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Champions that can clear the jungle

SlimyDan·2/5/2015, 10:21:49 PM·9 votes·9,491 views

This page doesn’t have any tl:dr but you don’t actually have to read much because I have pictures. This thread is just about what champions are able to clear the new jungle because there are a lot of people that worry that the jungle is no longer able to be done by a lot of the junglers with less sustain.

I’ve sorted them into 2 groups; champions that can clear 4 camps, and champions that can clear all the camps. The reason I went with 4 camps is I figured that’s enough to buy the hunter’s machete upgrade and some health potions and maybe a vision ward. I also haven’t bothered with some of the junglers that never really had trouble surviving like Fiddles, Nunu, Warwick, Olaf etc.. Another thing to note is that I do not play most of these champions in jungle so if you think that you can do a better job than me at clearing the jungle with certain champions then you’re probably right.

For all of these champions I only use 3 rune pages. Also I’m only level 28 so I’m pretending I have all the masteries.

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Champions who can clear 4 camps

Anivia Notes: After succeeding with AD Vel’Koz jungle I thought I would try AD Anivia. I had 21/9/0 masteries. The problem I found with her is she had huge mana costs and I could only clear 4 camps Skill order: E, Q, E Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves http://i.imgur.com/1UaySfH.png

Rengar Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Use your fury for an empowered W because it is your only sustain. Regar was a close one, I nearly cleared the entire jungle multiple times but everytime I would die at 4 ferocity with my Q half a second off cooldown and the camp nearly dead. Skill order: Q, W, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/iHpw7EU.png

Sivir Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Sivir has high mana costs and she can’t use her spell shield in jungle so it makes it very difficult to do a full clear. I only managed to do 4 camps. Her clear style is just like all the other ADC’s to be honest. Skill order: W, Q, W Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves http://i.imgur.com/TBIoQdD.png

Wukong Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Wukong isn’t too complicated and doesn’t really need too much explanation. Skill order: E, W, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite) http://i.imgur.com/AzQvrLd.png

Champions who I cleared the entire jungle with

Alistar Notes: For runes & masteries I focus on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page, the reason I don’t go AP to begin with is that his CDs are too long and his passive isn’t effective enough to make use of the AP, I tried to go AP a couple times but it just wasn’t effective. Also the reason I get W at level 3 is not so you can headbutt the camp over the wall it’s for ganks because with your heal you can usually heal to around 60-70% health on your way for a gank and it means you have some quite scary ganks because you show up at high health and ram them into your teammate. Skill order: Q, E, W Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/bTxKgsC.png http://i.imgur.com/Kbq8qgx.png

Amumu Notes: For R&M I focused on ability power with 9/21/0 masteries. Try to kite the camps around a bit to lower the number of attacks it gets on you but otherwise it’s not too bad. Skill order: W, E, Q Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/RIRboOj.png http://i.imgur.com/m7pMcsF.png

Caitlyn Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Caitlyn was the first ADC I tried jungle because I thought that if I lay down a bunch of traps before the camps spawn I could get through much more easily. I then found that the traps didn’t work on monsters. The difference between whether you make it through the whole jungle or die to the second camp is whether you can effectively kite the camps. You can negate damage by going outside the leash range but don’t do it for too long or the camp will reset. For Raptors and Wolves go outside the range and kill the little ones first then the big one is easy. When you can try to shoot from inside the bush as it makes your passive stack faster. Use your net toss when it gets close and try to hit the monster with it because it will slow it and make it easier to kite. Don’t use your net toss on small monsters or you’ll run out of mana. Skill order: W, Q, W Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/IZ0Jxrz.png http://i.imgur.com/dPJbLPU.png

Cho’Gath Notes: For R&M I focused on attacks speed with a 21/9/0 mastery page. After taking wolves you’ll get to level 3 but I find that for taking gromp I don’t need to use my W and it just drains your mana so wait until you get blue buff before you start using your W. Skill order: E, Q, W Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/ZdmOJX0.png http://i.imgur.com/O3IfoiQ.png

