Yep, Just Blame the Jungler

Rhlax·Nov 30, 2014·36 votes·3,938 views

http://i.imgur.com/r5qTs4K.gif

45 Comments

RyvakuNov 30, 20146 votes

Yeah. True. They feed and blame us for not being there. >.>

BudupopsNov 30, 20144 votes

the rodent is so cute

serpensortia1Nov 30, 20143 votes

of course, in-game it's Teemo

*shudders*

CJ Entus CoCoaNov 30, 20143 votes

never understood this, i can understand blaming a support for being awful (or ad) but blaming the jungler is ridiculous

Poptart EvelynnNov 30, 201414 votes

never understood this, i can understand blaming a support for being awful (or ad) but blaming the jungler is ridiculous

If a laner made a mistake or two that led to the lane being lost. It's the laners fault. If the enemy laner abuses lack of jungle presence afterwards and the jungler does nothing. It's the junglers fault.

You can't expect to win a game if you sit there doing nothing but complaining your laners suck.

I'm a jungler saying this fyi.

SalidfingersNov 30, 20147 votes

If they lost lane it will take several perfect attempts to catch up the fail laners and even then they might lose there lead.

Better to go help other lanes snow ball.

My main goal is to camp bot lane anyways then that way 3 people are fed including myself and a few dragons.

SammystormDec 1, 20142 votes

If they lost lane it will take several perfect attempts to catch up the fail laners and even then they might lose there lead.

Better to go help other lanes snow ball.

My main goal is to camp bot lane anyways then that way 3 people are fed including myself and a few dragons.

Unless they did absolutely abysmal early on you can catch them up by 1 gank and laners with a lead tend to be overly cocky and are usually easier to gank anyways.

SalidfingersDec 1, 20145 votes

Yasuo vs Akali

or maybe

Lux vs Zed

Think you can recover Yasuo or Lux if both are behind.

Sometimes you have to let them go.

SammystormDec 1, 20142 votes

That is the point of a jungler to make those calls but what the original poster said still holds that the jungler has to do something other wise it is wasted time.

SalidfingersDec 1, 20143 votes

Agreed, but sometimes it is a waste to help

AlëkDec 1, 20146 votes

Agreed, but sometimes it is a waste to help

^^ this. Ganking an extremely fed lane is often times a bad idea. Either because they are so fed you will just die and feed them more, or the laners are so shit that they don't cooperate with your ganks at all. At those times its much smarter to gank the other lanes and try and get them fed, to compensate for the lost lane.

Hard YikesDec 1, 20141 votes

10/10

junglerboy16Dec 1, 20142 votes

Yeah, the other day I was malph jungle, ganking for a talon mid. He was against a riven who was just on the brink of snowballing, and I wanted to stop it from getting out of hand. I paged several times that I was going in (I even typed "go in when I ult, ok talon?"). I pinged one last time, ulted riven, got burst to 50% hp, and had to flash out while talon stood there whacking minions. I walked away, and a half second later he dashed in, ulted, and got popped by riven (That is when he started complaining that I never ganked for him and was useless).

Magma Lux MidDec 1, 20141 votes

Yasuo vs Akali

or maybe

Lux vs Zed

Think you can recover Yasuo or Lux if both are behind.

Sometimes you have to let them go.

As Lux in that match-up, I (and top) were getting camped by enemy Voli. I was still bullyin and even got a solo kill on Zed.

JJI744Dec 2, 20141 votes

Yasuo vs Akali

or maybe

Lux vs Zed

Think you can recover Yasuo or Lux if both are behind.

Sometimes you have to let them go.

Lux vs. Zed is not something you an really recover, but also not a matchup that is a disaster if its loss. (Lux can farm fairly well at range)

Yasuo vs. Akali, on the otherhand is a fairly easy gank. And if you don't gank, Akali is either going to get fed from kills, or zone Yasuo hard and get fed from free-farm. If you ignor that lane, you are betting that you can get your team far enough ahead to deal with a 4V5 vs. a fed Akali. (4V5 since Yasuo will be far enough behind he won't really contribute much until late.)

