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Jungle questions

MohawkBeaver·5/28/2015, 3:20:25 AM·1 votes·389 views

I had a couple quick questions to put out there.

I'm a jungle main in solo queue and was wondering if maining shaco and rengar was not an advisable method for climbing. They suite my preferred jungle style well, assasiny, early gank, counter jungle, but I'm not sure if their really THAT strong a pick for solo queue. I get that tier lists and shit arent everything, but I dont wanna voluntarily put myself at a disadvantage in game by maining them. Thoughts?

Whenever I play jungle, no matter what champion I'm playing I pretty much always get boots of mobility, never anything else, since it seems that being able to get across lanes faster is the best possible benefit for any jungler to get out of boots, so idk. Is that a bad way to go about it? Would boots of mobility be bad for certain champions in the jungle?

I've been thinking about this but I'm not quite sure. Would sightstone be a worthwhile purchase for junglers? Specificially for those who would spend a larger amount of time in the enemy jungle? Idk, Thoughts?

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YourPalMal5/28/2015, 3:41:22 AM1 votes

The purpose of Shaco is to dominate the early game so that the rest of your team has such an advantage that they can overcome the fact that shaco falls off. Shaco can then assassinate during team fights and split push during late game confidently knowing his te is fine with a huge snowballing gold advantage. Rengar doesn't fall off as much. Honestly I think in most situations boots of mobility works well with ganking junglers. Shaco is squishy, and thus can't benefit as much from the defensive boots. It depends though. I'd recommend paying attention to your team comp and their abilities to make a good determination in late game as to his best abilities. Static shiv and other items are very helpful for split pushing.

Sights tone is situational also. Keep in mind a bunch if the gold used up for it goes into health. So if you feel that isn't a good use of gold then don't get it. For example it's really efficient with lee who can ward jump and also benefits from tanks health. With Shaco you're better off just buying wards imo since the health isn't the best use of gold on him.

What will make you a better jungler is when you start to really pay attention to where the enemy jungler is at all times. This will make your counter jingle game much more effective. If you start saying stuff in chat like "jungler is top lets get dragon" or run to his red side when you see him gamk a far lane then you'll really up your game. Wards are always helpful but just this situational awareness will help you since you will have tabs on the jungler and may not even need a ward to get a quick big minion