The good thing about the devourer meta was that the JG had a reason to stay in the jungle.
I miss the tiny wolf that would follow you around and grow :'( rip. It was so fun to get the stacks it made clearing feel more of a priority. I always thought too it would be cool if they brought back the wolf that grows or add a different spirit animal for each smite item that grows with stacks and gives a small bonus stat for its respective jungle item at full growth.