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Recommend some Junglers?

Sir Fuzzy Claws·12/5/2017, 6:21:43 AM·1 votes·572 views

I'm looking for a jungle who can split/go tanky defend turrets and has good initiation in fights. Right now, I am maining Udyr I love him and all but I feel that there's so little he can do. He's great at split pushing and getting down obj, and going tanky on him ok decent at most but he has no real initiation. and I can't defend turrets for the life of me. I like Amumu/Rammus they are super tanky and deal a surprising amounts of dmg but they are meh in the pushing although Amumu is decent at that.

For me, its really hard to chose a jungler bc alot of the time we lack dmg or we lake the tankyness or top doesn't like to split push so I do it myself. I'm really looking for a good jack of all trades type if you get what I mean.

Some That I will be trying more are:

Shyv: she can clear pretty fast as tons of with her E and gets pretty tanky with her ult. but Her ganks are kinda meh, but looks good for initiations.

Vi: I see alot of people play her full Leth Assassin, I think her ult would be great for initiating on the carry too and she has some good ganks too. Has anyone tried Aftershock on her? How did that play out with her ulting into the enemy?

Kha: The only reason I have him listed is bc I'm always told that someone who knows how to play Kha can carry games but he's not the tanky or split pushing type IMO.

So, what advice ya'll have for me?

5 Comments

vgamedude12/5/2017, 6:35:41 AM1 votes

JarvanIV

BeastOfCaerbanog12/5/2017, 8:41:21 AM1 votes

I played a bit of Aftershock Vi. Generally what i went for is bruiser build. Warrior ench + trinity force + defensive boots and from there just tank items.

Ironically it's both great and sucks at the same time. It's great if you manage to get to that first real armor and beyond. But before that you're really squishy and melee. A very bad combo for midgame.

But without trinity force (the major hold up before you start armoring up) you do no damage and can't really duel. So in short - bruiser Vi works, but only given you have a real tank in your team and avoid solo engages mid-game unless you're positive you can grab that kill and get to safety right after.

Tegash12/5/2017, 2:56:25 PM1 votes

Shyv and Vi are both excellent picks, especially with the state of items right now. The Bloodrazor+TriSterak's build gives insane amounts of damage and still allows you to build some tank. On Shyv I personally like to top it off with Death's Dance, Visage, and either Ninja Tabi or DMP (if the game runs long enough).

Since you favour tanky/splitpush champs these might interest you:

Rek'Sai - What's not to love. Great engage, good use of Draktharr passive, great tankiness. Since the rework to Burrow/Unburrow she has really bad early sustain, but becomes a lategame monster. Very good at moshpitting during teamfights and making picks.

Master Yi - More to the end of splitpushing than tanking but if he gets off the ground you have to send at least three people to deal with his split push. Two won't cut it if he's fed enough.

Nocturne - A great counterpick, incidentally, if the enemy team has chosen Yi or Xin Zhao! He benefits from a little bit of tank stats, particularly health to boost his passive heal, and again makes great use of Draktharr pops.

Jax - Another good counter to Yi and Xin, since he can delete autoattacks. Scales really hard in the lategame, and since he gets MR and Armour for free by building AP and AD respectively, you can make great use of hybrid builds focused on Guinsoo and Gunblade!

Yorick - Somewhat of an offmeta pick, but his sustain and push are ridiculous. After 6 he can solo any Dragon and even Herald easily. Great hybrid damage, so he's almost impossible to build resistances against.

AlienPrimate12/5/2017, 3:12:25 PM1 votes

You could do what I do and go Taric jung. I think he has everything you are looking for by your description except for his engage being a little weak by himself. His engage is insane with a teammate who has mobility though. His ganks are very strong and counterganks are one of the best in the game in my opinion. He can push down towers very quickly with his doubled attack speed and sheen procs. He can be super tanky while still dealing high amounts of damage (passive gives him doubled attack speed and on hit damage based on his armor). He can solo dragon and baron easily early in the game. I always take dragon at level 5 after my first back with a control ward and have soloed baron with 2 completed items at level 13. My favorite part about him in the jungle though is that people always underestimate his strength. I get invaded all the time and get first blood against the enemy jungler because they have no clue as to how much damage Taric's passive does. He has 1.6 attack speed at level 1 to give you an idea.