Jungle Gold Disparity at Low Elos

MotrColt·5/30/2016, 6:19:33 PM·5 votes·1,092 views

Alright this question is aimed at anyone who has climbed through the Elos as a jungler.

When listening to high Elo streamers answer questions about how low Elo players can improve in order to climb, one of the things they almost always mention is get better at CSing. They say that if you have high levels of CS against these lower players with very little CS per minute numbers, you will just be so much stronger than them that carrying will feel easy.

As a jungle main however, I feel the difference between the clear speeds of low Elo jungle compared to high Elo jungles in ridiculously less than the respective difference in CS between laners at different Elos. As a low Elo jungler how do I make up for this as I try to climb? I have previously been around Silver 4 most seasons and this is my first season playing around Gold 3. Where as most players as they learn to CS better the games start to feel easier, until they climb where others can CS better at which point it starts to even out. As a jungler however I feel that the more I climb, the more my Gold stays the same where as laners have more at higher divisions.

I feel a large part of the reason I was able to climb so fast when I became a jungle main, reaching Gold 3 in a couple months when I had never reached Silver 1 in 2 seasons prior was because I simply had more gold than everyone else on the map and could bully my way through the laners whenever I ganked.

How can I stay impactful in my games as I climb, as the higher I climb, the less powerful my character is relative to the laners who's CS numbers continue to rise?

14 Comments

Dreadlocks5/30/2016, 6:21:48 PM4 votes

The biggest factor here is are you playing a champion that enables fast farming? However, the other way you can increase your CS as a jungler, even if you arn't a rapid farmer is to push a lane with someone if you see someone on the enemy team roam, after a successful gank, OR, holding a lane after someone dies.

Lazypeon1005/30/2016, 6:33:28 PM3 votes

To elaborate on what Red Rengo stated, this is also going to vary game to game as a jungler. CS is important, but objective control is even more so as the jungler. Successfuly ganked top lane, you and top have decent health, and you know where their mis / bot / have an idea where their jungle is? Clear rift herald and give the buff to your lane. Take scuttle crabs when you have a spare moment to get extra gold and a free ward. Their bot lane is dead and your team is looking healthy? Try for a drag after pushing the wave out.

This will help snow ball your team while keeping you busy. You'll end up with decent CS, and a massive feeling like you won the game for your team. Being the jungler means you need heavy map awareness so you can properly gank, counter gank, and take ovjectives. CS is important, just don't focus on it so much you don't help win the game for your team. Hope this helps.

MunchCrunchLunch5/30/2016, 11:00:17 PM1 votes

I'd beg to differ. jungle cs is a lot better than lane cs. because of last hitting in lane.

if you play a ganking early game jungler. your ganking is your focus. if you pick a farming jungler like kindred or yi you farm mostly.