Choosing the Machete That Suits Your Champion
Once you’ve entered a game with your chosen champion, you’re going to have to choose between two jungle items, Hunter’s Machete and Hunter’s Talisman. Which of these two items you’ll want to buy first will depend on your particular champion. Hunter’s Talisman’s mana regen will be more useful for mana-dependent champions like Fiddlesticks. Meanwhile, the Hunter’s Machete is more useful on attack speed champions such as Jax and Warwick due to its 8% lifesteal vs monsters.
Along with choosing between the two starting items, junglers can also choose between three advanced machetes. These three items are the Tracker’s Knife, Skirmisher’s Sabre and the Stalker’s Blade, and you’ll want to rush one of these because they enhance your Smite and give you a boost in exp for killing large monsters. Stalker’s Blade gives your Smite the ability to slow champions you hit, while Skirmisher’s Sabre’s Smite allows you to deal bonus true damage to champions for 3 seconds with your auto attacks. Which you’ll pick will be up to your preference.
Tracker’s Knife is a little more situational because instead of giving Smite a buff, it instead gives 2 Stealth Wards. While this doesn’t impact your ganking ability like the other two, this item can be very useful for countering roaming champions or just providing your team with extra vision.
