Ask the only person in the world who likes the new jungle anything
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I like the jungle changes....I can finally pick
and feel awesome.
Instead of just making a few tweaks, Riot completely rewrote the way jungle is meant to be played. People are against it because it punishes the playstyle of past-season jungling. I think, however, that once people finally take the time to relearn it (I mean, they had to take time out to learn the original jungle, did they?) that it'll become more accepted. The new jungle is brutal, but it at least gives every camp and early itemization an actual purpose than just "walk to camp, get gold."
I love the new jungle too, but I shall play and ask anyways
Which champion(s) do you feel got the biggest powerspike with the new jungle items?
Are you as sad as I am that you no longer get to level 2 with the buff and 1 creep but have to kill the 2nd as well?
Is there any champion you are going to miss jungling with due to the jungle being much harder; making certain picks (like annie jungle) not work at all anymore?
Copypasta from another thread GO!
I used to main Jungle waaaaaaaay back in the dim aeons past of Season 1, so I'm use to jungle monsters kicking everyone around. I've been having a blast in the new Jungle and it might even be enough to finally get me to stop spamming Dominion for a while. Maybe I'm not having as much issue since I grew up on a Jungle that was unforgiving to all but a few? I've been running Pantheon for the most part and he combines a pretty solid blend of damage mitigation, dueling power, and ganking prowess.
Your team counter-jangling you has always been a problem. It's especially annoying when you're planning on doing a ward sweep and someone steals your chickens. And I would strongly encourage Riot to grant a Smite cooldown reduction on kills and assists with Skirmisher's and Stalker's akin to the reduction on Poacher's. That would make using it for ganks significantly less punishing because right now despite the fact that Panth is gank happy and would love having Bluesmite in his back pocket, Purplesmite is way too valuable for its sustain and superior uptime for grabbin' buffs.
Also?
Poacher's seems like a trap option to me. Yeah, it gets you a little extra gold. Yeah, the 30 second cooldown is nice. But it's a giant neon sign saying 'Hey guys! Ward your jungle and smite Wolves so you can kill me!'
tl:dr I like the new Jungle, the non-Ranger's items need some work, though.
you really think ur the only one who likes the new jungle? I think its cool. I've had decent success with it so far and the new jungle items are awesome.
It does seem a little cruel to jungle mains that they have to essentially relearn the game every season or so. Other roles don't change so drastically much, but jungle is constantly getting reshuffled around. I'm glad I'm not a jungle main right now.
That early clear is BRUTAL, but I like the changes overall