Keep an Eye on Timers
Along with ganking lanes and clearing out your jungle, keep an eye on times for the Dragon, Baron Nashor and Rift Herald. These three monsters when killed provide powerful buffs to the killing team and will then despawn for a short while. The only exception to this is the Rift Herald, who despawns permenately at 19:45 unless in combat, in which case it will despawn at 19:55. Rift Herald also only provides its buff to the player who picks up its shrine. This buff works like a Baron buff for the player who kills the Rift Herald, so offer it to another lane, as it only has limited use to the jungler.
The Dragon spawns into the game at 2:30, and after killed, respawns after 6 minutes. Baron Nashor meanwhile replaces the Rift Herald at 20 minutes, and after killed, respawns after 7 minutes. Because they can have such impact on the game, keeping an eye on these monsters is a good idea. Keep them warded while they’re up or close to their respawn times, and remember you can also use the rift scuttler near the camps, as they work like wards after killed.
Warding these objectives means that should the other team try to take them, your team will either be able to intercept their effort, or come in and kill the weakened team after. If you do contest either Dragon or Baron, make sure you have enough teammates, otherwise you’re just going to be giving them some free kills alongside their new buffs.