Gangplank Notes: For runes & masteries I focus on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Your Q applies on hit effects so cast it in between aa animations to build up stacks on the gift of heavy hands faster. Also one thing to note with the picture is that I forgot to take a screenshot at 4 camps so I instead have a screenshot at 5 camps. Skill order: Q, W, E Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Blue(smite), Gromp, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/EXviNq0.png http://i.imgur.com/0rUwwJp.png

Graves Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. The difference between whether you make it through the whole jungle or die to the second camp is whether you can effectively kite the camps. You can negate damage by going outside the leash range but don’t do it for too long or the camp will reset. For Raptors and Wolves go outside the range and kill the little ones first then the big one is easy. I found that by the time I had finish red buff I was close to full health and had only used one potion. Use your dash when the large monster is about to get to you so you avoid the shot. I found Grave was really easy and after I cleared the whole jungle I then cleared raptors, krugs, wolves, then gromp. Skill order: Q, E, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/bZRlrR9.png http://i.imgur.com/nM4se7c.png http://i.imgur.com/WVxekNl.png

Jax Notes: For runes & masteries I focus on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Use your counter strike just before the large monster hits you to maximize the use you get from it, other than that he’s pretty easy. Skill order: W, E, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Blue(smite), Gromp, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/22LiLFb.png http://i.imgur.com/qZMYHI0.png

Kayle Notes: For the Runes I focused on attack speed but for the masteries I focused on ability power with 21/9/0 masteries. I didn’t try going for a full AP jungle Kayle but this worked so I don’t care that much. When you’ve activated your E make sure to try to kite the camps so you take less damage Skill order: E, W, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Blue(smite), Gromp(smite), Raptors http://i.imgur.com/h2rn4xc.png http://i.imgur.com/z74PnsZ.png

Lee Sin Notes: For runes & masteries I focus on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page. To be honest I didn’t think he would be able to clear the whole jungle and when I did do it as you can see on the mini map the mid lane was pushed to the tower and because I was almost level 4 I accidentally stole enough lane experience to get to level 4 before taking the Raptors, but I think even if you only had a single quint of experience that would be enough to get to level 4 from 5 camps so for that reason I allowed this accidental experience stealing. For Lee Sin remember that you get spell vamp from your second activation of W (because why not) so make sure that you only use your smite then so that you get the healing. Try to make good use of your passive by having 2 auto attacks between each spell cast. Skill order: Q, W, E Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/nAkKYX7.png http://i.imgur.com/LJ56tuQ.png

Leona Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 9/21/0 mastery page. With the gift of heavy hands you have 2 stuns but keep an eye on the counter so you don’t use both stuns in one attack and try to use your shield just before the large monster hits you so you get maximum use of your armor. When fighting the Raptors focus the little ones first before killing the big one. Skill order: Q, W, W Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs(smite), Raptors http://i.imgur.com/4jzWPxF.png http://i.imgur.com/xiuxZZt.png

Lucian Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. The difference between whether you make it through the whole jungle or die to the second camp is whether you can effectively kite the camps. You can negate damage by going outside the leash range but don’t do it for too long or the camp will reset. For Raptors and Wolves go outside the range and kill the little ones first then the big one is easy. Lucian’s jungling is quite similar to Graves’ except you want to try to aa between powers so you get more damage from your passive. Skill order: Q, E, W Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/dyT5fJI.png http://i.imgur.com/e5poBJ5.png

Malphite Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on ability power with a 9/21/0 mastery page. It can help your survivability if you wait for your shield between camps but it hurts your clear times. I did try AD Malphite but I found that AP was better for survivability and it's better for damage Skill order: E, W, E Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/a2bbFPJ.png http://i.imgur.com/C8OV95l.png

Master Yi Notes: For R&M I focused on attack speed with 21/9/0 masteries. Try to use your Q to dodge the attacks of the large monsters. Against wolves I found I could make a net gain in health when meditating and I think I also meditated temporarily with the raptor camp. Skill order: Q, W, E Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/nNNVMFU.png http://i.imgur.com/V9yPmYg.png

