A comprehensive list of all the junglers who are underpowered in the new jungle

Koechophe··2 votes·619 views

*Note: This is a **"work in progress" **thread and I am more than happy to add/remove people on this list provided there is good reasoning to do so.

The new jungle has turned several champions who are primarily junglers into a state in which they are barely viable. In no particular order:

Severe:

Evelynn Lacking in both sustain and any defensive steriod while having exceptionally low damage early game coupled with severe mana problems whilst clearing has made eve on the border of unviable. She was already struggling before the new jungle from nerfs, and now, it's hard to pick her over other early pressure champs, such as shaco or lee. She is super vulnerable to counter jungling as well.

Nautilus While people might think his shield and safer clears would make him awesome, he runs into a lot of core issues. First, because almost all of his clearing damage is tied to his shield, and because his shield pops after about 2 hits, his clear times slow to a snail's pace, causing him to lose a lot of hp in clearing. He also is extremely slow at moving around the jungle, which adds to the issue. Unless the enemy team is very idiotic in their positioning and he gets fed early, he's pretty much going to be useless by the time mid-end game hits on account of being so underfarmed in comparison to the enemy jungler

Elise Another champion who was already struggling before the changes hit. While her spiderlings do offer a bit of clear safety that other champions lack, they now can take only 1 hit a piece, garunteeing that you are getting 0 sustain from her W and losing a lot of damage. Coupled with her innate squishiness, this makes things hard for the spider queen. Her early pressure isn't on par with other early gank champions, and her clearing is poor. The new jungle beats the crap out of her, making her feel extremely lackluster.

Borderline: Volibear While not considered totally viable for several people, his kit still suffers a lot in the jungle. It's garunteed that the new jungle will burn his passive, and his ganks aren't good enough early to really justify his slow clear times. The result of playing him is that you end up very behind very quickly

Hecarim New jungle beats the crap out of him. There's no other way to put it. His early ganks are quite powerful which means you can still get ahead if your team plays smart, but jungle-clearing is just a nightmare

~If you can think of more, or you disagree with the ones posted, let me know. More to come.

7 Comments

Kuroi861 votes

Although her first clear is iffy, I've managed with Eve. Naut and Hec I've had no issues with really. Learned the superior route and haven't had any trouble getting through to six so I can gank.

Koechophe1 votes

But compare those champs to people like lee, ww, yi or fid, who wreck the clears and have stronger ganks because of it. You can "manage" on almost anyone in the jungle, that doesn't mean they're not underpowered in comparison to most junglers.

Kuroi861 votes

WW and Fid I've jungled in the past, they can't actually gank until six. The trade off is that their ganks are powerful at this point. By this point however, Naut and Hec can both have ganked a couple of times and their ganks only get stronger as they hit six and can lock up a target. Eve, while not terrible, I still think needs a bit of a rework.

Visys1 votes

Elise, Naut and Hecarim have no issues clear wise.

ESPECIALLY ELISE.

How on earth have you been having issues?

While she is weak in other areas and could use some love, her clear is FAR from being an issue.

xJLx MCHammer1 votes

Elise and naut are fine

Hec is weak but that's because unlike xin, he late game is much much better Same with voli

Won't comment on eve only played one game so far. First clear is hard but after getting trailblazer it gets better

Leti the Yeti1 votes

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1660289526/217735621?tab=overview

I would say voli is great, as an AA champion, his clears should be better alot of champions already so what if jungle procs his passive? thats some extra sustain.. kool as volibear i like to sneak in through the back for a lane gank when my team pushes voli ganks are way more effective when you are coming from in front of them

Skia Asteri1 votes

Evelynn works fine for me.

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