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.
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.
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