Morgana Notes: I know what you’re thinking, that I’m all talk and that Morgana couldn’t possibly clear the entire jungle but hear me out. For R&M I go with the AP rune page and I found that 9/21/0 masteries worked best. I was able to do 21/9/0 masteries but it got very close and I nearly died. So lets start at the beginning, your passive gives you 10% spell vamp and that applies to smite so when you start Gromp only smite him after his second attack. When taking blue you want to keep moving between attacks and if you can, try to keep him in your pool, don’t go outside his leash range for too long or he will reset. For the wolves you want to start by attacking them and then running outside the leash range, while they run back and forth use your powers and kill the small wolves. Once the small wolves are dead start kiting the large wolf, he should be easy to solo and you should have gained health while they were in your running back and forth in your pool.
For Red and Krugs use the same tactic as used on blue. For the Raptors you use the same technique as used on the wolves. Once the mini chickens are dead the big one is easy to solo. Skill order: W, Q, W Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs(smite), Raptors http://i.imgur.com/n8MfKIw.png http://i.imgur.com/jDu3kKK.png

Nautilus Notes: For R&M I focused on attack speed with 9/21/0 masteries. While your shield is up your attacks deal extra damage so try to use it just before your aa so that you can get maximum damage out of your shield before it’s destroyed. Skill order: W, E, W Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs, Raptors http://i.imgur.com/EZvH8SD.png http://i.imgur.com/VG3cVhb.png

Poppy Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on attack damage with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Poppy is fairly straight forward in jungle, but only use your W at the start of a camp otherwise you’re just wasting mana. By the time you get to doing blue your mana is a little low so you could instead do blue before Gromp. Skill order: Q, W, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/xIaSYsl.png http://i.imgur.com/fUjNB9s.png

Renekton Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on attack damage with a 9/21/0 mastery page. Use your fury on your empowered Q so your get more healing. You have to wait around 10-15 seconds after red for your smite to be off cooldown Skill order: W, Q, Q Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs(smite), Raptors http://i.imgur.com/g6f4ZaD.png http://i.imgur.com/Dvctem1.png

Shen Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on ability power with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Shen is really easy in jungle because I knew he could do the whole jungle just I didn’t know he could do it with almost fully health, basically you can’t go wrong with him. Skill order: Q, W, Q Camp order: Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/wCSQZHs.png http://i.imgur.com/qvR2jrW.png

Tristana Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on AD with a 21/9/0 mastery page. The difference between whether you make it through the whole jungle or die to the second camp is whether you can effectively kite the camps. You can negate damage by going outside the leash range but don’t do it for too long or the camp will reset. For Raptors and Wolves go outside the range and kill the little ones first then the big one is easy.Use your jump defensively as it will save you more health than you will have dealt. When taking blue you can actually have it follow you all around the other side of the wall. Skill order: E, Q, W Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/aNEQfXA.png http://i.imgur.com/31Hzg5D.png

Tryndamere Notes: For runes & masteries I focused on attack speed with a 21/9/0 mastery page. I went with attack speed so I could get fury faster so I would get more healing. Taking 4 camps isn’t too bad but to clear the entire jungle I felt was too based on whether I landed a crit or not, I managed to get through on my first attempt and I’m not Tryndamere player so its quite possible that there’s a better way to get through without risking your life too much. Skill order: Q, E, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/0eVZM4S.png http://i.imgur.com/6rYZftu.png

Vel’Koz Notes: Ok I was initially trolling around with this one but I went AD Vel’Koz and it worked well. I had 21/9/0 masteries and basically you play him the same way as any of the other ADC’s. AP Vel’Koz might also work but I haven’t tried it. Skill order: Q, W, E Camp order: Krugs(smite), Raptors, Red(smite), Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue http://i.imgur.com/nfkYHKU.png http://i.imgur.com/hzDiBv2.png

Xin Zhao Notes: For R&M you’ll want to focus on attack speed with a 21/9/0 mastery page. Xin isn’t too complicated and doesn’t really need too much explanation. Skill order: Q, W, Q Camp order: Krugs(smite), Red, Wolves, Gromp(smite), Blue, Raptors(smite) http://i.imgur.com/ugq1xOT.png http://i.imgur.com/PLlMiw5.png

I don’t own everything and there are a lot of champions that I would like to know if they can clear the jungle. Aatrox Akali Blitzcrank Braum Diana Elise Evelynn Galio Hecarim Heimerdinger Irelia JarvanIV Khazix Maokai Nidalee Nocturne Pantheon Rammus RekSai Riven Sejuani Shaco Shyvana Singed Skarner Taric Trundle Udyr Vi Volibear Zac

I've got Nasus and DrMundo, I just haven't bothered to try them yet.

