Another tip: if you’re a jungler don’t steal lane’s first bunny xp. Early game is important for everyone, you don’t like it when someone steals jungle on you so don’t steal their very first farm! ( also don’t steal jungle from your jungler)

I think Jake has a legit effect on the solo queue meta and I'm thankful he's using that power for good

Since Spragels didn’t mention it, the jungle buff timers run on a one minute cooldown. So if you take a buff at 9:42, it’ll respawn at 8:42. This is why you’ll see experienced junglers do the buffs first before the Baltoy. The sooner you put your buff spawns on cooldown the sooner they’ll respawn. That way, you’re not left waiting for the second rotation. While, yes, you can use the icon near the corner of your screen as a timer, it can become inaccurate when you take the enemy jungler’s buffs after winning the 1v1 since it refreshes the timer. But the basic logistics is that, ideally, you want to grab your buffs twice before the 8 minute center birds.

The most important advice: If you like to play jungle, and one teammate took it, don't bother him! Play another role. You don't like when the team mess up your rotation, so DON'T DO IT YOURSELF!

Is useful but how do i get an actual team

everyone gangsta until greedent invades your jungle

This is the hardest roll to play, a bad jungler makes you lose a match

This was super helpful, especially as a lower-level solo Q player. Would love to see more instruction content like this, especially for fighting at objectives and what to do when nobody shows up to ray.

YESSSS Jakey pls keep these instructional videos coming they're so important, especially for solo players! Would you consider maybe doing a defender guide? I've played too many matches where the trevenant or mamo was clearly only playing it because we "needed" a defender, but they don't actually understand why...

I love how that Zacian missed 90% of his moves, yet still almost killed him

This was honestly super helpful! I don't usually go center but sometimes I have too in solo. Thanks as always Spragels!

I would have liked to hear you elaborate on late jungle. After your first 2-3 rotations imo it's fine for any teammate to grab the experience if needed. Some players lose their mind if you take any of that exp at any time in the match.

Thanks so much for this video I really struggled on how to help the team when having to constantly move back and forth

Great guide! In beggining I tend to see which members go top or bottom and lead myself to the lane that looks like it will need more support and is lacking secure (so if bottom is weak i will lead red buff and work my way down, or vice versa..its very important to know who is maining where and keep an eye on the mini map. Im still a new player, but ive found myself in the right place at the right time by using this strategy..really helps keep momentum, but nothing is full proof. Gotta read the situation, as jungle it seems more important.

Thanks; this will help a lot. I was thinking of trying Zoroark or Dodrio since I have limited licenses, Zoroark’s on rotation, and I have a free license box with them as the most expensive, but I was getting lost in the jungle and struggling big time. I think I might prefer lane as it seems more reactive and free-flowing compared to how choreographed this is, but it’s worth trying.

Thank you for getting this out. Bad center players was a huge reason I stopped playing. So few players understand this role. Nothing gets under my skin quite like a jungler who never returns to center after the first clear.

The spectating examples were a great addition to the video, I know this is just a basics vid but I think it’s worth mentioning that as the game progresses some your allies can benefit from clearing the jungle for exp or take one of the buffs that specifically benefit that ally like blue for sp attackers and red for the auto attackers

I think you should have divided the rotation in categories depending on the strenght of the Pokémon during the first gank. If I'm playing greninja I usually choose my strongest lane, if I'm playing urshifu I prioritize my weaker lane that needs the most help. And also maybe mention the little delay on clear that you can make to ensure that you get more comeback experience

So here's my opinion and what I do. After killing the Xatu, immediately take the red buff. This is to prevent/punish jungle invaders because if you have the red buff on you you're auto attacks will slow the enemy's move speed. This is the only way to jungle.

This is the content the Unite community needs.

Very nice and useful! I would love it if you would make a tutorial/guide about stacking since I don’t really understand everything about it and what items to use even tho I hear you refrence it a lot in videos :)

This was super helpful. I main scizor and jungle and I wanted to see what can I do better. I normally hit the buffs in a row, but I like your strategy of doing the bigger ones first and then going back after. I wait until I level to scizor to go help top or bottom, but this strategy seems a lot better and should help in my ranked battles. I’m ultra 3 almost at 2, but I’ve hit a plateau with that.

Great video! Lovely to see a guide. They've understandably dropped off since the game's been out for a while but there's still a lot to learn that the game doesn't tell you. Would love to see a Jungling 201 or also how to fight! I have learned a lot of these strategies and timings when things overall are up and where to be. But aside from not overextending I don't have a lot of strategies for 1v1 or team fights, only sort of trial and error.

Well thank you very much! This video has changed my whole game not just the centre path. I have a better understanding of everything

Thanks for making this kind video about jungle (pokemon unite) I'm having hard time carrying my team/jungle. Helps a lot.

Me who finishes jungle at 9:20: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

Was looking for this. I used to grab buffs once and went back at random after helping a lane

HELLO! I'm new to this game and I'm planning to main Talonflame. Anw, Thank you for this video, it really helps a ton! Also, I love that you also showed other players' jungling pattern❤️

This video really helped me understand jungling better If possible could you make a video on stacking and other imp things one should do would help a lot Love your content

I ended up with zacian brainrot and I never really understood rotation. I currently main center metagross, and now I understand rotation, I've been absolutely dominating games with a negative win rate pokemon.

