League of Legends: How to Play Jungle Beginner’s Guide

TAKE SMITE!

This can’t be said enough times, but if you’re going to play jungle, always take Smite. Yes, Teleport and Flash offer a ton of ganking and escaping potential, but Smite is needed to buy those jungle exclusive items that make jungling so much easier.

Smite deals insane true damage to jungle monsters as well as grants you short term buffs depending on which monster you smite. The Ancient Krug’s Gift of the Heavy Hands grants you a stun every 6 basic attacks, Red Brambleback gives you 20% of your max health, and Gromp grants you poisonous basic attacks. Besides the above, Smite can also be used to securing the last hit of a dragon or Baron kill, because nothing is more annoying than the enemy jungler stealing your objective at the last second.