CJ Entus CoCoaDec 1, 20143 votes

i think i only blamed my jungler once in a game. and he was blatantly trying to lose by not warding, ganking, or even trying to contest objectives. i think i got a double kill bot and forced their jungler to go back and pinged dragon 50 times and he still wouldn't go. we still got the dragon, but lost the game because he refused to group for anything and only farmed jungle.

i have never lost lane due to my jungler, and if i got behind in lane I just played passive and cs'd under tower. or roamed if on someone like fizz or akali

AMYS GRAVEDec 1, 20141 votes

i recently had a game like this. jungler didn't gank a single lane even once, wouldn't respond to dragon or baron pings, was randomly trying to solo baron/dragon without letting us know, refused to help in teamfights, and then when the enemy was in our base he blamed all of us for not winning... probably the only time i think a jungler lost a game that i've been in.

CozarkianDec 1, 20141 votes

AS a jungle main who has been trying to improve top, I can understand it. I never actually say anything in chat, but there are times I get very frustrated with my jungler. Specifically, when he is farming on my side of the map and recalls with 3/4 health when the enemy laner is at half health and overextended passed the river and I have half health but can't kill the enemy myself because of the minion damage I'll take.

Eventually, I am forced to base, miss out on cs, take tower damage and return to lane weaker than my opponent, whereas if the jungler just made an appearance to force the enemy back, at worst we can clear the wave and get back to lane without taking tower damage and at best we get a kill.

Creamy SeamanNov 30, 20143 votes

It's funny, as a Jungle/Top main, whenever I go mid I never blame the jungle for ANYTHING, unless they suck at ganking. But if they are not there and I screw up it is my fault and riot's for making an unbalanced champion that can kill mine. You would think Zed counters Weeb magnet Katarina but it's the other way around.

Cale017Dec 1, 20141 votes

Why the downvotes? I'm pretty sure the "unbalanced champ that can kill mine" was satire lol

HeadHonchkrowDec 1, 20143 votes

As a jungle main myself, when I play mid or top I only blame the jungler when he ~~is stupid and feeds~~ never mind, I don't blame the jungler

NveriyothNov 30, 20142 votes

Such true, much truth.

ArveanorNov 30, 20142 votes

Can someone explain to me how I'm supposed to be interpreting this gif?

OmniMotoDec 1, 20144 votes

The orange cat is supposed to be the blaming laner, the rat is the enemy laner 'stomping' on you. The orange cat proceeds to hit the black cat which represents the jungler, so therefore its basically saying that it is the black cats fault for the orange cat getting jumped on by the rat. (But we all know this is not true)

ArveanorDec 1, 20141 votes

Alright, yeah, I've been chuckling at the truth of "blame the jungler" jokes for about as long as I've been playing (being a jungler and all) but I wasn't entirely sure exactly how the gif was supposed to be taken, appreciate it.

Also, I don't understand how some people come to the decision to downvote things...

Tapu FiniDec 1, 20141 votes

the rat

OmniMotoDec 4, 20141 votes

yeahh, I just went through that comment and only saw the gif once when I entered the thread, I just remembered some rodent thing and called it a rat xD my bad

DUDE BRODec 1, 20142 votes

Here's the twist, the squirrel was the enemy jungler who's ganked 8 times, while the black cat (allied jungler) still hasn't left the jungle all game.

Now you may blame the jungler.

(<-- Jungle main)

kijikDec 1, 20142 votes

Then as a jungle main, you know that 9 times out of 10, the only reason enemy jungler was able to gank 8 times was because your laner was a complete idiot and kept pushing up to enemy turret with no ward coverage. Right? RIIIIIIGHT?

Oh. Guess not. Yeah. Still not a situation where you blame the jungler.

Damorion215Dec 1, 20142 votes

I think the problem here is the the jungle is a, if not the most, high-pressured role in the game. You have to constantly be aware of the map, know when to gank, where to ward, make sure you're getting enough farm, etc. This is why I don't play jungle at all. But I can also see where people, including me and others here, have blamed the jungler. The jungler in question probably doesn't know how to jungle and gank half the time, but the communication between the jungler and his teammates is absolute shit. And with the most recent changes to the jungle, it's going to be even more difficult not just for old and current junglers, but new junglers as well. This is going be a very toxic situation going well into Season 5 and one that Riot won't recognize until it's too late. Because hey! Riot totally cares about the community and the fans have to say, right? Yeaaaah... - __-

junglerboy16Dec 1, 20144 votes

I have found that since everyone on my team knows how hard the new jungle is, they actually are less abusive and respect me more for still being a good ganker and supporting the team. They come to more dragon and baron calls, they don't rage if I have to not gank so I can farm up, they also don't hate on me if I mess up occasionally anymore. only if I'm doing really well and then stay farming jungle (only did that once this preseason) do they get mad. It actually is making it better in my mind by a lot, and I am both a veteran and n00b jungler at the same time (level 20, but I've mained jungle since last year when I started LoL).

