Got any tips and tricks about surviving in the new Jungle?
Hey folks, I wanted to make a thread where we can all share tips for surviving in the new jungle.
These can be things like, a specific champion, build, or jungle route that seems to work really well for you.
Some interesting tips from the last discussion were these:
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Starting Gromp (Or Krugs, if you're an AA jungler) may be a good idea because the smite buff makes the rest of your clear easier
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Getting the CDR in the Utility tree can really help, because of the reduced Smite CD
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can solo sustain in the jungle and clear safely. -
Devourer enchantment is really mean on warwick's ult, so if you're jungling warwick, consider this enchantment.
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with the AOE smite and Warrior enchantment is very good at clearing safely. -
Consider not smiting blue, if you start there. Smite red instead, since it gives you HP back.
And here is a nice summary of some of the different camp bonuses:
Gromp, excellent starting smite for tanky junglers without some form of sustain and can get a leash. The damage over time isn't superb, but it's much better than the other camps. I think the damage also does NOT kill the camps, as I would walk away from the camps, just to see them stay at 1 hp and have to walk back to AA them. Maybe it was just me but it happened a lot.
Wolves, seems like a bad smite target, until I realized it's pretty good as a counterjungle smite. If you have poachers are just want to counterjungle, smite the wolf for a simple ward at the crossroads. Most junglers go through that way so you can get tabs on them. They either are forced to avoid that area (which will take their time away) or are revealed. A thing I liked to do was smite the wolves around the time the enemy blue came up.
Raptors, excellent in every form. Smite it before ganks or if you think there are wards in your jungle. Not much else to say.
Krugs, great for a starting smite on attack speed junglers. I smited on with Nocturne and it worked fairly well. It's also excellent for tower pushing/securing. Smite it, gank a lane, take down the turret with your new buff that does a pretty good amount of damage to turrets once.
Red/Blue, smite targets when you're oom or almost out of health, not much more to say. Sometimes I start smite them, most of the time I don't. My common route is Blue -> Red w/ smite.
These are all really good! Do you have any other strategies you're using to jungle effectively? Any builds and clear orders that are working well for you? Share them here!
: Relies on clearing and/or has unreliable ganks before their ultimate.
: Strong gankers with capable damage, most likely can even fight solo.
: Gankers who need themselves or their teammates to stick to a target.
: Counter-jungling, or any method of jungling that takes away from enemy junglers.
survive the new jungle decently - passive or no she's not exactly the quickest clearer nor does she have particularly good sustain.
player, I have some experience on routes for him. On purple side, start Gromp and
there. Afterwards, ignore wolves and chickens and go straight to Red. As soon as you start to see
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. It's arguably better than elder lizard in the stats it gives. After that just play like normal.