[6.9] Hunter's Machete and Hunter's Talisman don't stack anymore.

xxxDogmanxxx·May 6, 2016·4 votes·4,781 views

So I was watching a Pants Are Dragon video talking about the changes to the jungle items, and he mentioned that the bonus experience from the Tier 1 jungle items and don't stack anymore. He also mentioned that Tier 2 jungle items like , , and no longer give more bonus experience than the Tier 1 items. I checked for myself in a custom game and he's right.

Now you can sit on your first Tier 1 jungle item without having to buy the other Tier 1 jungle item, since only one gives you bonus experience. You can also delay your Tier 2 jungle item if you can afford to go without your unique smite, since the Tier 2 jungle items give the same amount of bonus experience as the Tier 1 jungle items.

I personally would have liked it if they allowed the bonus experience to stack, but since the total bonus experience still increased, I'm not as mad as I would have been.

2 Comments

dangopeeMay 7, 20161 votes

If they stacked in their current state you'd have junglers easily outleveling solo laners every game. I like this change because it makes the option of opting out of completing a jungle item alltogether a lot more viable. Not saying it is necessarily good or bad to not complete a jungle item, but I think it should always be an option.

WeAreTheChampionNov 25, 20171 votes

I am new and never played with the stacking option, but I find myself rarely getting a tier 2 jungle item as, in my Nocturne and MasterYi I would rather rush my item 3142 and item 3147 , and after that I am doing nothing but ganks and the occasional red/blue when it is needed, so i'd rather go for something like item 3072 3rd or item 3026 if I am falling behind.