4.8 Jungle Notes for Mylixia and Crumbzz

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Warding: Use your wards for what you want to do, but definitely buy them - buy every back (minimum)

For Learning the Jungle: Play Xin Zhao - allows you to not focus on mechanics and understand jungling better

Creating Better Ganking / Early Game Pressure Situations - place your own wards for plays, don't rely on team, for carry junglers create situations that allow lanes to have easier times and relieve jungle pressure

Improve Your Ganking - think creatively, think about how the opponent will play - don't be afraid to use abilities

When to Counterjungle - it's very difficult to deny exp now, and this is generally not worth focusing on - use counterjungling to get wards and establish control - then use timers - counterjungling buffs is extremely important in order to deny enemy team buffs and to start fights - looking at the beginning: how important is blue buff in this match up?

Different Views Between High Elo Junglers - when playing at low Elo, you can create enough individual plays that you can carry the game, there are "different kinds" of carrying - controlling buffs / outplaying / destroying jungle
-- at lower Elos, go for junglers with very strong late games (Kayle, Jax, Nocturne, Vi)
-- thinking about: what needs to happen for me to win this game?
-- try playing and understanding other roles
-- ask friends or other players who they hate playing against, who they think is strong to understand a champion

How to Improve Decision Making -
-- is the game even, behind, or ahead?
-- at even, take risks
-- once ahead, start taking less risks
-- if behind, take massive risks
-- if behind, mostly build more damage, you have less gold - more tank can put you further behind
-- always consider risk vs reward in relation to how far ahead or behind you are
-- asking: what are you gaining for the play you're making?

Defending Your Jungle -
-- buy a sweeper on first buy and buy pink wards
-- don't be afraid to spend gold to defend your jungle
-- tell your team and encourage communication

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How Do We Feel About the Feral Flare Meta in 4.8?

-- Feral Flare not Viable at all in solo queue
-- Elder lizard the best buy for offensive jungling and control
-- Golem viable on Elise (tank build) -- Olaf (tank oriented) -- Cho'gath, Hecarim (lizard prolly better) / Amumu / Nunu

As of 4.8 - Jungle still very impactful -

How is Jungle enabling to carry games?
-- Using your power to allow someone else to carry
-- Camp multiple lanes and absolutely snowball that
-- Current jungle is hugely gank oriented

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What Are the Three Critical Points to Remember When Carrying in Solo Queue?
1) Timing Everything and Using the Windows (Summoner Spells, Objectives, *Everything*)
  -- Controlling Buffs at 7:20 and 8:00
  -- Time Jungle Camps in Your Head

2) Recognize Who Can Carry
  -- Which Champion is Stronger (Late Game, etc)
  -- Checking Sites can Help (but not in competitive)

3) Don't Give Up too Early (Avoid Surrendering - Enemy Team Can Always Throw)