Why is aurelion sol not jungling

snickerpig·5/17/2016, 4:12:57 PM·2 votes·929 views

AurelionSol he has all you need to clear and gank with E and Q combo to gank lanes and a passive to help clear and kite what makes him not as good as fizz he is also ap and has mobility. So someone please tell me why I never see a gank top then soon after then going strait down bot with his E I'm not the best at jg so someone please explain is it that he is to squishy or something I just always thought he would be a better jg

11 Comments

EndlessSorcerer5/17/2016, 4:39:29 PM3 votes

Many reasons, including but not limited to:

  • It delays his core items.
  • His ganks are very unsubtle since you can see his passive orbs while he is in a bush.
  • He's vulnerable to counter-jungling due to his squishiness, awkward clear and inability to really fight people within melee-range early.
  • Other junglers can apply significantly more pressure to the map and function better on less gold.
  • Many team compositions rely on their jungler to provide CC, durability and initiation, which Aurelion Sol lacks.
Vicvictorw5/17/2016, 4:15:25 PM3 votes

Aurelion Sol gets beat up a bit on the early jungle clear and can't do anything about an invade. It's actually a bit of a pain in the ass to juggle damage mitigation and getting those stars to hit the jungle camp. Very slow clear.

He's generally too squishy to work in most team comps as the jungler.

DrCyanide5/17/2016, 4:20:01 PM3 votes

Maybe because he's got the least stealthy ganks ever?

"Oh look, there are orbs rotating around in that river bush! I better let my team know the enemy jungler is in my lane and avoid that bush till he goes away."

If your only way to gank is with Q+E, then you can do that from mid lane just as effectively.

PDE5 Inhib5/17/2016, 4:14:03 PM2 votes

Because AP champs have a bad jg item.

Quil Evrything5/17/2016, 7:10:59 PM1 votes

I've played him jungle. its fun whyen you can do it right.

But clearing is REALLY DIFFICULT. you have to be pro at using aurelion to jungle with him.

Plus they did a stealth patch to make it even MORE difficult. used to be, you could hit bluebuff, activate W, and it would hit the mob. Now they changed it so mob comes closer, JUST INSIDE the hit rage.

RITO dont want aurelion sol jungle. still fun though. once you get ult, if enemy is all up in your tower... you can come behind them, kick their butts some, then ult them BACK INTO YOUR TOWER, and kick their butt some more.

Hullabaloo9075/17/2016, 7:13:25 PM1 votes

Its because you need the roa/rylias combo asap. Jungling him is pretty unreliable because if you dont do well early you are too squishy for teamfights.

Baunjo5/17/2016, 7:28:16 PM1 votes

dodging his stun is not hard when he's coming right beside you LOL. He has to be charging that bitch from the middle of river if he expects to hit anyone smart.

Automatis5/17/2016, 4:16:01 PM1 votes

I do play him in the jungle.

I say this as I'm getting romped in a 4v5 by a Shaco

stealthfox945/17/2016, 4:32:13 PM1 votes

Because his ganks are garbage.

Crazy Chatter5/17/2016, 4:32:41 PM1 votes

In my opinion, he works best in bot lane as apc. Trust me, it works well. For jg, he is a bit squishy and any close ranged jg can get fed off of him unles ur jg pathing is good. For sup, he naturally executes minions easily, so it is quite difficult. For top, he is feed for burst champions like irelia and it gets hards as the game goes on. For mid, he is good against most mages, but most assasins can rek hkm such as fizz, who can make sol shit his pants. Try bot, it works well.