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A Fun Beginner Jungler

Toa of Death··1 votes·2,357 views

Who is a good beginner jungler that is fun to play? I'm looking for a jungler that's easy to learn but doesn't have a boring playstyle like Warwick.

Edit: probably should have mentioned this, these are the champs I own that can jungle, Chogath(he's my top main) Khazix Maokai MasterYi Nocturne RekSai Sion Skarner Udyr

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ArtaSoral4 votes

IMHO, Xin is probably the single easiest champion in the game. He has a pretty fun jungle with lots of ganks and potential counter jungle. Start q, auto q auto, then w for sustain in jungle. After 2 buff you should be looking for bank.

Lugg1 votes

Agreed. Xin is a great champion to start with since he can jungle or top very well. Heck, once you get good with him, you can even mid.

Shogunai1 votes

I also agree, Xin would be a great champion to start to learn jungle with an can also play top and mid with him. he has pretty decent jungle sustain an not too many hungry.

Only Play Darius2 votes

MasterYi

You're going to get a lot of shit from enemy team when you roll them, but don't listen. Yi is easy to learn but has very high skillcap.

mvargus1 votes

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MasterYi

You're going to get a lot of shit from enemy team when you roll them, but don't listen. Yi is easy to learn but has very high skillcap.

I actually don't recommend using Yi as a jungler. He can be used to jungle and I've seen him carry, but he's also a "feast or famine" champion and in my experience he starves too often. When he's good, he's very good, but if he gets behind he's useless for the rest of the game. Some of the other champs can still contribute when behind.

Only Play Darius1 votes

Yi scales extremely hard though. Useless until he finally gets to full build, where he is one of the fastest splitpushers in the game and is THE 1v1 duelist who can outduel everything short of full build Warwick and perhaps "The Grand Duelist" herself Fiora even though it would likely be a close match.

StealWolverine1 votes

Tryndamere and Jax can both kill any of the above. its skill dependent though.

Merxamers2 votes

MasterYi XinZhao Vi are very simple champions that can be very effective junglers; i used to play Xin a lot, and he has some of the best early ganks in the game. For what it's worth, Vi is the champion that got me started trying to jungle in the first place.

mvargus1 votes

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MasterYi XinZhao Vi are very simple champions that can be very effective junglers; i used to play Xin a lot, and he has some of the best early ganks in the game. For what it's worth, Vi is the champion that got me started trying to jungle in the first place.

I'd say Xin and Vi more than Yi. Xin has sustain and is a better team fighter than Yi and Vi is a tank shredder. Yi does get a lot of flashy multi-kills, but he's too much of a "feast or famine" champ. If the other team can shut you down or even slow your farming when you are playing Yi, you are worthless later in the game, and in the current tank meta, Yi struggles to get the snowball going.

Although I'll admit I love seeing a Yi jungle if I am playing Sejuani, Amumu or Maokai as I know I can wreck him easily, especially if I build thornmail.

Merxamers1 votes

If someone's asking for a good 'beginner jungler', he's at an elo where Yi will be just fine. Also, Yi has a built in heal; pretty sure that counts as 'sustain'. Just included him bc the OC owns him, he's mechanically simple, and has a decent skill ceiling so if he decided to play him seriously there's potential to do really well with him later on.

mvargus1 votes

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If someone's asking for a good 'beginner jungler', he's at an elo where Yi will be just fine. Also, Yi has a built in heal; pretty sure that counts as 'sustain'. Just included him bc the OC owns him, he's mechanically simple, and has a decent skill ceiling so if he decided to play him seriously there's potential to do really well with him later on.

Point. I guess I've run into a lot of bad Master Yi players recently, and have felt having him on my side cost me matches. He is useful if you want to learn about jungling routes, what camps to take when, when to gank and such, but I do believe there are better junglers out there, and he owns a couple champs I think are solid.

mvargus2 votes

First, thank you for not wanting to pick Warwick, in the current meta he's a horrible jungler and should never be played. As for the ones you listed.

Chogath - He can be effective, but you'll end up farming quite a bit before you appear in lanes. Most people lane with him as he is good there, and doesn't really gank well. [no gap closer and slow speed normally]

Khazix - He's an ambush jungler. He can be extremely good if you succeed in ganking, but his clears in the jungler aren't great and he has no built in sustain. Exciting if you like jumping in on enemy teams

Maokai - Not the most popular tank jungler, but a good one. His clears take a bit of time to get down, but his built in sustain is nice and he comes with a full kit (slow, knockback, root, gap closer and AOE damage reduction/damage). I play him and enjoy his style.

MasterYi - I don't care for him as a jungler, but some people love him. He can sustain well in the jungle, but he's very squishy compared to most junglers which puts him at a disadvantage in the current meta.

Nocturne - I don't know much about him other than the fact that I rarely see him.

RekSai - great mobility, some sustain from her passive and a nice AS steroid. But squishy compared to the more popular tank junglers. Can be very good, but takes practice and a good team to work with.

Sion - His early clears are painfully slow, but some people have made him work. I'd leave him as a laner.

Skarner - I almost never see him, but when I do its usually someone who does very well on him. He's a bit squishy compared to some, but his ult can be a killer. I'd say he's a bit tricky to play though.

Udyr - the current meta is very unfriendly to him and he ends up being nothing except a splitpusher late game. He lacks a good teamfight presence. Udyr is a jungler I don't like seeing on my side as too often he just can't help the team late. He ganks well early and has good sustain, so he might work for you.

YOUGOTKILLEDBRO1 votes

I play skarner a lot and he is actually pretty easy.

Lugg1 votes

Master Yi. Very easy to learn, can clear the entire jungle at level 1, and is fun to play.

BluePolarizer1 votes

MasterYi

easy to play, but skillcap is decently high. Basic play: farm, then press R, E, then press Q onto an enemy carry. To get mechanically good, you need low ping and fast reflexes to do alpha strike jukes. Until you can dodge Malphite ults with Alpha Strike under enemy turret, kill Malphite, reset Alpha strike, then alpha strike to a minion to escape death at the last second right before the turret shot hits you and reset aggro, you haven't hit Yi's skillcap. Then there's the whole question of strategic play with Yi (when to splitpush and when to group, how to play from behind, how to snowball a lead) that's a question in itself.

The Chin1 votes

Chogath UdyrShen

LegendaryLemur1 votes

Amumu I know you didn't mention owning him, but he's cheap. And he's a great teamfighter. A lot of beginners tend to pick assassins so its good to learn a nice initiator to shut down the opposing assassins and set up your teammate assassins.

Plus cinderhulk is OP right now and it works great on amumu.

Commit Sudoku1 votes

Nocturne was mine

he has some polarized gameplay though either win hard or lose hard

Rando McGee1 votes

Udyr is fun if you don't just sit and farm all game. He's really versatile in how you can build him: Full AD, AD Bruiser, AP Tank, and recently I've been trying magic damage on hit + attack speed (item 3710 item 3091 item 3078 item 3153 item 3020 ) and it works really well, I'm currently on a 7 game winstreak with it.

Tyren1 votes

No love for Nunu? After Cinderhuld jungle item and RoA he is beast. If behind just build pure tank and still be a force to be reckoned with. He also clears the jungle and drag really quick because of his Q.

Battleforge4Life1 votes

Amumu

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