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Trying to learn to jungle....

Creator: Zid0 December 20, 2013 3:13am
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Howdy all,

New guy here, I'm only level 19 (almost 20) in game and find that whenever I attempt to jungle I either get so far behind I'm pretty useless (I always have to port back to heal) or get destroyed by an enemy counter-jungler like Xiu. Are there any good "how to" guides on general jungling? I've tried Cho, Darius, and Yi so far. Thanks!
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Once you hit level 20 and get yourself a full rune page of greater runes it should be a lot easier to jungle.Always rush your spirit item Spirit of the Ancient Golem Spirit of the Elder Lizard or Spirit of the Spectral Wraith as these items make jungling easier/safer and greatly increase the amount of gold that you get while jungling. If you need help further help you will have to ask specific questions.

P.s. Don't do jungle Darius.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
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Actually, many pros play Darius at low elo because with him it is very easy to snowball over the enemy jungler. He has the highest base damage of all junglers in the game.
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Well, a tip I have for general jungle gameplay is that you have to make the right decision who to gank first. Are you going to gank an enemy Garen early-game that scales very great in his lane but is downright terrible for lategame, or are you going to gank an enemy Orianna that has a downright amazing late-game? You can also think exactly the same for your own team: do you want to give your Wukong the advantage to scale better lategame or are you going to help out your Urgot to become even a better lanebully at the cost of an advantage for Wukong? Decision making is very important if you want to become really good in jungle, in my opinion.
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NicknameMy wrote:

Actually, many pros play Darius at low elo because with him it is very easy to snowball over the enemy jungler. He has the highest base damage of all junglers in the game.


pls dont give bad advice to new players
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Yi is good for Snowballing. other higher Tier Junglers are Shyvana for her fast clear times. Elise, and Jarvan IV are also pretty good when handled correctly.

As for rune pages and Masteries: Attack Speed or Armor Pen Marks are the norm depending on who you play. AP tend to run Magic Pen though. Armor Seals and Magic Resist (Scaling or Flat, I prefer Flat though) with Movement Speed quints to boost your clear times

Since you are only level 20 stick with something like 0/20/0 with points in Bladed Armor , Recovery , and Juggernaut . you might be able to get away with 11/9/0 depending on your jungler as well.

Build wise you want Boots and Spirit Stone in your first buy. ideally you should be able to pick up wards because vision saves lives. most junlgers work best with Spirit of the Ancient Golem as your first completed item, followed by Mobility Boots for, well, mobility. from there just build tanky. Most junglers thrive on initiates, which will make tankyness a priority in most of your jungler builds.


BOTTOM LINE: It's going to be really hard for you to jungle efficiently without being 30 since that is what the Jungle is scaled for. watch Pro or High level Jungler streams and videos. Most of them will explain what and why they are doing something as they do it.
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Good info, thanks all :) I'll have to tweek my masteries and make some jungle pages for others. Thanks for the info on Darius, guess I'll stick to top laning as him :)
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My favorite jungler is Elise and many consider her to be top tier. She takes some learning but it's very worth it. I recommend picking her up ASAP as she can also be used top, mid and as a kill lane "support"
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My favorite jungler is Elise and many consider her to be top tier. She takes some learning but it's very worth it. I recommend picking her up ASAP as she can also be used top, mid and as a kill lane "support"


This.

Elise is one of the most versatile champions out there. Can be played in any role and with builds ranging from full tank to full AP.
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I agree on Elise but she is definitely hard to learn. I still **** up some rotations when things get heated up. And Rappel is a very nuanced skill. Just going up in the air with nothing to fall on isn't really an escape, just a delay. Until you find you can dodge a lot of **** with it as well.

Nevertheless, the sooner you try the faser you'll get better.

I also recommend tanky junglers with CC that are easier to learn like Xin Zhao, Jarvan IV, Udyr, Vi, Amumu, etc.
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