Playing lane phase sucks for everyone but the jungler.

This is a rant post.

I am a jungle main in high diamond, but this patch, playing lane is utterly atrocious. If you're blue side on top lane or purple side on bot lane, you can almost guarantee that you're gonna get your asshole reamed since the enemy jg hits 3 before you hit 2. Sure, you can ward the tri, but if you're pushing and the enemy jg is smart, they can zone you off the next creep wave and force a freeze. If you aren't pushing, they can either flash lane gank you for free kill or the enemy laners can play extra aggressive with no possibility of trading back. Almost every game, the first lane that gets successfully ganked is essentially fucked for good. If you die to a gank, you can ensure that the enemy jungler is going to be 2+ lvs higher than you and bend you over for the remainder of the game.

I feel the pain from both sides, and it reflects in the fact that pretty much every conventional jungler's win rate has gone up 3% or so overall. Even when I'm negative as the jungler and behind on my enemy, I can often still casually 2v1 the bot lane or 1v1 any lane. It's ridiculous how strong you get compared to anyone else on the map.

It's not that I think junglers shouldn't have the ability to carry games, it's just that I don't think they should be the sole decider in nearly every single game. Experience and gold need to be reduced or clearing needs to become significantly harder.

Just did a count btw, in 10 games, 15 junglers had at least a 4 KDA or 10 kills.