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