Jungle Clearing Question/Advice

Kaita the Unreal·11/13/2015, 2:26:53 AM·1 votes·537 views

Hello there, I'm just looking for a little advice or insight. Before the recent changes, I had been playing a lot of Kindred. Was quite fun. I was able to do my first clear pretty much without potions at all, by careful kiting of the minion camps. Now, after the changes, I struggle to clear properly. It seems as if I'm running out of mana bizarrely fast, the potions have little impact, and I'm severely under-leveled. Having read the patch, I'm aware of a slight nerf to her HP regen, and I'm also aware that her stacks have been capped against monsters, but this is well before any stacks are had. I've also noticed that a great deal of jungle monsters have actually taken nerfs to their armor, and their HP. I'm absolutely lost at this point, can anybody offer advice? The early clearing troubles are putting me seriously behind, and it's not fun for a jungler to be 3 levels and however much gold down. Thank you kindly.

11 Comments

SheikaRei11/13/2015, 2:35:15 AM1 votes

I tried doing my Kindred jungle last night, and I used to be able to take Gromp with no leash, but I wasn't able to this time. Yes, I did redo my masteries for Kindred. It just feels like Kindred is now worthless for the position she was DESIGNED for. It saddens me deeply. RIP Kindred You weren't around long, but we will miss you deeply. JK But seriously, Kindred feels next to worthless now.

tommyagun11/13/2015, 2:42:12 AM1 votes

HUNTER's MACHETE WAS NERFED TO KINGDOM COME. This is why you are having clearing problems with her. I used her in the current meta and the only thing I really noticed is that she is mana hungry

Kaita the Unreal11/13/2015, 2:44:52 AM1 votes

Hm, I just tried starting Talisman, and it was better. It wasn't fantastic, but it -was- better. I think it's because her kite-with-Q style makes the 20 on-hit from Machete not worth as much as the DoT and the mana regeneration. I'm still fussing with my masteries, trying to figure out what's most valuable and what isn't.

Dreadlocks11/13/2015, 3:10:00 AM1 votes

Okay, i'm going to assume you've taken all the help you can in the masteries before posting here for help. So if you have taken the safest masteries you can try this: Start->Gromp->wolves->raptors Then back and buy:item 1041 item 1039 item 2031 (you should have 2/3 of them ofc already, buy item 1039 ) Then do your buffs. The other option is to start Redbuff->wolves->skuttlecrab->bluebuff

UberAffe11/13/2015, 3:15:02 AM1 votes

I like going Krugs > Razer Beaks > Scuttle > Red

Kaita the Unreal11/13/2015, 3:19:23 AM1 votes

I'll give the alternate routes a shot, but I was hoping it wouldn't come to that. I don't like to complain about balance, but something seems seriously wrong here.

skyfall61911/13/2015, 3:25:59 AM1 votes

Dont start jng item and flask its a trap. Go jng item 3 pots

tunehunter11/13/2015, 3:27:04 AM1 votes

I had issues with a few junglers, partly do to hunter machette, but another thing I felt was off was Smite timings, but that was fixed with 12 points in the resolve tree. It gets the missing health regen, you just have to be conservative with your mana on your first clear.