EPTSo as I will mention in a more fleshed out blog post, I have a very large junk of time off from work and school in the immediate future hear and I have decided to start an absolute binge of video games and content creation. The big thing I thought I might as well try and wrap my head around is what is really working in season five preseason jungle for League of Legends as well as just the meta as a whole. After talking with Dino a great deal about the meta and the dilemas of a solo queue player I realized I really needed more hands on experience again to be able to make any effective judgement. Here is one of the first games of me coming back but you can expect for me to post more about the jungle as I try everything under the sun to get an idea of what is actually good this season. Right now I must say it feels like nothing is really all that good with junglers feeling entirely ineffective; with a few outstanding exceptions. I doubt things will stay the way they are but in the mean time there is plenty to be worked out.
Added Later Same Day; Jungle Clearing
After grinding out a big chunk of games with one of my League buddies XGP, my current feelings is that thus far my preferred jungle might unexpectedly be Skarner. This clear method started out as a mistake as the new standard play has become to start at frog and rotate to blue after, but I found out be pure accident that starting blue is likely actually the better play. There is not a lot of incentive to counter jungle yet in the new jungle as it beats your ass pretty hard. If you get walked in on by a healthy jungle and you are taking damage from the camp, you are going to have a bad time. Clear speed seems to be less the thing and just finishing the cycle and being healthy enough to gank after red seems to be all that matters right now. This rotation with Skarner gives you that option and is still very fast. I will be trying this clear with other junglers, likely Udyr and seeing how it goes. I will be sure to post updates about that as well.
Masteries: 9.21.0
Note: Resistance, Bladed Armor and Tough SKin are maxed. The rest I am sure could be tweaked to preference but my other points are in Perseverance, Oppression and Second Wind. With the Standard Recovery, Veteran's Scar, Juggernaut and Hardiness.
Runes:
+27 MR at lvl 18 (GLYPHS)
+29% AS (QUNITS and MARKS)
+ 9 ARMOR (SEALS)
This game is with me playing Pantheon in the top lane, something I am very comfortable with and has stayed solid thus far. Enjoy.
This game is just me trying out Leona bottom with the new season five support item: Righteous Glory
Thanks for reading and watching!
Regards,
Basic
