Jungler- Ways to play the role
I want to start of by saying a few things about me, I am maining jungle this season, primarily Udyr, Evelynn and skarner right now. I am ranked bronze III but feel I should be dropped another league because I am weak mechanically. My theory crafting/strategy understanding is not that low though so, now that we are done judging me, lets talk junglers
There are three primary ways of playing jungle, and then I will finish it off with what I experience a jungler must do no matter how they are playing. First off there are things every jungler must do, secure their buffs so that the enemies can't get multiple buffs onto multiple players, avoid feeding, secure kills.
Clear junglers also called Farming Junglers this type of jungling is best suited to junglers with high late game scaling, or need/better with ults for ganking, A jungler that galls in this category might be Jax, some evelynn styles, some Pantheon styles or Warwick. Junglers who play like this prefer to avoid lane presence and instead focus on making a difference in teamfights. They will/should help a lane that is falling behind, but should not turret dive for kills, since they want to focus on their own scaling as much as possible.
Gank junglers these junglers have strong gap closers/heacy CC and farm off assists and scale not so well into late game, starting to fall behind in the mid game due to lack of levels. good examples of ganking junglers would be Shaco, Nocturne(post-6), Vi, and lee sin. Their focus is feeding their allies to carry the team fights, they should feel comfortable turret diving, and won't spend much more time then necessary clearing.
Counter Junglers these junglers want to farm the enemies jungle faster then the enemy can to put them behind in the later game, this is used more as a counter strategyu then a standard play, but it can be used as such. since this is more of a strategy then a full playstyle, there is no definitive jungler who does this, although ones who do this often typically have strong dueling prowess.
Bronze expectation of a jungler prepare for ugly bias
gank, often, every lane, no matter how far you are, instantly
farm
not fall behind
don't die
don't take kills
give buffs to laners
let laners jungle
hold lane, even if the enemy is far from turret
ignore your buffs for kills
The way I have seen/heard/play jungle secure buffs to avoid aiding enemy
attempt to steal buffs to more easily give mine away
give buffs to laners who benefit from them whenI no longer need them
gank when and where I can, and when I can guarantee a summoner spell or a kill or an ult.
stay safe
push enemies off turret to prevent damage on the turret while maximizing your farm
Now I don't think my way is the only right way, and there are other ways of doing it, that work well, but, the expectations of a jungler and what feels realistic is off and not acheivable b the jungler, allowing for people to easily blame their losses on the jungler's inability to be in five places at once.
Plaese share your thoughts of jungling if they are different, I would love to hear them, if they are the same, what do you think should/can be done about it, and how do you deal with it.
TL DR stop being lazy and go read it. There is to much info for a single line to replace