Peel oriented junglers who aren't Full Tank

SolusInCadere·11/21/2015, 1:38:48 AM·2 votes·461 views

I've been looking around recently to expand my jungle roster, right now I play mostly Vi and Hecarim, both of whom I enjoy. The issue is that I would rather provide peel for my carry than to initiate teamfights, although I'm getting better at doing the latter.

researching this Nautilus came up a lot, but I don;t like to play full tanks. I used to main tank support, but I seemed useless alone and could never seem to compete with the jungler and/or top laner in terms of tankiness. So I was squishy but also didn't provide damage. That was really frustrating (and could make a whole post of its own)

I'll probably save up for TahmKench, he seems like a good fit (while he does build full tank, he can still output damage due to the nature of his kit)

I need a jungler who can hold their own clearing/dueling, but then transitions into mid-late game by protecting the carries that they (hopefully) fed early with ganks.

Edit: this is the main reason I've not yet bought Zac, who I've tried and loved top lane. I just would rather not initiate teamfights. Maybe that's what I'm destined for, as in my opinion I'm good at it.

14 Comments

Shrek Luigi11/21/2015, 2:30:57 AM3 votes

Trundle seems like a good pick. Trundle's pillar can disengage an entire team during a fiight, and he can also engage and bushcheck with it. He can 1v1 basically any AD jungle due to his stat-steroid and debuffing, He gains explosive power during midgame and is able to down squishies quite easily. On top of all this, he's got great clear speed, a lot of sustain and can roll turrets quickly. One of my favorite junglers.

Only downsides are his poor lategame scaling and a low tolerance to burst damage from magic sources.

Meep Man11/21/2015, 2:06:15 AM3 votes

Nunu Peels for carries with huge slows and by giving them a movement speed buff. If worse comes to worse, he can use his ultimate to peel. He also has the OPTION to initiate a fight with his ultimate. He is only average in dueling (although is decent against attack speed reliant champions), but his clear time is amazing.

The Bearded Bard11/21/2015, 2:29:40 AM1 votes

Bard

UberAffe11/21/2015, 2:34:13 AM1 votes

taric jungle

Troy24262111/21/2015, 2:35:24 AM1 votes

XinZhao has an aoe knockback, a knockup and an aoe slow. Pretty great at peeling and is usually bruiser.

WalkingInACircle11/21/2015, 1:42:05 AM1 votes

RekSai ?

WookieJesuz11/21/2015, 6:44:19 AM1 votes

Play Kayle Whatever they say about devourer kayle is wrong she is lovely, especially if you get aether wing. Booty be fine

kasfas11/21/2015, 1:52:22 AM1 votes

Volibear? Sion? Naut with roa/rylai's/liandries? Ofc zac. Nunu? All other tanky/fighty junglers tend to be engage based almost entirely, what your looking for is a support type.

Voli and sion are good bodyguards, and don't need many if any damage items to deal damage (will suggest steraks and fm on them for extra dmg). Naut can deal good damage with 1/2 hybrid tank/ap items, and nunu is just a support jungler, slows and slows and as buffs make him good at sticking near his carries.