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When to buy which Offensive Items on which Devourer Junglers?

Xenos11111·2/6/2016, 8:04:41 PM·3 votes·711 views

So first off, when I jungle I literally only buy Devourer on the junglers I play due to the great duelling potential it offers once it's Sated. My main picks at the moment are Yi and Shyvana, but there are still others I'm interested in.

What I'm wondering about is what people think are the best items that synergize with the champions when they're building Devourer, and what items you think are over/underrated on said champions.

Keep in mind I'm only asking about offensive items here, and these are the main ones I'm looking at and what my thoughts are:

  • Blade of the Ruined King: While it's a fair bit worse off than it was in S5, I still think it's a decent item to get with Devourer, because of the attack speed, on-hit synergy, sustain, and the Active that it gives.

  • Titanic Hydra: I love this item on certain champions, as it gives a combination of AD, health, on-hit damage and AoE. I see it as a very potent and underrated item on champions like Master Yi, who can proc it twice per auto attack at a very high speed.

  • Guinsoo's Rageblade: I'm still not sure how I feel about this item. I can see why it's a strong buy, as it's one of the most cost-effective items at 8 stacks and gives a ton of attack speed. I can see it being a must have on champions like Jax and Xin Zhao who have decent AP scaling, but I still don't know whether it's worth it on champions who don't have that AP scaling.

  • Wit's End: I feel like this is a niche item that offers a nice combination of attack speed, magic on-hit damage, and Magic Resistance/MR shred. I quite often buy this item on Master Yi, as the bonus MR is pretty handy for surviving burst, and it also gives him a good boost in hybrid damage.

There are a few other items that may also be situationally good on some of the champions I'm asking about. These are the ones I think are worth considering: Triforce, Black Cleaver, Ravenous Hydra, Hextech Gunblade, Maw of Malmortius, Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, Mercurial Scimmitar

Now the question I'm actually asking is: which of the above items do you think are core in a Devourer build on the following champions, and which ones might you build situationally (and why)? I'm not asking about whether Devourer is the best jungle item for them or not, let's just pretend I bought it by mistake and decided to commit to it afterwards.

  • Irelia:

  • Jax:

  • Kindred:

  • Master Yi:

  • Nocturne:

  • Shyvana:

  • Rengar:

  • Shaco:

  • Udyr:

  • Vi:

  • Xin Zhao (post 6.3 buffs in particular):

That's quite a long list, so you only need to post about ones that you have particularly strong opinions/lots of experience on if you want, it will still be appreciated ^^ thanks

6 Comments

junglerboy162/6/2016, 11:12:24 PM2 votes

I'm no expert, but I've seen those champs have the most success if they use these combos:

  • Irelia: Rageblade, preferably followed by gunblade, gives a ton of mixed damage and excellent for drain tanking like Jax or Xin.

  • Jax: Same as Irelia, after those offensive items stack some HP to synergize with your ult resists. Avoid titanic though because you don't have enough item slots to make the HP scaling worth it.

  • Kindred: BotRK is about it really. She has no AP ratios and deals all physical damage (except the devourer on-hit), so Rageblade is out and Wit's is highly situational. She is also ranged so she can't use Titanic in the first place. Most Kindreds I see go for Warrior into a more standard ADC build instead.

  • Master Yi: Any and all of those items can work on him. Rage blade is probably the best damage item on him right now, followed by Titanic if you want a tankier build. BotRK is a bit weak atm but good for sticking and killing tanks, and Wit's is situational if they have a lot of AP threats.

  • Nocturne: Either BotRK OR Titanic. BotRK if you want a more aggressive assassin build, Titanic if you need to beef up but still be a threat.

  • Shyvana: I haven't seen Rageblade on her but it could work, since she does have some AP scalings. BotRK is good for giving her mixed % health damage between that and her E. Wit's is only good if you need the MR, Titanic is good if you want to go devourer and then tank up.

