Grandmaster Pele Jungle

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• Star at the Fire Giant side Speed Buff (or Red Buff), and group up the jungle camps with your mid laner. Once the Red and Speed buff jungle camps are cleared together, head towards your remaining speed buff. Your mid laner should help you clear this buff camp. Finally, head towards the exp camp near the Tier 1 Mid tower, presume you will clear this alone.
  
  
• You now have 2 choices. You can stay in the Jungle towards the mid lane, looking for a gank on the enemy mid laner or clear the Mid-Harpies. The second option is to head straight to duo lane, and look for a gank on the enemy duo lane (and clear Scorpion). Heading to Duo lane has a greater risk, but much greater reward if successful.
  
  
• Pele is one of the more aggressive assassins in the early fights. While you won't have your gap closer ability Magma Rush at level 2, you do have blink which is quite deadly. The rule of thumb is: The enemy laner is usually the easier kill, but the enemy jungler is the one who might kill you (or your teamate)
  
  
• Use Pyroclast to clear the minion wave and jungle camps, save a single charge of the ability in-case the enemy decides to fight.
  
  
• Pele has powerful early fights, and is usually faster than the enemy jungler. For that reason, it is recommended you try to make rotations. Don't forget to farm during the process!
  
  
• Use Magma Rush to travel around the map faster than the enemy jungler. Make sure to save fuel just before you reach the enemies so you can use Magma Rush during combat as well.
  
  
• Your priorities are: Buff camps > Rotations > Harpies.
  
  
• Buff camps spawn once every 3 minutes, so there is downtime in-between to decide if you wish to rotate on the enemy.
  
  
• Once you unlock your first item, your damage is much stronger and this is considered your power spike. Keep in mind that the enemy jungler will also experience this, so do your best to know which side of the map the enemy jungler is on.

• Begins around ~14 minutes, or when most people have hit Level 12 and unlocked their Second Relic. Most enemy teams have gotten around to warding by now, and team fights become increasingly common. Most builds have started to show effectiveness.
  
  
• Magma Rush is still used to rotate, but keep track of where the enemies are so you don't rush straight into one of their traps.
  
  
• Keep the rotation of: Buff Camps > Rotations > Harpies , but recognize that you should prioritize objectives and team fights above all else. If a team fight is going on, skip your farm to help your team out. Only farm if the fight is already lost, or you are on the other side of the map.
  
  
• While outrotating the enemy jungler may become difficult at this stage, recognize you can kill the enemy backliners through many escapes/ultimates/relics with proper use of Volcanic Lightning. Your want your teammates to help out to protect yourself from enemy counter rotations.

• Almost everybody has hit Level 20, Fire Giant is the most important objective on the map. Starter items become unlocked at Level 20, which results in a damage/defensive spike. This means that everybody dies faster, and Team Fights are the most important thing.
  
  
• Like many other junglers, you almost never want to be the initiator of a team fight. Wait for the fight to begin, and try to blink on the enemy backline (or fleeing enemies). The only time you should act first is when you catch an enemy who is alone and isolated from their team.
  
  
• Try to fight near your solo laner, and play off of their initiation. It's important the two of you work together to prevent the enemy backline from having the numbers advantage.
  
  
• Use your blink and beads aggressively whenever possible, loosing your beads before the fight happens is worst-case scenario because many times you will need it to secure a kill.
  
  
• One very important late game warding tip is: Almost every single team fight at Fire Giant results in large amount of wards placed by each team on that side of the map. If you are trying to push minion waves/farm camps after a Fire Giant fight, realize the enemy almost always has eyes on you and it is a dangerous spot to be in, watch out!
  
  
• During Siege fights, consider split pushing the Mid Phoenix with your Solo Laner. If your Solo Laner decides to tank the Phoenix, your lockdown is very powerful at killing enemy junglers.

Jungle is difficult, and playing an Early-Game god such as Pele can feel frustrating as messing up early game might feel suffocating to come back from. My best advice is to not give up! You will learn with experience, and the payoff is the stronger you in the future. Don't try and understand the whole guide at once, take what you can out of it and come back later once the specifics become easier to understand.

You got this! <3