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Jungle timing, when to dragon?

SoundChaosDebug·8/19/2016, 8:10:50 AM·1 votes·231 views

Hey all, I've decided to start playing jungle.

I've noticed I spend more time ganking lanes than I do clearing my jungle camps. When I try to fit in more jungle camp clearing then I feel like I am neglecting dragon, what time duration into the game do you feel the first dragon should be done by?

I feel like if by 11 minutes in and no one has done a dragon yet then it's been too long, but I never jungle with the same champion consistently so it's a little harder to set up a schedule when each character clears differently.

I was thinking like maybe trying to get a dragon kill in by 8 minutes and then attempt every respawn after that, thoughts?

1 Comments

Shadowatom8/19/2016, 8:22:21 AM1 votes

I don't think it's a good idea to set up an artificial timer for when dragon should be taken since each game varies. If you have an opportunity to take it then do it, otherwise you're probably better off farming or taking another objective (obviously if the enemy team is trying to take dragon and your team can contest it, then do so). If you try taking dragon without knowing where their jungler is and their bot lane is still alive, probably a bad idea regardless of how long dragon has been up. Sometimes you can sneak dragon when you're playing a champ who can solo it, but it doesn't make it any less risky.