So you're new to league, and you just got autofilled jungle
This guide is one for very new players (like me) who got autofilled into jungle and then panicked. This is normal. Jungle is not like laning at all - it's a very different way to play the game, and nothing you have done prior to this prepared you for what's about to go down. Now there's a lot of complex guides out there for jungling, but what the fuck are you supposed to do when. It's your 100th game ever and suddenly you're expected to run around a forest and help everyone else? Well, I'm here to give you a tiny piece of hope in the otherwise terrifying and brutal world of forestry based league of legends.
So you've picked your jungler (I'm assuming it's Warwick or Amumu. It fucken should be one of those two, trust me - don't go for anything complex or gank heavy or you will get your ass packed in. Just trust me on this). I always recommend tanky jungle champs for beginners - this is because you offer a lot more to your team when you can absorb a beating, and it's much easier to be of use when playing from behind as a tank than as a damage dealing bruiser. Amumu is actually perfect to learn the jungle - you can pretty much just press W and slap E whenever it comes up and you have a workable rotation for the murder of innocent creatures. Make sure you have smite in your summoners spells - if I was you (and I'm not, but c'mon) take flash and smite. Flash makes you disappear and reappear, generally away from whatever ass whooping you've wandered into. Smite makes killing jungle camps a thing that is not impossible. Also you can't buy a jungle item if you don't have smite so... Make sure you bring it. Please for the love of God. Bring smite. I'm fucking begging you.
Go to wherever the fuck your botlane is going, and ping the buff that's standing there. Red buff gives you a burn on your abilities, blue gives you huge mana regen. I did not know this when I first jungled - hence my mysterious choice in just killing whatever was closest to me, which did not exactly fill my team with confidence (to be fair, I did warn them - they just told me to stop being such a pussy. Well look at me now Maokai! ARE YOU HAPPY YOU SON OF A BITCH). Do not smite the first buff - your team is there to help you kill it, so you shouldn't need to use it here. Congrats! You now have your first buff, and it's time to do a full clear.
Super quickly - smiting a monster will give you a big chunk of HP back. So if you're clearing your jungle and that giant frog has you super fucking low on hp - just smite that fucker. He loses health and you gain it. That's what we in the pest control business call a win-win.
So, a full clear of your jungle just means you should take everything in your jungle. It also involves taking the scuttle crab, the weird thing that wanders down the river and gives you vision when it dies. Something important about full clearing, that may seem obvious - start at the top, and work your way down to the bottom, or vice versa. For example, if you started at red buff, go to your Krug's, the rocks hidden around the corner near you. Then go beat the shit out of the chickens, wander across to the other side and beat the wolves into submission, then your other buff and that ugly as fuck frog. You can then look down and see if the scuttle is there. Is it? Then take it. If it's not there, then just go back. Your enemy jungler is probably nearby, so you might want to ping your laners to let them know. Oh, your top laner is already dead? Yeah... That sounds about right. Oh yeah, and if you have a cc ability (like a stun or a root) then that crab will take massive bonus damage while it's in effect, even from smite. So cc the crab and then beat the absolute shit out of it.
Before you go back, have a look at your lanes. Are any of the enemy really close to your turret? If so, that lane is pretty gankable. If your laner is low on hp though you probably shouldn't - they get cranky if they die, and they get even crankier if YOU die while trying to help. It's probably better to just go back and not feed anyone who actually knows what they're doing, you lovable idiot. So. Go back to your base (or gank) and buy your jungle item. Just get whatever's fucking recommended, and then very quickly head back to the side of the map you came from. You should probably just full clear again dude. Whichever camp you started with will be back again, so feel free to go turn them into gold and exp and start working your way across the map again. Every time you get to a camp, have a look at your map. How are your laners going? Do any look gankable? Maybe it's time to go have some presence, but REMEMBER. The longer you spend fucking around with ganks is time you're not getting any exp and gold from your jungle. So go get your murder on, but try and be quick about it!
Ok so hopefully you've gotten into a kind of rhythm here. You should be level 6, and ready to start thinking about stuff like objectives. If your bot lane is winning, and they've got the enemy pushed up, ping dragon and start heading that way. If they don't look like they're interested, maybe clear a camp or 2 on the way - I recommend the chickens or the Krug's, whichever is easier for you. If top lane is winning, it might be time to do Herald! He's an ugly bastard with the purple eye on his back. Make sure when that eye is open you attack him from behind to do bonus damage.
Now, it all gets a bit confusing. Your laners are winning and have taken some towers (possibly with the help of the herald you dropped down - go you!!!!) Now it's time to think about shit like grouping with your team to take objectives like turrets and whatnot. Honestly, from this point on the only thing I can help you with is this - try to keep killing as many camps as you can. Keep that exp and gold up! Don't start fights unless you're sure your team can win - oh and if some asshole wanders into your jungle to take your shit, ping assistance and hope your teammates show up in time to help.
Good luck out there on the rift, my first time autofilled jungler. I hope you have a lot of luck, and also that you read a better guide by a more cheerful and supportive person. Peace!
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