I also have a theory that an attack speed Kalista might be able to stand outside the leash range of a camp adding stacks of rend and then when she goes in she might be able to take out the camp without having taken much damage.

If you have any questions then ask away.

34 Comments

Skia Asteri2/6/2015, 2:06:25 AM3 votes

Evelynn Can clear the whole jungle if you start red side. I think it might be possible on a good run (very little room for error) starting blue side but would be pretty inefficient as you would have to come back for Gromp after doing the rest of the jungle (he is OP). His smite buff is very weak for Eve compared to smiting Krugs and Red.

How to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxij1OwMUDY

Rune page used is to most common set up according to http://champion.gg/champion/Evelynn/Jungle on patch 5.2 in Plat+ ranked matches as of this post (and highest win % for that matter).

Skia Asteri2/6/2015, 6:16:04 AM2 votes

Nidalee can do a full clear going Krugs (smite) > Raptors > Red (smite) > Blue (smite) > Wolves (do before blue if not low on mana) > Gromp. Skill order is Q > E > W.

Basically the same mastery and rune setup I use with Evelynn (see previous post), except taking the AS mastery instead of CDR.

TTUPhoenix2/5/2015, 10:51:08 PM1 votes

Sejuani can clear 4 camps alright. I go W-E-W for skills. It is kind of rough though. Vi can clear the whole jungle, no prob. I often have one of my starting two pots left after my first clear, especially if you're good about setting up for her shield passive.

Father Liir2/5/2015, 11:08:56 PM1 votes

Yorick I've been told can clear the Jungle And I've seen claims of Dragon Soloing at Lvl 3

Kitten of Evil2/5/2015, 11:10:26 PM1 votes

Kha'Zix has a rough time, from my attempts. I need a leash and even then, it's no more than 4 camps.

BakedLotion2/5/2015, 11:14:26 PM1 votes

Diana and akali can clear all the camps if u can do it correctly

Ulric Greatsword2/6/2015, 12:04:18 AM1 votes

Mundo can clear the whole jungle if you build him right. Try going for attack speed, starting with E, and smiting kruggs to start out.

Silents4292/6/2015, 1:03:46 AM1 votes

I am pretty sure every champion can clear now.

SlimyDan2/6/2015, 1:27:10 AM1 votes

I tried Leona again and found I could do the whole jungle with AD runes, 9/21/0 masteries and went Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs(smite), Raptors. For the raptor camp I killed each little one first then the big one.

Fyzzex2/6/2015, 1:42:55 AM1 votes

Just tried the kallista in some customs for the clear times and they might be better for a higher tier jungler but i usually finish 3 camps @ about the 340 mark after starting red side for the krug smite. I go from krugs to raptors to wait for the cd on my smite then red. After red I can usually clear 2 more camps before having to back.

For a build I'm liking trailblazer into devourer enchant for more sustain and AS. After devourer I go vamp or double daggers ending with a BORK. Double daggers are nice to kite the camp around(@ 1.35 AS i can kite the wolves and krugs and take about 200 dmg) while vamp is good for the sustain. Also I would suggest doing this when you duo with a friend and try to get them to go top and build tank because with 2 items + your jungle item you can generally duo baron if you have any type of sustain to deal with the aoe of baron. A tankier teamfight based jungle build might be closer to Machete into devourer into runaans into Frozen Mallet, grabbing a vamp scepter during Runaans to aid in sustain. This build will allow you to take more punishment and generally assist your team more by utilizing the passives synergy, however you will lack for damage that you would otherwise have with the greedier Bork build.

