Some thoughts on jg routes relating to bot tower fb
So right now almost all junglers will start on the bot side of their map and as the clear works its way towards top lane there is best chance of mid being ganked 2:45-3:30 and top 3:15-3:45ish in my experience.
If you clear your bot side jg then go for an early gank in bot lane, this is a HUGE RISK! If the gank fails, you will have accomplished nothing and the enemy jg should take your top side jg and have free ganks without worry of counter-gank top and mid if the opportunity is there.
So say you do gank bot, your team gets one kill, likely it's first blood, maybe the support takes it. Ok... like +500g for your team but... You have no farm near you and have to walk all the way up the map to your top side, you are behind in clear(levels) and you cannot counter gank top and mid at the times it is most likely the enemy jungler will gank!
After the enemy jungler backs it is likely they will clear maybe their wraith camp then mid gank possible then the wolves and gromp or skip straight to bot lane. So by the time this happens, bot should be touched by enemy junglers, and also likely a mid-laner and/or top is when mid/top is lvl 6, the jungler is 5 1/2 roughly and can hit 6 during a gank bot. I think this is roughly 5:30-6:30 that this often happens.
If the bot lane gank is successful then you get maybe the tower fb bot, or if there is an infernal drag up maybe you take it instead and just let your bot lane back with the gold from the kills bot. Either way, this battle can swing the game in a big way either direction...
I have experimented with not backing and just farming and taking only easy ganks top/mid until i am like lvl 5 and close to hitting 6... And I am curious what other jungling routes people are running rn. Cuz like Shaco can start blue with no leash, and often Hecarim will piss off his top laner for a leash top... this allows them to gank bot earlier than the junglers who are taking the strong leash from their bot side. Could be one reason they are top tier right now???
Any thoughts on other jungling routes. I only play one champion in jungle rn so my thoughts are limited. I have watched some replays of other enemy junglers skipping their gromp, so this way I guess they get top/mid gank access quicker and maybe they have a smite readily available for their red buff. I would like to see what the best junglers are doing though, In light of the weakness of bot tower atm. Wish LCS games were being played already or maybe I should watch some challenger spectate or something... Any thoughts/advice from high elo junglers though?