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Better Junglers for Climbing in Ranked?

Weathered·8/25/2015, 1:44:42 AM·1 votes·1,038 views

So, I'm kinda stuck in silver. For a while now, I've mained jungle primarily using Shaco and Wukong. Both of these I'm amazing with, and can usually get fed and outplay most people in ranked. My problem is that they are both pretty team reliant, so i can never carry the games to the end and end up losing because someone else fed or someone afked. I feel like my getting fed is just a waste because i can't do anything with it. With wukong, all i can do is initiate with ult and act as a meat shield. With shaco, all i can do is split push, take objectives and assasinate, but that doesnt help if the other team out fights the rest of yours, because then you all die and they have more time to take objectives. Recently I've kinda gotten fed up, and just said screw it and learned some meta junglers hoping there was something too it. I've tried Diana, which i can usually do pretty well with, but i usually get focused hard and die, so then im not much use to my team. Kayle is another. I just started using her with devourer, and she seems pretty promising. I completely reck late game, every game, but it doesnt work sometimes because she has no early game pressure, meaning if the other team gets fed early i don't mean much. I usually tell my team that, and to play safe, but sometimes they just can't help it i guess and go ham, thus getting ganked.

TL;DR : What are some junglers that i can use to be the carry on my team to climb the ranks, where its not as reliant on others to have great synergy, because in Silver III people just simply don't work together or play safe in lane like higher elo's.

Thanks for reading feedback is appreciated. I also use a replay viewing system, so if someone really wants to be helpful they could watch a game and give some tips :)

8 Comments

Taaz8/25/2015, 11:35:15 AM1 votes

100% full disclosure, shaco is not a champion that should be used in silver. the way he needs to be played simply cannot be considered effective at that level. Wu, on the other hand, is quite broken on the new patch, seeing as how some of the new items (gage and titanic specifically) give him the damage he needs while still providing for the tankyness people never build on him anyways. If fun is your goal, like mine is, simply keep doing what youre doing. If all you care about is climbing, i would recommend you play champions that require little to no mechanics to be successful. A few of these could be gragas, nunu, jarvan. doing this allows you to think more about what youre doing in terms of map presence and pressure than making those flashy and difficult plays.

MasterLock8/25/2015, 11:57:02 AM1 votes

Some junglers that I have a lot of success with are Jax, Evelynn, Gragas, Lee Sin, Tryndamere, Nidalee, Jarvan, and sometimes even Rumble. Jax has great early game pressure and strong ganks and a great late game with devourer and his passive. Evelynn is really good in team fights late game and can flank teams because of her passive. Gragas can divide teams with his ult and knock them up as well so build him tanky and he is very strong. Lee Sin takes some practice but he can be a very good champion if you learn his mechanics. Tryndamere is fairly simple to learn and has a really strong clear. Nidalee can carry easy and has great lane pressure due to her spears and her heal. Jarvan is good late because you can build him tanky and then isolate their carrys with your ult. Rumble is a very circumstantial pick and he can easily carry but his ultimate makes fights late game very difficult for the opposing team. I hope that this helped!

Bhagswag8/25/2015, 11:59:57 AM1 votes

Diana.

Waygzh8/25/2015, 4:43:10 PM1 votes

Diana Evelynn Kayle Shyvana Skarner Warwick XinZhao

Are a good start, and in no particular order (Skarner is best right now, and once he gets hotfixed Xin will probably be best).

In Silver I'd probably roll with the Devourer jungles just because there's little chance that the junglers you're facing are going to capitalize on your weak early game, otherwise they wouldn't be Silver. Also, you can still gank since Silver players often overextend without wards.

Axests8/25/2015, 4:44:19 PM1 votes

kha'zix is my favorite jungler if your goal is to climb, his snowball potential and mobility make him a terror in lower elos

Code8/26/2015, 7:22:51 PM1 votes

things you need to do:

buy stealth wards instead of just pink wards

change to red trinket and upgrade, especially on shaco

itemize on the situation (your build seems a bit static).

and yeah, playing meta junglers helps, but in low elo it doesn't make a difference. anyone can carry, i have friends doing ahri devourer in gold because they can, and they carry with it.

i said this in another post, but the #1 way to climb is to look at all your mistakes, remember them and remember why you committed them. don't think "i'm pretty good", think "i do ok against a low elo opponent, therefore i have a lot to learn if i want to climb".

ultimately, you may be good for silver, but that really doesn't say much. expand your champ pool, fix your objective control through warding, learn to punish and take advantage, and you'll climb.

oh, and while some of the picks people gave you are solid for carrying low elo (not too killable, good damage when ahead), your focus needs to be on your gameplay regardless of which champ you're playing.

NemeBro8/26/2015, 8:44:11 PM1 votes

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So, I'm kinda stuck in silver. For a while now, I've mained jungle primarily using Shaco and Wukong. Both of these I'm amazing with, and can usually get fed and outplay most people in ranked. My problem is that they are both pretty team reliant, so i can never carry the games to the end and end up losing because someone else fed or someone afked. I feel like my getting fed is just a waste because i can't do anything with it. With wukong, all i can do is initiate with ult and act as a meat shield. With shaco, all i can do is split push, take objectives and assasinate, but that doesnt help if the other team out fights the rest of yours, because then you all die and they have more time to take objectives. Recently I've kinda gotten fed up, and just said screw it and learned some meta junglers hoping there was something too it. I've tried Diana, which i can usually do pretty well with, but i usually get focused hard and die, so then im not much use to my team. Kayle is another. I just started using her with devourer, and she seems pretty promising. I completely reck late game, every game, but it doesnt work sometimes because she has no early game pressure, meaning if the other team gets fed early i don't mean much. I usually tell my team that, and to play safe, but sometimes they just can't help it i guess and go ham, thus getting ganked.

TL;DR : What are some junglers that i can use to be the carry on my team to climb the ranks, where its not as reliant on others to have great synergy, because in Silver III people just simply don't work together or play safe in lane like higher elo's.

Thanks for reading feedback is appreciated. I also use a replay viewing system, so if someone really wants to be helpful they could watch a game and give some tips :)

Wukong is a carry to be honest, but mostly in top lane. I'd use him if you ever have to go top. He's one of the best in the game.

Try Xin Zhao. He runs devourer which gives him great carry potential, but more importantly he actually has really strong early game pressure and invade potential, like Shaco.