PLEASE BUFF JG!

PillowPorkers·8/21/2019, 2:03:31 PM·8 votes·2,533 views

I've been a JG main for the entirety of my league playing days, and right now, I have never had a more unsatisfying time playing JG. The XP needs to get buffed. So many of my games I'm going 15-4-11 etc and losing due to the fact that even if you are this fed on jg, get every objective, etc. You are STILL not ahead in XP. The only way to stay even EVEN in XP is to gank and essentially sap XP from laners which is almost counter productive. That or play Udyr and just be a dick and split push through a teammates minions. But that's just not how JG should be played IMO, even in solo que. It's a very frustrating role in solo que right now. I feel it has less impact than ever before, and its almost more about which laners are worse and don't ward and get ganked and they themselves get behind in XP. If you are that fed in a solo lane, you are literally 4 lvls up. I'm doing this on the regular and simply not winning as much as I should. So many times I literally am losing to AFK jglers doing nothing, but they didn't need to do anything. I just feel like more than ever JG impact isn't felt, certainly post 10 minutes. Here's the thing, it is if you are at an elo where you should be, but if you are trying to climb out of the JG role, its just better to do it in a lane where I know i can ward and not be so sapped in XP in order to carry better (and not be playing a champ like Nid or Lee Sin that fall off, and no matter how fed they get, they never really have that 10-15 min window of dominance mid game like prior season). I'm winning many more games at the elo I am at in other roles despite being worse at those roles because they aren't gutted. I mean seriously look at these past 20 games. Then watch me switch to support, (please don't troll me saying "play support" that's not the point of this article) and start winning games, when I know i'm a better JG than support. I could switch to Top or ADC too and same thing (but i'm stubborn and I would like to play my role, which should that be too hard to ask?). Like this is just simply not how it should be. It needs to get fixed IMO. Am I the only one who feels this way?

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27 Comments

U R Good At Game8/21/2019, 2:23:29 PM4 votes

No ty, top lane is already still decided by better jg wins.

Troll Slaiyer8/21/2019, 4:37:44 PM3 votes

i love getting ganked as soon as the 2nd minion wave spawns. we need to bring back devourer for some variety........

PillowPorkers8/21/2019, 2:24:00 PM3 votes

I didn't say play udyr and just be a dick. i mean play udyr (or yi or jax, etc) and take over a side wave in order to become a pseudo laner for XP.

Anime Fizz8/21/2019, 4:40:34 PM2 votes

You gotta be joking, Jg needs nerfs, not buffs.

1wolfpack8/21/2019, 2:07:43 PM2 votes

I stopped reading at " That or play Udyr and just be a dick" that is where u lost all credibility.

Lugg8/21/2019, 3:28:58 PM2 votes

Jungle doesn't need buffs at all. The problem is there are so many broken/OP champions outside of the jungle. Riot needs to completely stop buffing champions and only nerf at this point until the game is balanced again.

l MrD l8/21/2019, 3:31:07 PM2 votes

Tbh jungle has been too strong and the fact you have freedom to control the map deny any lane opponent by camping or repeated ganking especially with nerfs to vision it was too strong

compared to lets say adc where you just need to farm and hope your team doesnt fail whereas with jungle you can prevent this

ImTheJuggernauty8/21/2019, 4:55:33 PM1 votes

No. When jg is overbuffed you see crap like twitch jungle, graves, lee sin everywhere you turn, showing up at level 3 when the solo laners are only level two and absolutely rekking everyone with next to zero counterplay.

It's bad enough having kayn and jax jungle every which way you turn. If you think certain jungle champs are weak, like for instance, most tanks, then maybe certain types of buffs are in order, but overall, jungle still has insane impact on the early/mid game, and it feels pretty balanced overall. Again, with the exception of kayn and jax, because screw those two.

Zeyphel8/21/2019, 2:56:26 PM1 votes

Riot could nerf the Blue and Red exp so junglers don't get level 2 before everyone, but then in compensation return back the exp of the camps they nerfed, so junglers aren't 3 levels behind everybody else by mid game. This will also make it easier to punish ganking junglers if they loose time camping meaningless. Because how it is now Camps give such a low exp that a failed gank barely carries any consequence.

WoonStruck8/21/2019, 3:30:11 PM1 votes

Jg exp does not need a buff. If you did krugs consistently youd have been ahead. I find myself ahead on skarner of all champs constantly.