  • Rengar: Don't build devourer, it is a weak item on him and doesn't synergize with his kit or play style. Warrior is superior any day. But you built it by mistake anyway, so I'd say BotRK or Titanic into standard bruiser itemization. If you're investing into AS on Rengar, you need the durability to actually deal DPS instead of one-shotting people.

  • Shaco: I haven't seen him build devourer since they usually go AP or AD, not on-hit, but I can see him working well with most of those items. Titanic would be iffy and Wit's seems situational though.

  • Udyr: Probably Rageblade into tank, maybe picking up a Titanic if you can stack enough HP to make it worthwhile.

  • Vi: Titanic is actually stupid strong on Vi with a normal build, and is probably even better with the double proc of Devourer. She can AA>E>Titanic>E to get four autos off in less than a second, which with a devourer means she procs on-hits 6 times in that time frame. If you are going full on-hit, I'd say Devourer>Rageblade>Titanic>Tank items. That makes you super bursty, but a little on the squishy side.

  • Xin: Always Rageblade, that thing is core on him right now. Probably followed by a gunblade and then some durability. Titanic might work on him if you can stack enough HP, but most of the time you'll want your three core offensive items and then a Spirit Visage and strong armor item like FH so you can drain tank more effectively.

I know you didn't ask about this, but if you play Shen jungle go Devourer>Titanic Hydra and then stack HP. It makes him disgustingly bursty and very hard to kill, instead of just being a meat shield with no real offensive impact.

khorney2/6/2016, 8:06:38 PM1 votes

Blade of the ruined king wits end rage blade and use fervor of battle Keystone

Best Darius KR2/6/2016, 8:07:28 PM1 votes

I mean obvious answer here is Rageblade

Just.... Rageblade really....

Heck, even i do it on Darius Darius sometimes.

The Bearded Bard2/7/2016, 12:00:13 AM1 votes

Here's my devourer Shyv build:

item 1403 Which Devourer you get is completely up to you, I just find blue is the best because it gives you the cc you lack. I've been known to go green if I'm going against another Devourer jungler because the wards really help when counterjungling and when getting counterjungled. They're also really good for objective control.

item 3009 These are the best boots to have right now, and with the built in slow resist from masteries (9/0/21, you don't need more damage, you need more tankiness) and your W, people won't have as easy a time kiting you as they should. Tabis and mercs just aren't worth the gold at the moment.

item 3742 More CC more tankiness. At this point you should have sated so your mid game spike is at its prime damage-wise, so you want to focus on a bit of tankiness.

item 3102 You got swifties instead of mercs, so you'll probably want some MR now. Go Visage if you've got some healing teammates or you plan to buy BORK.

item 3124 Upgrade that mid game powerspike to a late game powerspike.

item 3143 Great vs ADC and it adds more CC.

Some honorable mentions are item 3748 item 3074 item 3153 item 3065 item 3053 item 3083. Personally I tend to avoid lifesteal because devourer alone is enough damage, and with rageblade on top of that, going another damage item would just be overkill. I like to focus more on a tanky teamfighter Shyvana than a 1v1 duelist shyvana.

trash sion2/7/2016, 12:12:52 AM1 votes

Irelia: not enough experience

Jax: get triforce, that's core with his empowered autos. Guinsoos for sure, maybe gunblade because of hybrid scaling

Kindred: not enough experience

Master Yi: titanic hydra: pseudo tankiness Bork if enemies are tanky Guinsoo's for squishies

Nocturne: not enough experience

Shyvana: guinsoos because hybrid, maybe titanic because double proc on q. Could throw in gunblade or bork situationally

Rengar: devourer on rengar? Idk

Shaco: same as rango. No idea.

Udyr: for tiger, grab bork and triforce for damage. For phoenix, go iceborne and maybe guinsoos, bork if tanky

Vi: havent tried it

Xin Zhao (post 6.3 buffs in particular): guinsoos will definitely be core with the double scaling on his W, i feel like gunblade will almost certainly be core as well

Only jungler I use wit's end on is Warwick, very situation imo.