What is really wrong with urf jungle?

smile916·4/25/2016, 5:35:07 AM·2 votes·654 views

When I try to play in the jungle, I have gotten hate from my teammates, and some even left the game because I was going to jungle in the game. I still don't see the issue, I have played jungle in the mode 5 times and I won 4 of those games. (if you look in my match history there are more than 5 games where I had smite, but the five were when no one left, and no lanes were empty, so I didn't have to take a lane.)

The idea for me was to have a quick champion that does damage, and can survive in the jungle easily. It was fun to get in a lane, kill or push enemies back, and go solo some jungle objectives while moving at high speeds through the map. The issue was in the working games, when teammates were not prepared to solo a lane at first, but when I ganked the two of us together were prepared to take on the champs and push.

Here are the games I played jungle:

Sona --- victory http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2168554402/202213379?tab=overview

Blitzcrank --- defeat http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2168466073/202213379?tab=overview
------- I think I chose a bad champion for this, or I just didn't really know how to do it right.

Teemo --- victory http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2168452606/202213379?tab=overview -------- this just makes sense, it's the best way to plant mushrooms in the right places

Lulu - stupidly close victory (we won all team fights but they had us down to a nexus for half of the game) http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2168425401/202213379?tab=overview

Sona ---- victory http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2168413819/202213379?tab=overview

7 Comments

Chaos Milk Tea4/25/2016, 5:48:16 AM6 votes

You either need a jungler so oppressive it's worth the level advantageEvelynn a top laner who can handle the duo lane while farming safely at range Ziggs Or to camp top and press your advantage every moment you are higher level than them

TheThundersRoar4/25/2016, 5:38:30 AM2 votes

I dunno, I've gotten the same hate. Maybe it's because there's usually a 2-1-2 comp, so a jungler on one team means the solo has to 1v2 a couple URF champions?

So what? A jungler is almost always the strategically superior option. An extra source of income, plus all the gank potential, and the easy dragon soloing. There's a reason people jungle in normal League, y'know.

EDIT: When I asked one angry teammate what was wrong with me jungling, his response was "Because it's stupid." So I wouldn't expect them all to have intelligent arguments against it.

Athenes Lulu4/25/2016, 5:45:21 AM1 votes

I mean, 1v2 against something like Ezreal LeeSin ? Have fun with that.

Though I'm just giving a possible explanation on why people despise jungling in URF.

JRobin314/25/2016, 7:27:31 AM1 votes

Some players hate in casual games - even URF: the ultra rare funmode. They treat it serious-like.

BeatzBoyFTW4/25/2016, 7:40:06 AM1 votes

No one wants a gank when they can spam their abilities at no cost.