Without more extensive testing, I'm not completely sold on this but I do think jungle kallista has a chance, albeit not a good a chance as ADC Kallista

SlimyDan2/6/2015, 1:53:54 AM1 votes

I just tried Renekton again and I managed to complete the whole jungle however due to his faster clears speeds I had to wait around by Krugs for about 10-15 seconds for the smite. I had an AD rune page, a 9/21/0 mastery page, my skill order was W, Q, Q and my camp order was Gromp(smite), Blue, Wolves, Red(smite), Krugs(smite), Raptors.

blueberrypancake2/6/2015, 2:01:44 AM1 votes

What about TF Jungle?

Diostukos2/6/2015, 2:22:43 AM1 votes

Someone do jungle Sona.

straight4free2/6/2015, 2:24:42 AM1 votes

You missed Zyra.

What Is Smite2/6/2015, 4:01:28 AM1 votes

Fiora is a 4 camp jungle clear as well, order for skills is W>E>Q, W gives damage mitigation and AD while E gives AS and MS finally Q is a double cast with the 2nd being free and both casts have a .6 bonus AD scaling (so 1.2 bonus AD scaling on the skill)

Dingding1232/6/2015, 5:19:07 AM1 votes

Tryndamere with AP masteries that spams Q can indefinitely survive in the jungle.

You can then rush Stalker's Blade - Devourer and yes it is broken.

insaiyanbacca2/6/2015, 6:47:54 AM1 votes

hecarim can clear the jungle quite well with a generic jungle route, volibear can clear for a long time due to his aoe fear shaco is start a buff start placing boxes at it at 55 secs clear wolves do other buff gank. udyr just clears everything, trundle starts krugs. skarner starts krugs too. and thats all ive got that might help hope it does help

Dar Raksada2/6/2015, 10:56:24 AM1 votes

Diana is indeed a fine jungler, but don't forget that Twitch can jungle as well, my route is golems --> raptors --> red --> grab fb at midlane. While it's true that you'll have some minor issues if you don't get an early kill he can still clear just fine if you know how to kite the mobs for a bit. I personally get vamp. sceptre and devourer asap and then just build depending on the situation. (Usually something like Bork/BT, LW, IE, swiftness/mobi boots).

Not sure if Karma can still clear.

Only Play Darius2/6/2015, 3:30:15 PM1 votes

Too bad new jg is so reliant on runes. I'm playing on my smurf account and jgling is almost near impossible as anyone except MasterYi orWarwick because i don't even have access to a full rune page, let alone T3 runes.

Saint Millay2/6/2015, 3:33:41 PM1 votes

Aatrox can clear the whole jungle no problem. Attack speed Quints, AD Marks, Armor Seals. 9/21/0 Masteries. Udyr can clear the whole jungle no problem. Attack speed Quints, AD Marks, Armor Seals. 21/9/0 Masteries. Diana can clear 4 camps (haven't tried more.) Attack speed Marks, AP Quints, Armor Seals. 21/9/0 Masteries.

SlimyDan2/8/2015, 11:09:12 PM1 votes

I updated the champion list, I found that a lot of the ADC's have a huge advantage in jungle and most of them can clear the entire jungle, I initially was just trying out Caitlyn because I thought that if I lined up a bunch of traps at the start I could clear the first buff without taking damage. I found out the that didn't work but I also found that you could still take the krugs while barely taking any damage.

This update adds Sivir, Anivia, Caitlyn, Lucian, Graves, Tristana, Vel'Koz.

I've done Ashe and Nasus as well, I just haven't written anything for them yet.

I've also done a fully clear with Annie but I didn't like how long it took and that I had to smite red buff twice so I'll try to find a better way for her. I also haven't done a full clear with Mundo yet, I know he's possible I just haven't succeeded yet.

Talamare2/5/2015, 10:27:27 PM1 votes

+1 For effort

Slim Chaedi2/10/2015, 12:38:10 AM1 votes

Using 18/9/3 masteries, attack speed quints and hybrid pen marks on Karma I clear gromp -> blue - > wolves -> red.

Diostukos2/5/2015, 10:30:49 PM1 votes

Taric can clear about 3-4 on his first clear, but it's kind of slow. 2 points into Q with a W max; Trailblazer-Juggernaut, Frozen Heart, Trinity Force, Righteous Glory, Ninja Tabi, Spirit Visage/Randuins.