How to Jungle in League of Legends

In League of Legends the "Jungler" is the player who does not match up with an opponent in a minion lane (Top, Middle, or Bottom), but rather gets his gold and experience from killing neutral monsters, found in the "Jungle" area of Summoner's Rift. While this role is not requiredto play or win a match, it is a standard part of the Summoner's Rift team strategy. The total gold and experience gained by the team is maximized through jungling, and the ability to ambush, or "gank" opponents in lanes is paramount to high level matches.

Pick a champion. In League of Legends one of the most important parts of jungling is, picking the correct champion. Pick a champion who has skills which allow them to keep themselves alive in the jungle, like built in life lifesteal, shields, and/or health regen. You must also look for champions with gap closers so that you can assist, or "gank", your teammates' lanes. Some junglers include Warwick, Master Yi, Vi, Lee Sin, Rek'sai, Cho'Gath, Pantheon, Xin Zhao, Kha'Zix, Graves, and many more.

Obtain jungle Items. With every jungler, you should begin with hunter's machete or hunter's talisman, as many health potions as you can buy or a 150 health canteen, which allows you to heal many times before returning to base to refill, and a warding trinket. You should probably buy the yellow one (standard ward) first and then get the red one (sweeping lens) later. (The raptors give you an ability to see enemy wards, so you won't need the red one unless the enemy keeps killing the raptors.) Pick one that most suits both your style of play and the champion you are playing. You should enchant your jungle item as soon as you can, depending on your champion and desired stats (see item build section).

The "Tracker's Knife" allows you to place "wards" on the map to increase vision for your team.

The "Stalkers blade" allows you to cast smite on an enemy champion and applies a slow, which is useful for ganking and chasing enemies.

The "Skirmisher's Sabre" also allows you to smite an enemy champion and "marks" them for 4 seconds. The mark grants vision of the champion and makes you deal extra true damage from your basic attacks.

Your item build. The items you purchase should be dependent on three things: the champion you are playing, the enemy team's composition, and your team's composition.

Your champion:

For junglers who are meant to do large amounts of physical damage (for example Master Yi), build items with attack damage.

Junglers who do more magic damage (like Fiddlesticks) should build ability power.