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How the fuck are you supposed to play jungle without feeding and be actually able to enjoy the game?

FennekIsBronze·11/4/2019, 12:11:23 AM·22 votes·12,878 views

So I mainly play midlane and figured that jungle would be a good secondary role because I like roaming champions and jungle ties pretty closely with mid lane. I can seem to play every other role to a decent extent and find enjoyment with them but HOLY FUCK do I feed when I play jungle. It's not even like I'm playing a mechanically difficult jungler either, I played Nunu and still got my shit kicked in. The worst part about it is that playing jungle is insanely tilting compared to every other role I played. I honestly have no idea how any sane person would play this role, it is the most unfun role I have played in this game. I try to play to get objectives and get good ganks as well as taking camps and keeping track of the enemy jungler and it usually goes fine for the first 5 minutes and then I die and then die again and again and again and again. It gets to a point where I stop caring and just want to leave, so I can do something else and forget about that game. Sorry for the long rant, it's just really tilting to try as hard as you can and still end up 0/4 5 games in a row. Any advice is appreciated.

Edit: Thanks for all of your feedback, I decided to look back at my replays to see what I did wrong and what the opponent did right and play a game with Xin Zhao, it may have not been the best game ever but I did infinitely better than my last few jungle games. I got my Yasuo super fed and won the game. Will be playing more games and trying to improve more. Thanks!

83 Comments

Devouring Death11/4/2019, 12:14:04 AM16 votes

I didn't read the actual body of this because I already know the answer. Here it is: one doesn't play league to enjoy the game. The sky is blue, the grass is green, League is not fun and everyone's mean. :P But we play it because we're all addicted.

huhndog11/4/2019, 1:39:15 AM11 votes

Maybe nunu doesn't fit your playstyle. Have you considered trying early game junglers like Olaf, xin, and j4 where your objective is to get your laners fat?

doujinshiii11/4/2019, 4:39:58 AM10 votes

Jungle is the most complicated role, there are very little things that helps you win a fight. It's actually like playing chess if I'm being honest. I play jungle and I found my place as a Zac main, I recently picked him up and he has been a blast, I have a pretty good KDA and I duo with a midlaner so that I can have someone to rely on to carry games. You need to find your champ on jungle and you need to revolve on the playstyle. For me I am a tank jungler, I love giving my teammates kills and letting them carry but sometimes me dying over and over is frustrating so I usually only gank or fight when I'm sure my teammates can back me up. If you find yourself dying over and over on ganks, you need to be sure your laner understands you're ganking and hes able to follow up. If you're just getting caught out or you initiate teamfights without backup, you need vision. Nunu cannot skirmish any of the top tier junglers right now, he relies too much on your team. It's not like its abnormal either because although I love playing Eve or Rengar, I do bad or mediocre.

Subdue11/4/2019, 5:59:56 AM6 votes

Jungler is my favorite role. More than any other role, jungler's need to understand macro play. You're rarely going to be the king, but you'll often be the kingmaker.

GankLord11/4/2019, 4:42:26 AM4 votes

It's usually the other way around by 5 minutes in this season at least you can tell which lanes are a lost cause depending on the nature of their deaths. I don't think I've been in a game yet where withing 5 minutes someone has not died whether it be to a laner or to the jungler. Invades are an exception.

NiceTryVi11/4/2019, 7:11:05 AM3 votes

Hopefully you have learned from this and will help your jungler in the future. One of the reasons jungle is hard is because you have to herd your teammates as well as playing against the opposing jungler. Help your jungler by placing wards, don't flame them if you solo die in your lane while they were across the map, and respond to pings.