A simple role change can affect everything!

Ulquiorra0123·6/25/2018, 2:34:44 PM·1 votes·665 views

So to preface this, I am a jungler, always have been since season 2, it is a fun role to play, always needing 100% map awareness at all times to find your small advantages: this to me is fun. I am also a far better jungler than I am at any other role, I always do decently if not really well, but the role seems to have an issue overall. Now I'm not going to speak for higher elos because I play jungle there too and things are actually great, the jungler has impact on the game. Down in silver-gold, you don't really have that same impact. You can give your bot lane 2 kills for free and they can go and just feed it back. You pick a tank jungler (yes I really only play tanks + Kog) and the enemy kayn has 6 kills in 5 minutes because your laners don't know how to play safe. Having seen this time and time again, I decided that the role has absolutely 0 use in lower elos and to just play a lane (this is probably biased based on my playstyle honestly).

I didn't expect this to go as well as it did, however I know exactly why it did. People in low elo cannot handle pressure, if there is any sort of pressure on them they buckle and just feed. I know that 8 games is a low sample size, but I have won every game except one (my team went 3-27 in 20 minutes, this is just a next game type of game :P ) I am able to win lane even if my opposing laner gets a couple of kills, it doesn't really matter, I know my champion pool inside and out so I will win the lane eventually. As can see in every single game including the loss I won lane quite heavily whether it be by farm or kills or both. However, simply winning lane isn't enough, in every game I just applied pressure to various lanes to take the pressure off of my teammates. And voila you have your recipe for success in lower elo. And yes I did play a game of Nasus ADC and had the best Brand support lol

Now you might be thinking: Why you no carry from jungle if you have an account in D3???? Well the answer to that is simple, I am a passive and defensive player by nature, low elo games range from 40-60 kills at 30 minutes, I'm not used to this as a jungler, I like my time to look for advantages, and I very rarely take risks. The two games (low elo and high elo) play completely differently. They are 2 completely different games. So I recommend not just copying what high elo does and just go with what you are comfortable with.

Anyways, if you are having issues, and one trick a position, just switch positions and see how it pans out (I recommend having a champion you are already comfortable on in that role before switching the position).

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