[PSA]: Always Take Smite if you Jungle

Agent Corgi··1 votes·616 views

If you are assigned or Queued up for Jungle, always take the Smitesummoner 11 summoner spell with you. If you would like to use something like ignite or Exhaust with you, substitute your flash instead. Normally Flash is extremely important & is used by 99.9% of all players, but Jungling is balanced around the Smite Spell & you will be at a MAJOR Disadvantage for not having it.

Here's an example, I played a game of Solo Queue just the other day where our Jungler chose Flash/Ignite as his summoner spells (This was done intentionally, but that's a post for another day). Since he did not have Smite, he was at a EXP disadvantage for the entire game. By the time he got to Level 2-3, all 9 other players had reached Levels 6-7.

Once again I ask that if you Jungle, please take the Smite Summoner Spell with you. Also worth mentioning, You can also run Summoners Spell book, but make sure you equip smite in Champion Select so you can buy your Jungling items (which give you Bonus EXP that is Quintessential to Jungling, can't Jungle without it).

4 Comments

Pokemonred2002 votes

I genuinely hate that the experience and jungle items are tied to smite now. That wasn't the case with the Spirit Items or Wriggle's Lantern/Feral Flare, which were Season 4's jungle items, but if it was done this way to prevent widespread abuse by laners (like Vlad building Spirit of the Spectral Wraith back in the day), I feel like it's more of a problem with item design than anything :/

If anything, item 1041 and item 1039 should become available without smite, but not allow you to upgrade into item 3715, item 3706, or item 3711, so that you won't be screwed out of experience just because you failed to start with jungle items.

Ellis Dee1 votes

only problem i have is occasionaly forgetting to take smite after i play support or something. then i ruined the game for everyone. what i don't get is why they don't just force smite into the jungle role in champ select. I mean if i dont take smite the game is a loss so i just leave to save the half hour. that ruins 5 ppls game for no reason.

like even just a little pop up during choose your loadout that says hey dumbass don't forget smite!

Agent Corgi1 votes

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If anything, item 1041 and item 1039 should become available without smite, but not allow you to upgrade into item 3715, item 3706, or item 3711, so that you won't be screwed out of experience just because you failed to start with jungle items.

I Agree with this 110%.

VeganScout1 votes

Even with smite, youll get useless junglers.

Like they dont do anything other than farm, feed,and refuse surrender, even though they are 0/9.

Just pray you dont get children on your games.

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