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Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
March 12 2014 14:33 GMT
#1981
Is this the part of the thread where we criticize TB's PR? That's my favourite thing to do
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
AsmodeusXI
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States15536 Posts
March 12 2014 14:38 GMT
#1982
On March 12 2014 23:33 Scip wrote:
Is this the part of the thread where we criticize TB's PR? That's my favourite thing to do


pls no i did not ask 4 this

On topic, am I the only one who can't be bothered to test the TeamBuilder because I don't want to play Normals? I just don't DO those anymore. :/
WriterTL > RL. BNet: Asmodeus#1187 - LoL: DJForeclosure - Steam: asmodeusxi | www.n3rddimension.com
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 14:44:20
March 12 2014 14:42 GMT
#1983
Like you play at all?

Edit: I'm pretty sure it works better if I put the TL;DR at the top.
TL;DR: I'm a picky shitter and am looking for reliable flexible jungler I can pick any game when Vi's banned. Kha'Zix/Elise is yurkFUUUrage so no, Lee often banned too, Wukong often banned plus FotM != reliable by definition, I dislike Nocturne past laning, Maokai/Nautilus are shit now, are Eve/Olaf/Mundo able to fit in any line-up/good in all situations enough or should I look for something I don't know about?


Calling out to TL's proverbial wisdom as it looks like I have to train new junglers.
I mained Mundo, Maokai, Nautilus in s2, then Vi, Mundo and Nautilus in s3. Nautilus was already far from a top tier pick and took some nerf bats to the teeth, and Vi, well... looks like she's the third champion that ends up permaban status after I picked it up day 1/while noone cared for it, so I can't count on getting her anymore.
Meaning I need at least another one so that if the team needs me to jungle I'm not a deadweight playing 2 tiers below my usual level.

Few points:
- I need a flexible/solid jungler so that it can be a go-to pick (even pre-nerf Nautilus would need your team to make up for your damage; Udyr needs his team to have wave-clear/initiation, etc.)
- I'm wary of learning Lee Sin since he's prone to getting banned too. It seems like Wukong is banned a bunch too, plus I'm wary of FotM in general.
- Kha'Zix and Elise are no-noes. I just don't like them; you wouldn't suggest learning Fizz to Cheep, would you?

Picks I've considered/played in the past:
- Rammus/Nautilus/Maokai are either too weak atm or too reliant on their team, I like to be autonomous so even if I like them they don't cut it for a go-to jungler.
- I dislike Nocturne because I find his impact too low in teamfights and he falls off hard as a diver if you don't keep building damage while his kit isn't great for peeling. He can't initiate either.
- With the new trend of building BotRK/Hexdrinker or straight Randuin's/Banshee on Eve, is she flexible enough to adapt to what the team needs? She used to be so squishy it made me shy away from her.
- Same with Pantheon, even though he's in a better place than the "buff&camp" Alistar-style from season 2, isn't he super weak if he's not ahead during midgame?
- Mundo needs levels (and some farm) to be useful, so against popular early game junglers who gank a lot or just put pressure it may put my lanes behind since he gets pretty low now. I've got a bunch of experience with him but it looks like you can only pick him if your lanes are strong early on. In the same vein, Olaf looks like Lee without the godlike early game: necessitates a line-up able to force fights/take control during the midgame because he falls off later, plus with mobility buffs for him. I'm concerned that I can't pick them blindly (what made me stop junglig Udyr: team wouldn't pick any clear/pushing capability and as soon as the enemy team would shove during the midgame we'd automatically lost all momentum because I'd only be able to sit under tower and soak poke while looking sad).

Are there any other popular/meta-suited junglers that I don't know about and could make good additions to my roster so I have reliable alternatives if Vi remains permabanned?
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
drkcid
Profile Joined October 2012
Spain196 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 14:47:41
March 12 2014 14:44 GMT
#1984
On March 12 2014 23:32 AsmodeusXI wrote:
inb4 TotalBiscuit shows up incredibly confused


lol I was thinking the same, "what kind of problems could have TB with LOL?" xDD.

Don´t mind too much toxic players, I bet they are the same **** playing LOL, basketball, football (any), etc... always blaming the others.

@Alaric
Maybe jungle Kayle or Riven? Pantheon is a solid pick.
Just for fun
Kyrie
Profile Joined June 2013
1594 Posts
March 12 2014 14:48 GMT
#1985
On March 12 2014 23:42 Alaric wrote:
Like you play at all?

Edit: I'm pretty sure it works better if I put the TL;DR at the top.
TL;DR: I'm a picky shitter and am looking for reliable flexible jungler I can pick any game when Vi's banned. Kha'Zix/Elise is yurkFUUUrage so no, Lee often banned too, Wukong often banned plus FotM != reliable by definition, I dislike Nocturne past laning, Maokai/Nautilus are shit now, are Eve/Olaf/Mundo able to fit in any line-up/good in all situations enough or should I look for something I don't know about?

