I hate the concept of counter ganking

Oakleaf Ranger·Aug 12, 2016·2 votes·444 views

It means my laner is putting themselves in vulnerable position to be ganked. I have to waste time for what essentially feels like baby sitting. It assumes the enemy jungler is going to come to gank who could just be farming instead getting ahead in gold and exp. Basically it feels like an ineffective tactic from my perspective that I dislike doing as a jungler. The times I do think I can get away with it is when other lanes are ahead and I'm able to spend time really focusing a specific lane. Even then at that point I would rather focus on objectives or putting the other jungler behind instead sharing exp with my laners.

5 Comments

warpenguin555Aug 12, 20161 votes

well i mean you dont have to. if you dont think you can win the 2v2 just dont.

AstôlfoAug 12, 20161 votes

Except it's better to just countergank and at least apply pressure. Or, with you there, you could turn it around and even get a kill or two.

lilpokflufAug 12, 20161 votes

Well counter ganking isn't something that is required to be a good jungler. It just puts you a little closer to being a great jungler. There's plenty of successful junglers that don't counter gank. But apply pressure elsewhere, and it has nothing to do with you baby sitting a laner, some enemy junglers will force the gank onto your Lanes regardless of how safe they are playing. think gragas flash/body slam covers A lot of distance and can pretty much force a gank even under tower.

Oakleaf RangerAug 12, 20161 votes

ew don't remind me. Gragas RekSai Volibear and to a lesser extent Elise are so obnoxious at brute forcing ganks even when near the tower. Glad most of them are getting nerfed though.