How to Set Up your Jungler for Successful Ganks in League of Legends

Best Ways to Set Up Your Jungler in LoL

We’ve all been in horrible matchups in League where you just want your Jungler to gank your lane. You might be hard countered, you might be taking a battering, but you Jungler just doesn’t pay attention or give you any help at all.

Why is that? Yes, some Junglers are mean and don’t want to gank you, but there might be a ton of other reasons why they are not able to assist you right now. In this Mobalytics guide, we will discuss several ways to encourage or set up your Jungler so they gank your lane.

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1. Avoid Pushing the Minion Wave

Wave management is extremely important not only for your survivability but also for your Junglers. It can be nearly impossible for some Junglers to gank a pushing lane. In the early game, it can be very difficult to gank a lane that is pushing the enemy under the tower or pushing in general. For a Jungler to gank successfully, you will need the wave in a favourable position, and unfortunately, having the enemy under the tower will not help you out.

If you are pushing the wave under their tower, your Jungler may be unable to gank for you. It can be quite hard to gank when the enemy is under tower as you may be unable to dive effectively due to tower aggression and tower shots. In the early game, you will not have the health or survivability to survive a dive. In the later stages of the laning phase, you will have a higher chance of diving the tower because you will have more health and more attack capability.

The only time you would want to push the enemy under their tower is in the top or bottom lane if your Jungler intends to lane gank. This can work on champions like Rengar.

In an ideal situation, you want to have the minion wave in a favorable position which changes depending on your lane, champion and role. For example, if you want the Jungler to gank, you need to have the wave in a position where they can gank for you, such as in the middle of the lane or near to your tower

2. Don’t Lose Health!

Admittedly, this is slightly easier said than done, but you need as much health as possible if you want your Jungler to gank you. If you are low on health, it will be really hard for them to gank you. A Jungler will not want to gank someone on their team who is really low on health as you run the risk of getting yourself killed.

Furthermore, you’re a big liability when you’re on low health. You can’t really do anything to help, so they will be 1v1 or 1v2 if they decide to help you. The only time a Jungler would gank an ally who is low on health is when they’re guaranteed to get a kill out of it. Otherwise, they wouldn’t bother.

Some champions who can solo the enemy include Kayn or Evelynn.

3. Avoid Feeding

If you’re in an unfair matchup and are having a hard time in lane, you should avoid dying and putting yourself behind. We’ve all played in situations where the situation looked bleak and you felt helpless in the laning phase. This is much the norm, as you will often get counter-picked by the enemy laner. It’s a common phrase to “never help a losing lane,” which can sometimes be true.

If you want help in your lane, you must help yourself. Helping yourself in this situation (when you’re in a tough matchup) can come in a variety of ways from items to wave management. Being proactive and trying to get whatever you can to sustain and survive the laning phase is key.

For a Jungler to help you, you need to avoid dying and putting yourself behind. The enemy laner can easily snowball you, and the enemy Jungler will camp you if they know you’re vulnerable. This will make you feel terrible and give the enemy an unnecessary advantage. So, you need to find a way to stop dying, stop getting outclassed and finally, be useful when an ally ganks you. If you cannot help yourself, then the Jungler will not be able to help you either.

Come champions can gank allies from behind. For instance, someone with lots of kill pressure like Master Yi as he can solo the enemy.

4. Adjust Your Playstyle

Something that annoys Junglers and makes many ganks fail is the laner adjusting their playstyle completely, which makes it obvious that they’re receiving a gank. This not only wastes the Junglers’ time, but it also wastes your time in lane and can cause both the Jungler and laner harm. If you’re getting a gank soon, you should adjust your playstyle slightly so you can be in a position to follow up or start the trade for your Jungler.

But, you need not to make it obvious that the Jungler is nearby. If you go in too early or make a (drastic) change in playstyle, the enemy may spot this as a time when you’re receiving a gank. For example, if you are playing passively in the lane and all of a sudden start playing aggressively, the enemy will cotton on to this and fall back.

This can also work in your favor though. If you see that the enemy has suddenly had a change of heart and has adjusted their playstyle, they may be baiting you into a fight or waiting for you to missposition so their Jungler can assist them. Do not fall for the enemy’s manipulation!

In conclusion

As a laner, it’s super important to enable your Jungler to help you. If you cannot help yourself in winning your own lane, then you need to work on your laning skills as a whole. One way of improving at the laning phase is by knowing how to set up your Jungler to gank your lane and what you can do to make your Jungler want to gank for you.

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