Tips for Low Elo Junglers

Lothàrs Edge·6/27/2017, 8:11:16 PM·1 votes·402 views

Don't feel forced to gank a lane that doesn't look viable.

Example: Your top lane has two waves of minions pushed in and he's farming under tower against a countered-lane with less than 70% hp. Look at how much CC you have, what escapes/sustain the other top laner has, where the other enemy jungler is pathing and whether or not it's worth sacrificing 10+ minions while probably dying 2v1 or 2v2.

I cannot count how many times I have felt compelled to follow-up on a terribly timed gank... i.e. Fiddlesticks jungle trying to tower dive a 30% hp riven @ tower from behind with zero minions coming.

What ends up happening is you feed a laner 2 kills, give them 1-2 level advantage and literally snowball the shit out of that lane. Happens to me, happens for me, but it's stupid either way-- even if I do come out on top of the 1v2, I smh at the jungler who thinks it's smart to dive just because they have 2 people. You still have to account for how much damage you're both capable of doing, how much damage minions are capable of doing, and how much damage the top laner is capable of doing.

If 2 people die 1v2, one of those 2 people made a retarded move.

5 Comments

darkmatchwaldo6/27/2017, 9:01:54 PM1 votes

I started playing champions like Shyvana MasterYi, stopped ganking completely, and my games improved by 100%. It's amazing how much you can get done when you aren't attempting some sketchy gank with half-assed follow up. Obviously i'll still gank if it's completely free but i don't waste my time trying to get my solo laners ahead. At my wood-tier level people usually don't know what to do with a 1000 gold lead anyways.

Sure i may get some people who are salty that i didn't gank during laning phase but they apologize later when i'm up 75 cs up on their jungler and 1v3ing like a boss. I actually really enjot this playstyle because i have to think about what the enemy jungler is doing and how i can get ahead of him without resorting to brute force. Sure, ganks and aggressive invades can pay off...but they usually backfire horribly on me.

RenownedWheat426/27/2017, 9:03:43 PM1 votes

If I were the jungler in that position I'd just let the laner know I'm coming to harass so they can farm better without worrying about getting poked. If they know they don't have to follow-up, you can go in, harass, and leave and they get their farm.

A successful gank isn't JUST getting a kill in lane.