Aquila
Tech Pioneer
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As a toplane main, waaaay too often I see junglers totally ignoring their topside because they think there is no win-condition there. THIS IS WRONG!
Toplane matchups are often very snowbally, so whoever gets ahead can roll over the other. In addition, with the buffs to toplane-plates, taking herald and using it to take the toplane-plates can make your toplaner snowball EVEN HARDER. After this has happened, your toplaner(who is now extremely fed/snowballed) can roam to other lanes and pressure/dive with the jungler/contest drake. (Kinda similar to TF blade playstyle).
Also, remember you need 4 drakes to get soul, so sacrifising a cloud drake is not the end of the world. What is typically important is that enemy team does not get the soul, so just make sure they don't get EVERY drake.
Another good aspect of playing topside is that nobody expects it. Toplaners are used to getting ignored completely so ganks are more likely to work which means the jungler can snowbally himself as well.
This also applies to mid, but I think mid typically gets more ganks due to being closer to botside.
So fellow junglers, please consider your topside as well!
Toplane matchups are often very snowbally, so whoever gets ahead can roll over the other. In addition, with the buffs to toplane-plates, taking herald and using it to take the toplane-plates can make your toplaner snowball EVEN HARDER. After this has happened, your toplaner(who is now extremely fed/snowballed) can roam to other lanes and pressure/dive with the jungler/contest drake. (Kinda similar to TF blade playstyle).
Also, remember you need 4 drakes to get soul, so sacrifising a cloud drake is not the end of the world. What is typically important is that enemy team does not get the soul, so just make sure they don't get EVERY drake.
Another good aspect of playing topside is that nobody expects it. Toplaners are used to getting ignored completely so ganks are more likely to work which means the jungler can snowbally himself as well.
This also applies to mid, but I think mid typically gets more ganks due to being closer to botside.
So fellow junglers, please consider your topside as well!