I still hate the jungling items. Why does the game have to have them?

I like jungling! I began my journey as a jungler, because mid lane was too popular.

I like jungling.

I hate the jungling items.

I get it, when I look at the stats, and analyze them, they are helpful. . . We're all weightlifting stats, and we get into game, and show each other how many stats we can lift.

I feel like I'm forced to take smite and build a specific item at the start of the game. Yah, it is better, I look at the stats. . it's useful. . . . I just don't want to go that specific route.

I want to build cloth armour and pots again. I remember this one game, I got that, and I kept putting pressure onto the lanes, and we won the game, and I didn't even have to go back to base.

I still could do that, but then someone will rage in the game. . . Why don't you have the jungling item? Ping. ping. ping. Then they stop paying attention in lane, and they die, and now they're really angry, and then they die again and go afk. . . and if I had got the jungling item, then they'd still be in the game and be doing fine probably.

Why can't we control more than one character? If someone leaves the game, have the toggleable option to enable controls for multiple characters. If someone doesn't like me taking a different item, and leaves, I should be able to keep trying. Instead I bring the whole team down if I try something that someone doesn't like.