League of Legends (LoL) Question: AP Junglers this meta

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AP Junglers this meta

Asked by Silverman43 on August 11, 2018

I am looking for an extra AP jungler to add to my champion pool besides Ekko. Ekko is nice, but his CC from his W is delayed, wich isn't useful against some heavy burst champions in 1v1 in this early game scuttle crab meta.

So Im looking for another option. I was thinking about Diana, ez to play but weak pre 6. So now Im considering Taliyah (very strong rn but nerfs incoming 8.16), Gragas (different build paths, strong with only 1 AP item) and Amumu (can build tank, AP or hybrid and he has lots of CC + buffs incoming).

So Im wondering wich one would be the best for climbing in SoloQ.
Thanks in advance :)

Answers (3)

(24) |

Ekko has fast clears and fleet footwork does wonders on him (: I always pick this when taking ekko in the jungle. You can easily gank top and mid and at level 6 your ganks are much more effective because tower diving becomes a thing. I usually take and . Try it.

(85) |

Thanks!
So far I have been playing jungle with either or . But some extra attack speed with seems good to proc his passive faster. Gonna try it soon!:)

(24) |

I was also fooling around with getting bloodrazor and warrior (instead of runic echo) as first item, it works against certain match-ups. But falls off later in the game. Haven't tried a specific build path for this. (especially with warrior and nashor's tooth with transcendence))

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(85) |

I have tried on and I played a solid game with it. The clears were healthier and I didn't really miss the burst from or . It was good!
Bloodrazor just isn't as effective as runic echoes because you can't proc his passive more than once every 5s. You can always try if you want though.
I have already seen on , but I have never tried it myself though. Gonna try a build with and soon!

(24) |

I think you can start nashors or a rather Ap heavy item as first buy then opt for bloodrazor if against tanks at a later stage because 4% of target HP won't be doing much anyway early game.

(14) |

isnt as good of an option if youre going for an ap jungler, since he builds mostly tank, with a little ap. Some picks that are strong but not popular are , who was mentioned, , and i could even see new being played jungle.

Hope this helps,

~moon

(85) |

Thanks!
You are right about and I don't think Im gonna add him to my champion pool. and are strong, but I don't like them that much. So Currently Im learning and as backup.

I don't know if Akali Jungle still works though. Her passive doesn't affect monsters so it's hard to clear.

(140) |

can still be played jungle, but what you see here often is a rush to be able to have decent jungle camp clear.
I am not saying you should play her jungle and that she is by any means better than or , but just saying that if you were interested in picking her up for the jungle it wouldn't be the worst.

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(85) |

Yeah of course isn't as viable as one of the meta junglers, but im happy it still works somehow. Im fond of off-meta stuff and I used to play old jungle sometimes. So Im definitely gonna try it. rush may actually make it decent.
Thanks! :)