League of Legends: Jungle Changes Preview for Season 13

The first highlight of this season 13 is the return of the techno-chemical dragon. Arrived at the beginning of season 12 with its equivalent the Hextech, it had aroused the discontent of a large part of the community, resulting in its removal from the game a few weeks after its official deployment.

Here it is this year with a new gameplay proposal : When you simply kill the dragon, you gain tenacity and potency on your heals/shields. When you get the Tech-Chemical Dragon Soul, your damage is increased below a certain threshold of your health.

Along with this return of the dragon comes a new version of Summoner’s Rift. The first iteration of the Techno-Chemical Rift had also caused an uproar and left the game along with the dragon. If Riot remains evasive on the map itself by talking about ” zaunian chemicals ”, the publication is more detailed with regard to the card effect on plants.

• Exploding Pine Cones will knock characters within range twice as far as before.
• Invigorating Fruits will become Stimulating Fruits, which will no longer slow champions who eat them and grant them a small additional shield in addition to normal healing.
• The Vision Flower becomes a Stalker Flower. When hit, these plants now reveal a smaller area around the plant and a cone in the opposite direction, granting movement speed to revealed enemy champions and reducing revealed beacons to 1 health.

It’s not just the return of the techno-chemical dragon that’s going to shake up the jungle in season 13. we also see it coming. a revamp of the jungle itemization. Say goodbye to Chilling and Enlightened Punishments, they will be replaced by new versions. It’s what feels like a throwback to older versions of the jungle, with three types of Punishments, each geared towards a different style of gameplay.

• Noxian Chardent*: This will be the ideal pet for junglers who want to play more aggressively. It will grant bonus slows and damage.
• Ixamandre Ixtali*: This jungle pet is ideal for junglers who want to tank for their team. It will provide a shield based on your HP which will provide additional resistance to slows and tenacity when broken.
• Ionian Cloud Jumper*: This jungle pet will be ideal for junglers who want to move around the map faster. It will grant additional movement speed.

The game team also wants make the jungler position more accessible to players unfamiliar with the role. No doubt because of the lack of attractiveness that the latter has experienced during this season, with negative consequences on the search for a match, especially in ranked matches. For this, two axes have been put forward for this pre-season 2013.

First of all, the range of camps will now be indicated more clearly to allow all players to start two camps at the same time. A mechanism that optimizes the farming of monsters and thus saves time, especially in the first moments of the game in order to quickly bring impact to the lanes.

Secondly, setting up recommended jungle routes. This is also a crucial aspect in time management for the early game, especially since the path is not the same with all characters. It’s a concept that can quickly lose players unfamiliar with the role and make them lose precious seconds.

The paths were established from data collected on so-called “experienced” junglers., with great mastery of their champions. The routes will change over the patches depending on the victory rate of each of the proposed paths.

Finally, a new communication mechanic related to the jungle is appearing on the Rift. Goal votes. Like surrender votes, they allow the whole team to be consulted quickly. Except that in this case, they aim to make a clear decision on whether or not to take an important neutral objective : Rift Herald, Dragon, Baron Nashor. The tool should make it possible to limit the clashes lost around these objectives due to a lack of communication within the teams.