Kha'zix Jungle Advice(clearing, runes, masteries)

Chatillon·8/9/2015, 2:05:40 PM·2 votes·1,255 views

So i just bought kha'zixso i can jungle with someone besides Rammus . He is okay, but i wanted another.

The first game was rough, i got exe'd 2 times b/c i nearly cleared something but not quite. Red buff just destroys me. i have only started from drag side so i dont know how gromp leash is but the red buff hurts. While with rammus i can do a full clear if i dont screw up, kha i can barely survive krugs red skuttle then birds. I start q then get w, then e, but i may get a 2nd w point and get e at four b/c im too low to gank. i evolve W then E then Q. warrior trailblazer, tiamat, ravenous, hex(depending), then lw with mobies.

my runes are 2 ad quints 1 as ad reds scaling mr blues armor yellows.

i clear minis at red and blue first for iso, but i dont know if that is good.

if you have any thing about kha, in general, ill take it, but first i want jg help

9 Comments

Mirage Seraph8/10/2015, 11:04:11 AM2 votes

Hmm, I must say Kha's first clear is more PvE than Black Market Brawlers is when you get a bad leash, but after a bit of practice you can clear jungle without a leash.

My clear path is: Start Q, do Gromp, take W (duh), then start blue. Time your W heals carefully! If you can W at the very end of Gromp you will take the least amount of damage. After blue go around wolves and W them on your way out, free health basically. You can do the same with chickens, but not necessary. You should have enough health for red buff after that.

With a leash you don't NEED to heal off of the other camps, but you still end up with more health at the cost of a few seconds. I consider it worth. Alternatively you can go for Skuttlecrabs, bit risky cause you're probably pretty low on health to be running around in river.

Your build is solid, don't worry about that.

AD quints, armor pen reds, armor seals, and uh, I think MR per level glyphs? Could be CDR, I don't quite recall. And I think I run 21-6-3 on masteries, taking the bonus MS in the utility? I uh... don't revise my runes and masteries as much as I should, admittedly.

Also, as a long time Kha player, I recommend evolving Q or E over W almost all the time. W evolve is nice however it's very situationally more useful than... anything else. If played properly your Q and E are extremely optimal in most match ups. Your real choice over what to evolve is W or R. Once you have hydra, Q will basically one or two shot most camps since the small monsters die to hydra, and evolved Q plus evolved R makes you a nasty skirmisher.

And a little tip that I didn't know until somewhat recently. You can hydra and smite while mid flight. It's pretty silly E'ing over a wall and just killing a minion camp before you even land. Or using hydra to secure an assist while midflight over a squishy to reset your jump before you land. Mantis? More like grasshopper.

Eggstealer8/9/2015, 2:12:24 PM1 votes

Try starting W if you start red side and use it after you get hit a little. I would almost always start blue side and start Q for the isolation on gromp. I don't think you need an AS quint just get another AD one. also, I assume you have all tier 3 runes right? Do camp > buff > scuttle > gank mid or top > either take one more camp or go buy.

Do purple smite with warrior and get like tabis unless you are going mobis.