Solved: How to stop level 1 duos from poaching Jungle Camps
The design problem of level 1 camp poaching is that the side lane camps are very easily accessible to duos who are generally able defeat the camp without taking enough penalties to dissuade them from just leashing and heading to lane. However, Summoners Rift ALREADY has a built in system that favors junglers clearing camps early over laners and that is Smite
.
Essentially, smite is a tool that only the Jungler has access to the majority of the time. So, by tieing in the level 1 clear of those camps to the summoner spell smite you essentially solve the problem of level 1 Poaching.
(*) SMITERAGE - The first spawn of the large Krugg and the Gromp possess a a buff which increases their attack speed, damage and deals an additional large amount of magic damage on hit to champions which do not possess the summoner spell Smite
. This buff dissipates after 15 seconds (2:10).
So essentially the jungler has to be present to tank the camp, meaning the camp should logically go to the jungler. The camp will do significantly more damage to a champion without Smite than with it, meaning that the cost of poaching has now gone up specifically for non junglers and specifically at level 1.
With these two approaches, later in the game jungle camps still possess the same threat they do now to non junglers while poaching at level becomes a largely non-viable option.
Any other ideas on how to solve the poaching problem? Discuss.
EDIT: Cleared one idea away that seemed non viable, leaving the buff I idea in which I think was the better of the two. The shield idea was just a brainstorm, a buff against smiteless champions until 2:10 seems far healthier.
EDIT: For those downvoting, I challenge you to provide a better alternative. This thread's purpose is to discuss possible solutions, not just dismiss the first one that comes up. This WOULD solve the problem in the most specific way possible, if you feel there is a better alternative please talk about it rather than making my voice hidden among the many threads like IM MAD AT LOL BEcAUSE MAGES SHOULD ALWAYS LOSE TO JUNGLERS or other stupid threads like that.