A nice beginner jungler?

[quote=Noralyn]Hi there! I've been playing support since I was lvl 1, am now lvl 23. I want to try jungling, but don't know what champion to start with. Is there any that are better than others? Have tried Riven, Nunu and Diana, Di being the favorite as of now. Thanks! - N[/quote]

[quote=Satella]Riven jungle is suboptimal as of S3. Same with Diana; both champions depend on items and would far prefer lane farm, and they both lack the innate sustain necessary to jungle efficiently without level 30 masteries and runes. [[Nunu]] is a good beginner jungler who does well at all levels of play. Fast clearers who have great dueling potential can build tanky DPS like [[Shyvana]], [[Udyr]], and [[Olaf]] are also good picks for beginners because they are not too vulnerable to counterjungling and can spend lots of time ganking due to fast clearspeed.[/quote]

[quote=Noralyn]Thanks for the quick response! My first ever jungle was with Nunu, but I found him to be tedious and a bit difficult to gank with, maybe because I've been playing him as a support. Found myself going into a "support" mindset as soon as I engaged combat. Thanks for the tips! Will try them out. :D[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf]I would not recommend [[Olaf]] as a starter since he needs a slightly optimal runepage in order to survive well in the jungle. Otherwise, he might die to red or something. Udyr and and Nunu though, are strong picks for early jungling though.[/quote]

[quote=Satella][quote=Lugignaf] I would not recommend [[Olaf]] as a starter since he needs a slightly optimal runepage in order to survive well in the jungle. Otherwise, he might die to red or something. Udyr and and Nunu though, are strong picks for early jungling though. [/quote] Olaf actually clears the jungle fine at summoner level 1 (I've tested this on my smurf accounts when I needed junglers who didn't get executed with no runes/masteries), so this isn't strictly true. You do need to start blue first and get a leash, though. [quote=Noralyn] My first ever jungle was with Nunu, but I found him to be tedious and a bit difficult to gank with, maybe because I've been playing him as a support. Found myself going into a "support" mindset as soon as I engaged combat. [/quote] That's actually pretty much what [[Nunu]]'s teamfight role boils down to: disabling an important enemy threat with [[Ice Blast]] while buffing his team's ADC with [[Blood Boil]]. Channeling [[Absolute Zero]] also forces the enemy team to focus him, which can be instrumental in giving your teammates some time to DPS uncontested. Also, his ganks are great; are you maxing [[Consume]] first instead of [[Ice Blast]]?[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf][quote=Satella] Olaf actually clears the jungle fine at summoner level 1 (I've tested this on my smurf accounts when I needed junglers who didn't get executed with no runes/masteries), so this isn't strictly true. You do need to start blue first and get a leash, though. [/quote] Huh. Today I learned things.[/quote]

[quote=Scott Azrael]My junglers: [[Amumu]] [[Vi]] [[Xin Zhao]] [[Jarvan IV]] [[Volibear]] Some others to consider: [[Maokai]] [[Hecarim]] [[Nocturne]] [[Udyr]] You could also try [[Warwick]] as he is usually the easiest to sustain in the jungle. you can actually jungle at low summoner levels with him. However, he just isn't that great other than clearing jungle.[/quote]

[quote=DarkAkumaLord]Starters (yes i know what I'm talking bout because I basically main jungle): 3150 IP <= These champions [[warwick]] [[olaf]] [[malphite]] [[amumu]] [[xin zhao]] [[udyr]] [[nunu]] Good after you get used to them [[shaco]] Ok but, Represents a challenge [[shen]] [[twitch]] [[evelynn]][/quote]

[quote=More Waffles]Cho'Gath is also a decent jungler. I don't think there's any updated builds (as compared to his top lane), but he jungles far better than he lanes. Great sustain, great CC for ganks (both a silence to prevent flash, and a pop up / slow). Post level 6, jungle is great for getting Feast stacks or using Feast as a crazy burst damage during a gank. He's also fairly simple to use, just need to get the timing / aim of Rupture down. I've only jungled a few times. Max spikes, start with Blue, and you can go all day.[/quote]

[quote=boythinks][[Warwick]] is probably the easiest jungle. [[Xin Zhao]] really scary jungle..godly early ganks from my friends who main jungle they really crush as [[Xin Zhao]] [[Malphite]] ok in terms of clear speeds and the ganks after lvl 6 are amazing[/quote]