I thought the point of the item was to allow tank junglers the chance to maintain strong health throughout the jungle while limiting the offensive capabilities of a fast clear/strong gank. It seems like it is not keeping enough health on tanks though and isn't much different than just starting with machete anyway to get the increased damage and lifesteal.
Cherysse1 votesThe new early jungler items have too many issues above them, they don't provide enough sustain as they used to, mainly because Machete is now focused on Auto-Attack based champs and Hunter's Talisman is focused on champs that can spam skills, and there are many champions that can't spam skills and many others that are AD champs but are not focused on their autos (AD-Casters).
Wolfram Oxford1 votes
Tito can use it well
Silents4291 votesCurious but what tank are you having a problem with?
Because hunters talisman was praised for being better then the machete, and I haven't had any problems making healthy clears on my tanks.
PapaGreg211 votesI play a lot of Sejuani and she has been getting low on clears unless I am able to wait for smite to recharge when getting scuttle. I have had to do 2 small camps before grabbing the first buff just to make sure I had enough health so I wouldn't get 1 shotted by a counter jungler.
Doctor Jarvis1 votesSej has...always had that problem. Like that's always been the biggest drawback of playing her. Learn how to double jungle and teach your top laner to do it with you.
Slamurai Jack1 votesI feel like you just have bad rune and mastery setups if the jungle is giving you this much trouble on Sej. I've been playing her a bunch recently and I've been able to farm up enough gold to get my upgraded smite or a machete+hunters potion before backing every single game.