League-of-legends – What’s the point of jungling

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I'm fairly new to League of Legends (or DotA-likes in general).

What's the point of jungling versus just killing minions? Do they give significantly more gold or experience than the peons from either side?

Best Answer

There are many good reasons to have a jungler in your team:

  • The player that stay solo (top usually) while he's lane partner jungle get more gold and experience.
  • The jungler can do or help doing some kills by ganking mid (2vs1) or bottom (3vs2) in any moment.
  • Some champions are more efficient in jungling than last-hitting in lane (e.g. Amumu, Rammus, Malphite)
  • Best junglers can also take the dragon (190 gold to all team members) early