEEDS the gold a hell of a lot more than you do, and that does NOT mean take it anyway. that's a sure-fire way to get on your jungler's bad side, and you have no one but yourself to blame when he decides he won't help your lane but instead go help out others.
TL;DR Laners, stop taking your jungle's farm without permission. It's obnoxious, and only stands to hurt your team in the long run anyway.
