Early Game

STANDARD CLEARS - HOW?

INVADING - HOW?

It's important to also get a leash if you're starting blue so ask for one!

Skill Q second of course and backstab as much as possible and tank a couple of hits so your boxes can do as much damage as they can

we want to get our head underneath the branch that's sticking out

aim your cursor to the top left of the wall

we want to position ourselves in the bottom right of the 'U' in the wall

Aim your cursor to the bottom right of the outer wall

Let's start with the simple clears.There are TWO CLEARS that I use - remember, these are clears just to secure our camps and then make a play, NOT to invade early.Sorry for the formulas but these are our two options...1. 3 boxes at raptors > buff > buff > gromp > crab2. 2 boxes at blue; 1 box at gromp > red > gank/pressure (enemy teams will often invade your red on blue side so this clear is often a smart idea if your team is afk at the start of a game)If you're new to, both of these clears will help you out. Just getting used to auto attacking and clearing jungle camps is imperative if you're going to become a goodplayer. You don't want to spend longer than you have to clearing the jungle, so practise these clears! (video below)We've answered the 'WHERE' question, not it's time for the 'HOW'?!Invading for blue side:◦ 3 boxes raptors > red > enemy blue◦ 3 boxes blue > enemy red (the reason I don't put 1 box down at gromp is because it takes too long - my aim here is to 3 buff the enemy jungler and I need to be in and out quickly)Now then, a few things to point out...-> We don't want the enemy team waddling into our jungle and placing a ward on our camp(s) free of charge, soand tell your team to watch the key entrances and place a box down outisde your buff entrance (whichever one you're starting at) - trust me, in higher elo it accounts for a lot, so get into the habit of doing it in whatever elo you're in->->-> You want to place yourin a position that it's not too close that the buff will attack it twice in a row and kill it, but also not too far away that it won't tank one hit from the monster - watch the video again if you can't visualise it here (applies to any clear, this is simple micro)Now it's time to show youplayers how to gank like a Challenger...- there are specific points tofrom so pay close attention in the video; I'll explain in here as well just so we're clear.-> There's a tree in the wall and(we don't have to be in the exact spot but near the tree)-> Now, I'm sure that some people want specifics on where to position your cursor to aim where you land but I really don't - I prefer to do it instinctively because lining it up in the exact spot can take time, especially in a proper game - we want to be as efficient as possible-> I guess the best way to describe it is toand fling yourself over it - it's almost as if you're carrying momentum doing it this way (that may sound really gimp but once you do it you will know what I'm talking about, I hope at least)-> This is probably as difficult as they come so practise, practise, practise! And if you got it first time then you may be theprodigy-> This jump is similar to the first -...again, doesn't have to be exactly in the bottom right, just hug close to that part of the wall->and we're then ready to double kill bot lane-> Once you get the hang of these difficult ones they'll become so easy after a while so keep practising fellas!-> Simple as but the most underrated jump of the bunch-> Mostplayers don't know about this jump...as soon as you're about to show from the brush hit Q and flick your cursor up to the top of the wall and you should appear practically next to the mid laner-> If you guys didn't know, everyskin apart from Masked gives away a puff of orange smoke after youwhich can be easily seen if the enemy is paying attention to their screen so we don't want toso close to the action, hold back a tad and away we go-> This one is impossible to do from the brush (I think!) so we have to show just before we Q-> Both of these are effective - use depending on enemy laner's positioning-> This is almost as effective as the previous jump but harder so we really have to practise and remember where to point our cursor so we can add it to our arsenal (and we ain't talkin the football team)-> See that rock/stone/boulder that's at the end of the brush? Well, we want to walk just to the end of that, hugging the wall while doing so-> Aim your cursor over the bottom right of the rock in the middle of the waterfall and press Q and you'll be sweet-> Did I mention to practise these?To finish off this chapter I just want to tell you guys what NOT to do onin the early game because I see some pretty neg things (to find out what the word 'neg' means you'll have to find out on my STREAM! ) when watching otherplayers.-> DO NOT GANK A LANE LEVEL 2 WITH BLUE BUFF - unless they're on 10 hp, don't bother, you have no kill potential with Q, W and a blue buff-> DO NOT GANK 24/7 - it's important to balance farming and ganking. If some ganks don't produce results then the other jungler (if they're smart) will be taking your camps and you'll have nothing to farm. A good habit to get into is to clear your jungle on the side of the map that you're about to gankLots of people have asked me on YouTube and Twitch about playing from behind aswhich I'll cover at the end of the guide because there's a fair amount of information to get through.Hopefully you're enjoying the guide and if so please upvote it and leave a comment letting me know what you think!Now it's time for the next chapter: the Mid Game.