Jungler guide: farming, taking objectives, setting the pace

The jungler has no lane. He gains his gold and his experience on the monsters of the jungle, with the spell Retribution, and he is the only one who can secure the Turtle and the Lord against the opposing jungler. The post mainly welcomes assassins and fighters, sometimes tanks: any hero capable of farming quickly and weighing in from the middle of the game.

What the position brings

• The objectives: Turtle, Lord, buffs. The jungler's Retribution decides who takes them.
• Rhythm: the jungler chooses where he shows up, and the lanes adapt their game to his presence or absence.
• Eliminations: a jungler who surprises a pushed lane transforms an ally's lead into the team's lead.
• Often, the team carry: like the marksman, he becomes one of the richest heroes in the game.

The farming path and objectives guide details the times and order of camps.

Recommended heroes right now

Junglers are divided into three families. Assassins, such as Ling, Lancelot or Hayabusa, eliminate an isolated target; fighters, like Martis or Barats, last long fights; Jungle tanks, like Fredrinn or Baxia, leave the gold for others and engage. The right choice depends on what your team is missing.

Most played items, emblems and spells

Retribution is mandatory: without it, farming is too slow and objectives are lost. The rest of the build follows the hero and the opponent:

• against tanks, the armor penetration of Malefic Roar;
• against a team that heals itself, the healing reduction of Sea Halberd;
• to finish a target, execute items like Sky Piercer on assassins who build them.

Retribution timing training helps you no longer lose an objective on the last shot.

How a game unfolds

Early game

The jungler farms his two buffs and his small camps to reach his ultimate at level 4, then places himself near the Turtle before 2:00. Meanwhile, he looks at the lanes: an opposing lane pushed without vision is an opportunity.

Mid-game

The jungler alternates farming, objectives and attacks on the lanes. He keeps an eye on enemy buffs: a stolen buff delays the enemy jungler by 90 seconds. The objective timer follows these times in its place.

Late game

The battles are fought around the Lord. The jungler should not be the first to enter the fight: he waits until the opponent's controls have been used, then he targets the most exposed carry. And he always keeps his Retribution for the Lord.

The most common mistakes

• Farm your jungle while the teamfights for the Turtle.
• Use Retribution on a small camp just before an objective.
• Attack a lane where the opponent is under his turret with all his HP.
• Open a teamfight first with a fragile assassin.
• Start the Lord without knowing where the adversaries are.