Rammus now has trouble jungling.

SolBlazer13·11/25/2014, 10:00:43 PM·1 votes·583 views

It is a fact that even before the current jungle, Rammus had a slow clear time. That's fine, that was part of the balance, and it was made up by his terrifying rolly-polly ganks. The problem now is that Rammus just sucks when it comes to clearing jungle camps.

Don't get me wrong, I like the new jungle. It feel more dynamic, more interesting. With other junglers I have had a blast. I tried Rammus for the first time in the new jungle, and fell flat on my face. Before, I could tank the jungle with my four health pods and faster smite. Now I only have two, and the jungle camps are stronger. I found myself constantly having to back after clearing two or three camps until I hit around seven. When I had to get my tier two jungle item, it was only a choice between the lane ganking one, and the jungle clear one. Lane ganking is what Rammus is supposed to do, but without the jungle clearing, I would be severely underfed. I went with the lane ganking one, and it was probably the wrong choice.

Rammus can't be a wrecking ball if he doesn't have his items. He needs his items to farm effectively, and he needs to farm effectively to get his items. It's a nasty loop. I think Rammus needs a buff for jungling only.

I propose something simple, like his W (armor increase and damage return) does double or triple damage to monsters and minions, or something like that. Otherwise, Rammus will have no chance in this jungle.

What do you guys think?

6 Comments

1st HanarSpectre11/25/2014, 10:06:52 PM2 votes

He's actually doing pretty decent.

Done2511/25/2014, 10:08:03 PM1 votes

I wasn't having any trouble on him.

Cenobite Azaziel11/25/2014, 10:23:24 PM1 votes

1st place win rate. 58,48%. O.o Gee. Buff him riot!

Scrimshäw11/25/2014, 10:53:11 PM1 votes

try tryndamere then talk about trouble in the jungle

JJI74411/26/2014, 12:11:37 AM1 votes

Purple smite, not blue. Blue is for junglers that have poor ganks and want them to be slightly less terrible. Purple is to help speed up your clear times. (To be blunt, blue and grey are just underpowered items right now.)

If you are taking blue on Rammus, you are basically saying "I want to do NOTHING but gank." Purple lets you keep your naturally strong ganks while speeding up your clear enough that you have the time to gank.