you requested a flexible/solid jungler and immediately followed that up by excluding the most flexible/solid ones

of the remainder, panth and eve are probably best although i'm not sure why they aren't included under fotm

as a general captain obvious note, fotms kind of tend to become fotm because they're the best, most reliable picks at a given time
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 14:53:04
March 12 2014 14:52 GMT
#1986
l2p udyr without relying on you team to babysit for you
theres no such thing as a perfect jungler to fit every criteria, better to try to become a perfect player
TheHumanSensation
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1210 Posts
March 12 2014 14:54 GMT
#1987
Aatrox? I picked him up recently and have been enjoying him as a jungler, although my experience is very limited. Good dueling, ganks, can escape / engage over walls, lots of build options, etc.
739
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Bearded Elder29904 Posts
March 12 2014 14:55 GMT
#1988
Riven jungle is not THAT bad tho.
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Scip
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Czech Republic11293 Posts
March 12 2014 14:58 GMT
#1989
As you mentioned, Eve jungle is pretty good and all-around solid. Very fun too imo.
"It may be pleasurable for some of us to imagine being ravished" - Christopher Hitchens in a debate with feminists RIP 2011 Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 15:17:36
March 12 2014 15:05 GMT
#1990
I don't see as much Pantheon/Eve bans and picks as much as I see Wukong (well I see more Pantheon picks but that's because Wukong is banned most of the time). By "reliable" it doesn't have to be top-level, decent would be enough. Vi was flexible/reliable from day 1 but she wasn't FotM (well she was popular at the start because she was out of line, but the damage nerfs made her invisible for months; didn't care, kept playing her and she's always been good enough for me), for example.

I'd play stuff like J4 too but I'm a bit concerned he falls in the same category as other, tankier junglers of "relies on your team to be high damage to keep up past midgame". If people having experience with him in s4 correct me on that point I'll consider him np or others np.
FotM tend to be "the best at a given moment" and a prime target for nerfs ('cept when you're called Renekton I guess), seeing how I'm thinking long-term and not just "I'll switch and relearn FotM every 3 weeks to keep abusing the OP w/o ever mastering one" I don't mind not playing the absolute top of the cream so long as my roster is stable.

@Teut: when your team picks Ezreal/Sona/Renekton/Nidalee and they have stuff like Lux, Cait, Zed, as Udyr you'd better get your team way ahead or the game's not going to be much fun once they start shoving you (worse teamcomps happened pretty often when I 2nd picked Udyr in s2/3). Vi's much in the same boat, but because she can reliably dive/initiate fights (and she telegraphs it well for your team to follow) it let me make stuff happen regardless for example.

@Scip: my main concern with Eve was how squishy she is, and I like tankiness on my junglers to widen my error margin, but it seemed like after the (items/abilities) changes a tankier build was viable too without making her a glorified ult bot/global taunt, so I've been interested in adding her, yeah. Thanks for confirming.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
March 12 2014 15:12 GMT
#1991
everyone relies on their team to some extent
how much depends on how much damage you do which depends a lot on how and how well you play
Kyrie
Profile Joined June 2013
1594 Posts
March 12 2014 15:15 GMT
#1992
this is just a matter of personal preference in the end so i won't press the issue further than this post, but i don't think there's much to be gained from avoiding fotms when picking up new champs, and learning olaf jungle right now is no more thinking long term than is playing elise. there's no way to predict what champs will become fotm and be buffed/nerfed in the future, so you may as well just go with the strongest champion that isn't commonly banned unless you've got a contact on the balance team. and even that wouldn't be so helpful because i don't think even they have a great handle on how changes impact fotm

basically overthinking the issue just leads to analysis paralysis, and just picking any goddamn champ and playing the goddamn game is the best way to improve. poppy support can hit challenger
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
March 12 2014 15:17 GMT
#1993
hipster status
Kyrie
Profile Joined June 2013
1594 Posts
March 12 2014 15:18 GMT
#1994
i knew i was forgetting something important
Alaric
Profile Joined November 2009
France45622 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 15:24:33
March 12 2014 15:22 GMT
#1995
Na I used to play a bunch of Olaf (mainly top, but jungle too in s2) until the gutting empirically convinced me it didn't work anymore, and after the recent changes I tried him again and got convinced he's still not strong enough to off lane, so with the similar cases of Wukong and Pantheon being moved to the jungle I figured "maybe even without ally MS boosts on the team he can work from there". If I can recycle one of the champions I already know it's easier for me.

^ I've got hipster status secured ever since I mained Morgana pre-30 until she got permabanned, don't need that anymore. o/ Had to make sure I had my mandatory hipster cred before I joined TL LoL obv.
Cant take LMS hipsters serious.
Nos-
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada12016 Posts
March 12 2014 15:31 GMT
#1996
On March 12 2014 23:52 Slayer91 wrote:
l2p udyr without relying on you team to babysit for you
theres no such thing as a perfect jungler to fit every criteria, better to try to become a perfect player

that's deep
Bronze player stuck in platinum
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
March 12 2014 15:33 GMT
#1997
Pantheon or Fiora would be the junglers I'd suggest. Fiora is a good choice for a hipster jungler. Her single target clear is amazing, one of the very best for junglers.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
March 12 2014 15:36 GMT
#1998
On March 13 2014 00:31 Nos- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 12 2014 23:52 Slayer91 wrote:
l2p udyr without relying on you team to babysit for you
theres no such thing as a perfect jungler to fit every criteria, better to try to become a perfect player

that's deep


that's what she said no it isn't
YouGotNothin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States907 Posts
March 12 2014 15:39 GMT
#1999
I think Amumu and Sejuani are decent jungle picks still, they obviously are weak to counterjungling but just ward up early and don't play them against Kha'zix.
I got nothin'...
cLutZ
Profile Joined November 2010
United States19574 Posts
March 12 2014 15:47 GMT
#2000
On March 12 2014 23:33 Scip wrote:
Is this the part of the thread where we criticize TB's PR? That's my favourite thing to do

Tb had great PR. That is kind of the purpose...
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