I main jungle, and most of the champs i play in the jungle use devourer enhancement (jax nocturne rengar etc). However, building devourer first results in my ganks being less powerful, and i don't snowball nearly as hard. On the other hand if i build my core item + boots first i have very few devourer stacks when compared to building devourer first. What do I do?
Trick said on stream that you should only build it first if you have it by the 7 or 8 minute mark.
I main jungle. I always finish boots first. Mobility is key in the jungle. I usually get devourer first unless I notice that I need more damage or lifesteal.
I did a lot of math recently on Devourer versus Warrior on AD reliant champions. Devourer will be better once it has approximately 100 on-hit magic damage, assuming your target hasn't specially stacked defenses against magic damage and you don't have absolutely insane AD ratios (because ratios op).
With that said, you should only take Devourer if you're confident you can reach those amount of stacks. Otherwise, it might be simply better to purchase another item.
However, the attack speed is completely gold efficient by itself, if you're looking for cheap attack speed.
