New Jungle does not reward certain playstyles
Riot has promised us diversity within the Jungle, but that seems to be a false promise as of now. The current Jungle not only beats the crap out of the majority of Junglers on the first clear, but it also hinders certain playstyles of the Jungle.
There has been the classic three types of Junglers: Farmers, Controller, and Ganker
The Farmer, as it implies, focuses on farming the Jungle as efficiently as possible in order to have the most stable income of both gold and experience. Their strength lies within their teammates being able to fend for themselves while they slowly gain power though the Jungle creeps in order to come out of the Jungle ready to mow down anyone in their way. Currently, this style of Jungling is surprisingly rewarding as a Jungler is guaranteed to reach level 5 at around the 5:30-600 mark, which was standard in Season 4, and their income is less volatile than that of a Ganker or Controller.
Next is the Controller, who focuses on crippling the enemy Jungler. Traditionally, there was a rock-paper-scissors type of relationship where the Controller would naturally be weaker than the Farmer in terms of playstyle since the Farmer would have a higher chance of outfarming the Controller. The Farmer has knowledge of when creeps respawn; the Controller does not. However, this does not mean that the Controller is unviable; it means they must deal with the disadvantage of the Control playstyle and work harder to cripple the Farmer.
Lastly, we have the Ganker, who, as anyone can tell, focuses on crippling the laners and tries to force the Farmer out of the Jungle in order to help. The Ganker would go lane-to-lane to wreak havoc and have that as source of income and experience. However, the Season 5 Jungle does not favor the Gankers very well. Gankers, unlike the Farmer, do not need as much gold but need more experience instead. What makes this even worse is that Gankers do not gain sufficient experience from Assists or Kills. Consequentially, they will fall significantly far behind for making good plays for their team, like kills, early Dragons, and blown Summoner's. Hence, Gankers are having quite a rough time in the new Jungle right now.
Thus, the current Jungle favors Farmers quite more than the other two playstyles of Jungling right now, and I would like opinions on this topic. Whether you agree or disagree, please discuss below.
: I might argue that this is the Only way to go. it's pretty powerful compared to other smite effects. The only reason I might not take it is if I already have a pretty reliable slow.
: This was Released to be the Prime Camp clear item. But I felt that the nerf to the Original CD on the smite kinda prevented it from becoming goto. And yet their are not real other strong points to it except for the sustain.
: This has the Opposite Problem that the Release Trailblazer had. Though it was indirectly buffed with ammo system, It's just way too situational. If you don't have good opportunities to Counter Jungle, it becomes useless. That being said, if we buff it, it would likely become Over buffed.
: I have no Idea after it got changed thanks to WW. It had become a more translucent ability for improving dueling power. I'm just not sure if the dueling power is enough.