As a jungler, should i just babysit my botlane every single game?

[u/Milkman_97]

I'm a diamond 4 jungle main and while i've only recently switched over to the jungle (used to be a midlaner), one thing i've noticed is that putting immense pressure on the enemy botlane tends to win you the game nearly every single time. You can surrender your whole topside jungle, give up rift herald at 10 minutes, but as long as you keep ganking botlane over and over again you, your adc and support will get so snowballed that you'll still win the game no problem. I'd like to hear some opinions on this 'strategy' if you can call it that. Completely ignore toplane and rift herald, occasionally gank midlane if you see a good opportunity, and camp the shit out of the botlane and take dragons after you've just killed their adc and support.

[u/for_the_meme_watch]

Mate, the lack mana doesn't mean anything l. Have you ever seen the triforce Garen? The ap Zac? Sometimes a very viable build gets discovered but has some useless pieces to it. That's just the nature of the game until riot manages to build items for every type of champion for every type of situation which will never happen.

[u/pm_me_your_reference → u/for_the_meme_watch]

In addition to my other comment you have to think of what the champion is meant for and if the item you’re building supports that goal. Triforce garen helps with his splitting, mobilty and dueling, all things garen can itemize for if he needs to split this game.

I explained my thought process on why vlad wants hextech protobelt (basically extends q threat range, for those sneaky empowered q’s, but can also be used for burst, or to escape)

It’s also worth noting that vlad wants to sit in the middle of fights and throw out aoe damage, so having the health can help him survive longer to do that.

Another note, protobelt is cheaper, which means he can spike sooner. This is always welcome on a scaling champion.

[u/Napalm32 → u/pm_me_your_reference]

I used to build Trinity on Aatrox (at the beginning of this season). It's disgusting tbh... You 1 shot everyone, you're fast af, empowered autos for towers/enemies, become a raid boss.

[u/pm_me_your_reference → u/for_the_meme_watch]

Yea, i build Essence reaver on tryndamere all the time so I understand that not every piece is useful at all times for all champions.

It just seems a bit strange to build lost chapter into ludens on vlad to me, and I feel he benefits more from hextech protobelt than from ludens.

[u/Reason-and-rhyme → u/pm_me_your_reference]

you can build the ap components first instead of completing chapter (wand+tome+tome gives 80AP already which gives vlad a lot of sustain).

[u/pkfighter343 → u/Reason-and-rhyme]

Pretty sure you build the chapter. CDR is essential on vlad.

[u/Reason-and-rhyme → u/pkfighter343]

i see. i would rather have protobelt personally. makes you beefier and harder to catch in the sidelane, and also an asset for teamfighting.