why do junglers never gank anymore

Houdinis Ghost··1 votes·775 views

Title? seems all these junglers now days aren't throwing in a gank at all pre 7 mins maybe 1 gank. You have to help the lanes not farm till 6 all game ! I know the jungle got changed but no need to go all brain dead on us laners

9 Comments

redniwediS2 votes

Ganks are nice to have, but it's high time not only for laners to learn how to win a difficult matchup on their own, but it's time for Riot to start balancing around this idea.

Spicay1 votes

Because Devourer is OP?

Why help lanes when they can just farm up their super Feral Flare and win the game by themselves?

DrCyanide1 votes

"super Feral Flare" gets 2 stacks for a kill or assist. A successful gank bot lane will more than pay out in stacks.

Balderdash10001 votes

Try jungling this season. Then ask again if you really feel the need.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

junglers only gank when they're on the other team from my experience.

Lumus Avatar1 votes

I'll gank for you. Skarner

Eljin1 votes

I actually feel bad for junglers. I try to state my case like 'It's 1v2, I'm playing under my tower, but I'm not going to be able to do anything until you can help me', but they really do get all three lanes yelling in their ear unless the laners are stomping their opponents.

I'd really like to learn jungle but I just don't want to deal with the people quite yet.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

Honestly I know how easy it is as a jungler to completely tunnel on your farming and miss out on enemy laners. It actually takes a high degree of concentration to countergank properly, and ganking isn't always ideal.

The only thing that truly bothers me is when I see a lane getting ganked somewhere and my jungler doesn't do anything to respond. No moves towards the enemy jungle, no ganking another lane, nothing. They just sit there and hope that our lane doesn't die to what may be a well executed gank.

Fact is, some champions have power timings where death is almost unavoidable. Laners are at the mercy of certain junglers. If rengar ganks for orianna post level 6, mids gonna die. If lee sin or kha zix gets lanterned in by thresh, there's a high chance that bot's going to get killed. There's not a whole lot you can do as a laner to prevent stuff like that, and it's especially true if your jungler isn't getting deep wards on the enemy while they farm and keeping tabs on their buffs.

There's a lot as a laner that frustrates me about junglers. Choosing not to gank isn't necessarily the issue, it's choosing to do nothing that bothers me. You signed up for the role that interacts strategically with the enemy team, rather than mechanically. Do your damn job.

Mecha MaIphite1 votes

I just always play like I have no jungler, so when I get a gank, it's a pleasant surprise. :D

Main reason is because I don't want to adopt the "I'm going to push like a madman and blame my jungler when I die" mentality.

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