SSO DanDy Jungle Lee Sin

Choi DanDy In-kyu

Jungler for Samsung Galaxy Ozone

Intro

Choi Dandy In-kyu is known for his flash plays and perfectly executed counter ganks, he is known to meticulously research the opposing jungler to study their gank patterns and map movement. He is famed for his Lee Sin play and mechanics and most notably his Lee Sin Pentakick. He has also been dubbed the "King of Thieves" due to his multiple baron and dragon steals. Finished 2nd in Korea's Most Valuable Player award, tied with KTB's Insec.

Cheat Sheet

The Desk

DanDy will usually start the normal red buff to blue buff start, however instead of ganking after these 2 buffs he will continue to jungle. For DanDy the most important aspect of jungling is ward coverage, as he prefers to counter gank After doing a full clear he will then look for a gank or if the enemy jungler ganks a lane he will immediately start to move up towards that lane to help out. Predicting where the enemy junglers movement can be very difficult, however if you focus on your laners positions it can be pulled off. For example if you start red buff and then blue, you can predict that the enemy also started blue buff and then red buff. If you mirror his path it is likely that he will gank top. His item build can vary typically he will get madreds, when grabbing this item it is important you make full use of it. If he doesn't go for Madreds he will go for Spirit of the Elder Golem to get more tanky. Both these items are extremely cost effective if used properly.Buying Madreds Razer means you must counter jungle and strive to hold objective control. This also applies if your opponent jungler buys Madreds Razer, in this case you have to be ready  to defend your jungle.

This would require you to keep your jungler entrances warded. The white circles are good ward placements to prevent the enemy from counter jungling. Starting from the top side of the map, placing a deep river ward protects your blue buff and also gives some coverage to your top laner. The next ward should be placed in the banana bush which leads into your blue side jungle. On the red side place a ward at the entrance to your wrath camp or place it at the banana bush towards the enemy blue. Lastly tribush wards will prevent jungle invades from the bot side of the map as well as keeping your bot lane safe. 
With DanDy's counter jungling style it is very important to place wards at the green circles through out the game. At the start of the game ask your support to ward the enemy wraith camp. This will give knowledge of where the jungler is allowing you to predict the ganks and pull off the surprise counter gank. Sometimes this style of play requires patience, you might need to wait in the bush for 20-30 secs to pull of the counter gank. However you should be careful of not wasting too much time as this will set you behind. Usually if after 25 secs nothing happens and there is no opportunity you should back out. You should also try and read the enemy laner for example is he pushing the wave, is he playing aggressive or defensive. Reading your opponent will increase your success rate. If for example he is at 1/4 hp and starts to walk past his minion line you should guess that something is up, most likely the enemy jungler will be close by. Remember its not how many times you gank that matters, its how efficient you are. This doesn't mean you have to get a kill every time but for example did you force his flash, or did you take him so low you got damage on his tower or took dragon. A kill doesn't actually matter if your not pressuring objectives in anyway. 

Applying to Solo Queue

Taking this play style into solo queue is hard as DanDy does an incredibly amount of research for his games to pull of these counter ganks which isn't possible in solo queue. However warding is something that is taken very lightly, having vision of the enemy jungler is a key aspect of DanDy's play style.Take a look at the cheat sheet and see how many pink wards DanDy bought. Vision control is very important and allows you to make plays. However using Lee Sin as a counter jungler and counter ganker is very strong as Lee brings a lot of early game damage. For solo queue I played a more objective based Lee Sin, mainly only ganking when I had red buff and my ult up. I was able to snowball my whole team due to objective control using the wards from sightstone and the pink wards I was buying. Counter jungling also limits the other jungler as he is unable to farm, when counter jungle watch the lanes your closest too. It is very easy when counter jungling to get pinched by the enemy laners, watch their movement as you enter the enemy jungle. You also can't depend on your team to bail you out as this is solo queue and thats the risk you take for counter jungling.

Final Thoughts

I stressed this in my first post as well and I want to stress it again buying pink wards is so important in solo queue. In solo queue people have very bad map awareness, thus limiting it further allows for easy ganking opportunities and objective control. Try and read laners watch their movement see how they are reacting and then decide on your play.

