Ask a Diamond [Week 6: Jungle]

[quote=DillButt64]thoughts on tank/cc junglers right now? i.e. [[Nautilus]], [[Sejuani]], [[Zac]][/quote]

[quote=NorthernRedStar][quote=DillButt64] thoughts on tank/cc junglers right now? i.e. [[Nautilus]], [[Sejuani]], [[Zac]] [/quote] [[Zac]] is actually a legit top laner. Most of the tanky junglers don't have enough clear speed and they're too weak duelists early, which a good enemy jungler will abuse. In lower elos, they work greatly because people don't counterjungle, countergank, etc. Better position than at the start of the season though. IIRC that is, the last year has faded from my short memory.[/quote]

[quote=mjskid]is jungle twitch viable?[/quote]

[quote=NorthernRedStar][quote=mjskid] is jungle twitch viable? [/quote] It works if you go [[Feral Flare]]. But beware [[Lee Sin]] and others. [[Twitch]] is a tier 1 ADC, so it's wasted though.[/quote]

[quote=utopus]SotAG is an okay item, just kinda outclassed by the other jungle items. There are some champions that ancient golem is still desirable to build on though, like rammus. Playing top tier junglers should be up to you. If you want to really improve the way you play though, it might be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the top tier junglers. it never hurts to have that sort of playstyle diversity Depends on the jungler, and how you are doing. If you have 2+ assists, and a kill, it might be worth it to itemize more towards damage, and if you are behind, it might be more beneficial to itemize tankiness. Your itemization is also dependant on what your team needs as well though[/quote]

[quote=Firehusary]What's current meta for junglers? Champs that are really good at carrying and snowball likePanth or Yi?[/quote]

[quote=PsiGuard]The two dominant types of junglers are what I would call carry and pressure junglers. Carry junglers: [[Nocturne]], [[Master Yi]], [[Udyr]], [[Kha'Zix]], [[Wukong]] Pressure junglers: [[Lee Sin]], [[Elise]], [[Pantheon]] Obviously some of these guys fit into both categories. Carry junglers tend to spend more time farming, take a lot of gold for themselves and build more damage than other junglers. Pressure junglers are built to gank early and often in order to snowball themselves and their laners in the early game. They usually build a little early damage but mostly defense. Other junglers like [[Amumu]] and [[Nautilus]] are still good but not quite as popular and it can be pretty hard to deal with any of the popular meta picks if they decide to pressure you in the jungle.[/quote]

[quote=mastrer1000]How viable is this "Madstone" build by trick2g? [spoiler=for those who don't watch trick]You basically farm the jungle without until you have 1.1k gold, buy mandred's and a spirit stone and are able to farm without ever having to go back. When it is time to upgrade one of your jungler items, you can choose which one you take.[/spoiler][/quote]

[quote=Vynertje]If you want to farm all day you'd want to get wriggles anyway and if you want to gank you want a spirit item. It's not like you'll usually find yourself changing from a game plan on a specific champion that often (you won't find a maokai farming the jungle, or a udyr ganking 24/7) so I don't really feel the need to go that way. I doubt if you really need that extra clear speed/sustain from the second item as well. Gotta add that I somewhat hate trick (his udyr is good but that's about it) and his fanboys so I might be somewhat biased.[/quote]

[quote=Dychronius]How would you rate [[hecarim]], [[skarner]], [[volibear]], and [[vi]] right now?[/quote]