Damorion215Dec 2, 20142 votes

Wish I could get a team like yours more often than not, lol.

junglerboy16Dec 2, 20141 votes

I have only had 1 out of 10 games where they weren't noticeably nicer than before the preseason.

Damorion215Dec 7, 20141 votes

Tell me your secrets, sempai!

youngjake93Dec 2, 20142 votes

I play jungle a lot and I blame junglers a lot too lol. I understand that getting behind in lane is your fault, but there is only so much you can do. If you are playing someone like Nasus or Jax with a less than stellar early game against a lane bully like Riven or Renekton and their jungler camps your lane, even if you don't feed kills you will fall behind in CS/experience to avoid dying. If your jungler is playing a gank heavy jungler, but decides to farm 24/7 because 'new jungle is hard' while the lane bully is now proxying you/able to kill you under tower(the two easiest ways to kill a top laner as a jungler), then how can you not blame them? Even worse is when they finally decide to come help while you are 20% health and mana, you back ping them 40 times because you know they are 2 levels higher than your jungler and if you help they'll just kill you and walk away from the gank(or double kill). The jungler runs in, tower dives solo, feeds them double buffs and then blames you for not helping. Another thing I hate is that carry junglers will go gank carry lanes with no CC and fail to lock the laner down so they get away, but CC junglers will gank passive lanes and fail to do enough damage so they get away. I mean it should be pretty simple if you are playing a champ without much CC to go gank for the Maokai/Alistar and not the pre-6 Akali/Kassadin if you want to actually get a kill. The last thing is 95% of junglers are scared to take Dragon/Baron. I make it a point to get almost every single Dragon when I jungle and to get Baron as close to when it spawns as possible. If we just killed the jungler and top laner, but we are 40% health we ARE NOT too low to do the Baron. It doesn't even spawn until 20 minutes now AND IS EASIER TO KILL. I was doing that thing 15 minutes in before 4.20. If the enemy has had 5 un-contested Dragons where your jungler is on the other side of the map with Smite down as the timer tells you it is spawning, who else can you blame? Blame yourself for not being able to 1v5 or 3v5 at best if some people pay attention in the dragon pit? Or blame the jungler for giving zero shits about objectives?

High Lord BlazeNov 30, 20141 votes

So true...

pinkyblossomDec 1, 20141 votes

You made my day - and it just started :D

Thank you!

Ungrateful ThugDec 1, 20141 votes

Whenever a jungler whines about his lanes sucking, yet he refuses to do anything to alleviate pressure in ANY WAY (be it ganking, counter jungling, taking objectives, or warding), what the jungler is essentially saying is "why aren't my laners carrying me?"

junglerboy16Dec 1, 20141 votes

That is something I hate when I am not jungling, they complain and don't do anything to help. If your lanes are messed up, you can either counter jungle to shut down their junglier and help that way, ward and maintain objective control, cover lanes and help push towers, or power farm and try to carry (not in any particular order). There are certainly times when you shouldn't ever gank, but those are few and far between. If you aren't a carry junglier, then you should 100% be invested in getting at least 1 (2 is best, 3 is unrealistic) carry lanes ahead.

ZoofDec 1, 20141 votes

While I feel you should only blame the jungler if he feeds your lane doubles or something, what really annoys me is when your team comp relies on an early lead, but you get some guy who last picks Udyr and refuses to gank, while not directly their fault, they should be quite aware that they may have just lost the game with their pick.

Thunder DreamssDec 1, 20141 votes

That goes both ways. If I first pick Eve and then get followed by some squishy top and support... Well it's going to be a hard game.

Some WeebDec 1, 20141 votes

-> snowballs top and bot -> mid feeds -> tfw "report jungle wont gank mid" item 3070

AlëkDec 1, 20141 votes

rofl. When i saw this i was like, "WHY!! peplz just dum lol" item 3070

BADxW0LFDec 1, 20141 votes

I've blamed my jungler once. That was the other day. Had a pantheon who didn't gank, wouldn't do a dragon, wouldn't do a baron, didn't do anything but farm entire game. Worthless.

Tsukuy0m1Dec 1, 20141 votes

i dont blame anyone. i just call them out when they are feeding.