DanDy triple kill and PentaKick

SKT1 Bengi Jungle Vi

Bae Bengi Seong-Ung

Jungler for SK Telecom T1

Intro

SKT1's jungler Bae Bengi Seong-ung while not being as flashy as other Korean junglers is known for his consistent play. He focuses on pairing with SKT1's mid laner Faker in an effort to get him ahead. Currently he has been favoring Vi in the League of Legends World Championships as well as previously in OGN Summer. Lets take Bengi's Vi to the desk and take a look at his play style.

Cheat Sheet

The Desk

Bengi typical jungle path would start with taking his red then moving to blue, which is now standard for most junglers. This is true if you are on the Blue side, however if your on the purple or red side you would want to start with your blue buff and progress to red. This is because you want your jungle path to allow you to gank mid or top instantly after clearing the 2 buffs. For example if you started with blue buff on the red side this would be your jungle path:

If your first gank is mid this wouldn't be too bad, but ideally you want to gank top lane early on. Due to the current nature of top lane most of the champions played get incredibly tanky as the game progresses making ganks harder and harder. Also top lane is the longest lane so it gives you have a high chance of grabbing a kill early. When you reach top you will be level 3 while the top laner will be level 2 and with red buff you should be able to run him down even if he flashes. Don't be afraid to blow your own flash for the kill. Top lane can be prone to snowballing in favor of the laner that gets the first kill. However don't make the mistake of diving tower this early as you might give a turn around kill to the enemy laner. Which would also mean he will have double buffs and dominate lane.
If Bengi is healthy enough he will complete Wolf, Wraith and Golem camps before backing, but always try to complete as many camps you can after a gank as this keeps you ahead of the enemy jungler. Also it ensures enough money for spirit stone, pots and wards. Critically Bengi will always buy 1 pink ward before returning to the jungle. This is typical of the Korean meta game and allows jungler's more options for ganking as you can eliminate enemy vision with your pink ward. Bengi will always choose vision control for the team instead of buying items for himself. Bengi will place the pink in the top lane river bush unless there is no kill potential top lane. If he does take out an enemy ward he will go back to the jungle and complete around 2 jungle camps. After this he will return to the pinked lane to gank. This is important as it keeps the enemy guessing as to where and when the jungler will appear. At lvl 6 he will generally look for a gank either mid or bot as you have guarantied cc with Vi's ult, this also allows his lanes to combo abilities to chain cc the enemy to death. Usually this will result in a kill or force the enemy very low. After the gank Bengi will look to dragon usually around 10 mins. Vi is very good at taking down dragon due to her W doing percentage of maximum health. After dragon Bengi continues on the same path going red, blue and looking for ganks. However if the other jungler is spotted somewhere Bengi will take the opportunity to counter jungle. Moving into the mid game Bengi will always gank when his ult is up, it allows for an easy kill providing your team follows up with their cc. Late game Bengi will dive through with SKT1's top lane Impact to kill the enemy carries which is completely possible with full tank Vi due to her % max hp damage on her W. Vi puts out a large amount of burst dmg and is best paired with burst casters such as ahri or zed.

My Experience

After looking through replays of OGN and only observing Bengi, I camp up with this short guide and applied it into solo queue. Yes it did cause my gameplay to increase and my ganks were more effecting. There are 2 reasons for this improvement. The first one being is that I bought a pink ward every time I went to shop (sometimes even 2-3) this not only allowed vision control but increased the success of my ganks. If the enemy lacks vision it is very hard for them to keep track of the jungler in the early game, this little change to my playstyle made my ganks much more efficient. The other reason was the sheer amount of farm I was getting. If you follow the jungle path and consistently return to the jungle after ganks instead of just backing you can almost out farm your solo laners. You also want to cover for your laners when they back, this increase of money allowed me to buy more items and get tanky for the team (as well as wards of course). The focus on increased farming also makes up for the early money put into buying pinks. 

Final Thoughts

Vi's kit is very strong for shutting down carries, it allows for an easy set up for your team mates. She has very high damage due to her W % max hp damage, this makes a full tank Vi very hard to deal with.  in addition her ultimate allows for easy set ups for kills in the mid game. Bengi's play style exploits all of Vi's benefits and allows his team to get ahead through efficient ganking and farming.