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Jungle LoL

Jungle on patch 26.20 is the same map job as last split: take camps in an order that ends next to a lane you can influence, then reset before you are 200 gold short of the component you walked toward. Kindred is the champion the notes actually buffed.

First clear choices

Start on the buff that lets you finish on the side with your win condition. If your bot lane has engage and sums, end the clear botside. If top is a volatile melee matchup, end topside. Leash only when the lane can give it without losing the first three minions. A bad leash that drops a cannon is worse than starting the camp alone.

Track the enemy jungler by the lane that shows up late to the first wave. That is the side they started. You do not need a deep ward to know they will appear on the opposite side around the second buff. Play for the scuttle on the side they are not on, or meet them if your champion wins the 1v1 and your lane can move.

Smite and resets

Hold smite for the camp that contests, or for the objective, not for the small raptor that is already dead. Recall when you can afford the next piece of your clear item or boots. Staying for one extra camp while at 30% health is how the other jungler takes your opposite side and a kill.

Kindred on this patch

The monster modifier on Wolf's Frenzy is 165%. Marks still pull you into the enemy jungle, and the longer E slow makes the exit cleaner. They removed small-monster targeting on E so you stop wasting the execute on a raptor. Read the full kit on the Kindred page and the numbers on the patch notes.