As a main jungler I want to share to you a guide on how can you make your jungling effective. On the first few days of playing Mobile Legends, you will not notice that jungler along with support is important in game. Most players are only looking for a kill and ignore most elements of the game including strategy, teamwork, and role. The game is so fast that no one is thinking of defending themselves from getting killed. What is on their mind is to get a kill and that what makes them happy.
That mentality is for newbie and whether you like it or not, when you reach higher elo you really need the said key elements. You will also reevaluate your objectives of playing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. And this will let you think of playing with team objective.
So we come up into being a jungler in game. As a jungler what these are your role for the team. Let’s it put up on a simple list:
*Ganking
*Team buffs
*Map control
*Take down
Ganking – this is what your team relying on you. Good jungler knows when and where to gank. This requires a good decision making that deals with your teammate, opponent, circumstances, and skill availability. Gank a lane if:
*It is near from you. Gank as often as possible as long as it near from camp you previously cleared.
* Gank if your gap-closing is skill is ready such as Natalia’s Dash Claw or Fanny’s Steel Cable.
* Gank if your the skills of your teammate is ready especially their ultimate.
*Gank if your opponent’s escape ability/skills are down. Communicate with the team. That’s is your key.
*Gank your team’s weakest lane. They need and always plan your jungle route towards them.
*Gank extended lane. You have higher chance of securing a kill on extended hero.
For exemption this is when you shouldn’t gank
*Don’t gank a tank it will be waste of time. Especially if they are full armored. In Mobile Legends, if they called tank, they are really a tank. It is difficult to kill a full tank Balmond, Tigreal, Franco, Lolita unless you are well fed and it is already late game.
*Don’t gank if you can’t see other laners in mini-map. There is a higher chance for a counter gank. This deals with map awareness.
*Don’t gank if your HP is less than 50%. (of course with exemption). Actually in is not good idea to stray in jungle with less than 50% HP.
*Don’t gank if you are teammate just told you to do so. As a jungler you must have your own decision and plan. If you are going to gank lane because your teammate is bashing you in chat, you better not to gank at all. They are only thinking for a gank without knowing your other objectives. You are a jungler you know what you are doing than them. Believe in yourself and always stick with your plan.
Team buffs – Slay Turtle and Lord that is your task. It has a decent buffs that will help the entire outclass their opponent in laning. Good jungler comes up in good habit of clearing jungle camp that gives buffs. Here you need also to practice last hitting the monster with your ability as most of the time in higher elo opposing jungler will contest on you for last hitting the monster.
Map Control – This includes advanced map awareness wherein you need to predict the location of enemy junglers. As a jungler I look on mini map more often than on what my hero currently doing. I don’t need to watch him killing the turtle as it is more linear. Everything will come linear as a jungler unless the enemy team will do a counter-jungling. From the time you are clearing the camp, look on the map and ping your teammate what enemy jungler is doing. You can have a clue on his location from the route he is clearing. Good jungler knows from his understanding of map control. As an important key in map control, you must not reveal your location to enemy team as possible. This is your weapon. As long as they don’t know where are you, you are a biggest threat to them and they will not play aggressively as they are thinking for your gank. In revealing how your opponent doing, you must always secure yours.
Take down – This is your team objective. Takedown turrets and win the game. Going to the lane will reveal your location. So you need to decide when to go and help your ally to take down turrets. In Mobile Legends, the highest chances for you to destroy towers is when your cannon is on the push. Turret takes time to kill this creep and you can take advantage the tankiness to buy you time tearing down tower. Don’t forget to use skills that improves you are damage output such as Rage ability and hero’s skills.
Now to perform that 4 tasks as a jungler you need to use a hero that can do it smoothly. Any hero can be a jungler but not all of them are effective to perform your objectives as jungler. To be honest I can’t discuss hero per hero guide on how you should play them as a good jungler. Maybe not now as I don’t have much time and I’m focus on few heroes to work out. (I think I already mentioned that in my first Mobile Legend Strategy Guide on why focus on few heroes) So instead of discussing one champion at a time, I will gives you the 4 elements on picking the best heroes for jungling: