My favorite junglers right now, and why!
Also the third, and last (lazy), post of the year, so MERRY XMAS!
Okay, so with season 3 having received its first, and so very needed, balance patch, it's time for my list of junglers at the moment. I'm gonna list 3 candidates to the title of jungle champ, but it's not a top 3, so disregard their order of appearance, I list pros and cons with all of them.
Amumu was my number 1 champion in season 2, and overall one of my favorite champs of the game. He is still strong, but his eternal weakness of being really easy to counterjungle and countergank, still applies, even more so with the harder jungle creeps, and the delayed boots. He is also really dependent on blue buff, especially if he doesn't get any kills or assists early.
- Moderate clear time, consistent.
- Item route really strong overall, new items suit him very well.
- HUGE TEAMFIGHTS
- Loads of cc = hard to shut down completely.
Cons
- Super squishy early, susceptible to counterjungling.
- Very mana hungry, needs either items or blue buffs to clear jungle.
- Can't sneak objectives.
- Ganks are easy to avoid / counter.
Nocturne is a cool champion, and hella grimdark. I thought he was really sub-par in season 2, but season 3 has brought him back. I like him a lot, especially for soloQ, but you need to make the good calls. He is a bit dependent on the lanes early though, especially if they want presence from you.

- Decent clear time, rather safe jungle.
- Can be quite flexible in his item build.
- Can gank rather stronk pre level 6, if your lanes cater it.
- Can call the shots and crush the enemy team in soloQ.
Cons
- Dependent on wriggle.
- Can end up having little presence pre level 6.
- If you make bad calls, you will lose games.
- Can get out scaled hard.
Olaf is one of the coolest champs in Leauge, and in Brolaf skin, possibly the coolest. He was good in season 2, although I didn't really fiddle too much with him back then, but his clear times really shines in season 3. He is a really snowballing champion, although you might have a hard time getting back in the game, if you fail early.
- Insane clear times with blue, good clear times otherwise.
- Safe jungle.
- Strong early game pressence.
- Snowballs like a Brother Tucker.
Cons
- If broken early, he will be irrelevant late.
- Can be kited, even with ulti.
- Brings no CC.
- Needs some items to be really scary.
Hope you enjoy!
I also think: Having to go wriggle is a disadvantage, unless you can combine it with Spirit of The Ancient Golem, which is a vastly superior item.