Ty for making this type of video. Hopefully more ppl start practicing this and we can have better games

I love your channel and all the great info you put out. I've learned so much from you it's really helped me. Could you do a back to the basics series where you talk about how to play different roles and lanes. I'm still such a noob and would love to know how to play better.

This was so helpful, I'm good at Unite. last season i managed to make it to 3043 in rank but i didn't know u get buffs from the jungle mons i thought they were just faster levels then the lane pokemon. Last season was my first time playing, but no one ever broke down the game to me

Oh yes! As a returning player. Would love to see more back to basics vids. Or updated build walkthroughs from emblems to items.

So...I've been playing this game since it came out. And I'd I'm ok at it. I started maining with Aegislash when he came out (favorite pokemon and all) and I love to jungle with him. Watching your videos on emblems, builds, cool downs and stacks... now jungling!? My mind is blown. You've helped make me such a better player since I've discovered your videos. You're amazing, keep up the good work. I'd love to play some games with you someday. Yeehaw!

I take both baltoy first on the first time followed by the bus, the ball toy are quick to kill and usually give me a level or two which makes killing the buffs faster, but of course as always games where I have to alter this based on if someone's trying to invade or w/e. After the first round though I tend to leave the ball toy especially for whatever lane seems to be struggling more so on their way back to their Lane they can grab the outer baltoy for some catch up exp

On the first rotation i try to keep an eye in the minimap to see where the enemies. The clean is basicly the same as yours, blue then red buff then baltoys, then if i dont see any lane struggling i wait a second to see where the enemy jungler is. If any of the lanes have vision of their jungler, i check their health bar, or if there was any KOs (ours or from the enemies), if i dont have any of that info, then i go to the lane that i guess is getting pushed back (normally they dont have vision of the wild pokes and are closer to the base. Its a bit difficult to check the minimap and their moves while you clean your farm, so if i can wait, before taking the decision on which lane to go, i go to the central area, to have access to the salack berries to run to the lanes faster

Thank you for these great tips brother!

I know this is all personal but if u are able to clear your jungle then successfully gank on a lane it often helps to clear as much of the opposing sides jungle as possible and maybe steal a buff so that the opposing jungle is always a step behind

I clear jungle like you Spragels, and I find there is another advantage to that clear pattern. Sometimes junglers get held up in lanes for a few extra seconds and clearing the buffs first prevents situations where the buff hasn't spawned in time for center birds. When you move to birds for your team, your buff spawns and what else happens besides getting friendly invaded? xD You see this much more often for junglers with slow initial clear, like Kubfoo, who don't take both buffs first. I think its a solid mention.

Very good guide on what a jungle is supposed to be doing! The matchmaking kills me in this game, no way in hell the people that are put on my team are the same rank as me lmao

Also you should say, jungle should NOT take the mobs from the lanes, especially if team mates are struggling, take it only if enemy is contesting it.

Thanks for the guide! I noticed the red buff description at 0:53 has “Pokémon’s attacks to deal extra damage” in addition to the slowing effect. Unite-db only lists the slow effect as part of the buff, did they update the red buff recently?

Thanks for this video because it’s observed how many people who call for central have no idea what they are doing and it’s so annoying lol

I'm pretty good at jungling but it's still nice to have more tip videos

dang i discovered you trough watching Shurko in i gotta say this is an awesome guide

I call it The C Rotation, I usually predetermine based on who's lane matchup is worse or better or if they're getting overun. So if top is worse off dealing with mamo snorlax I start with blue buff, bals and red buff. But an exception to this is i go 'N-ish' rotation if theres a jungle invade then clear those buffs first.

Both are really strong for different reasons I think. X feels more impactful because lane fights happen a lot and X is naturally tanky and can initiate while Y is really hard to jump on (which bringing Full Heal over Eject Button might be better if you're using teleport) and can secrue objectives much easier while being probably one of the safest ranged attackers. Obviously while mega'd, both do incredible dps and I really feel like both can fit any lane well.

Your commentary is top tier 👌

Good i was hoping someone would make this guide Keep this series up

Sableye players be like: write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!

Great Help Spragles... Thanks!!!!

I might actually peek at my buff timers more, habits from League gotta change (no obvious timers to look at here)

A tip for non junglers, if you see your jungler hanging out in a lane for wayy to long and see that they wont be able to clear jungle before 8:05 min mark. go take some of theirs if you need to catch up and head up to the center of the map with them.

The best advice I think you could give someone is to gank the lane that have the higher MMR players, you can know that by the other of the player from left to right were the one that is at the Left have the highest MMR and the one at the right the lowest, except if you play with duos or trios them is kind they'll be first.

This awesome. I love your videos but more tutorials and "how tos" like this help the community so much!

Thank you, I can now escape veteran hell with this.

Thanks for Info!

I'm coming back to the game after taking a year break. This video was great to help me relearn what I had forgotten. Thank you. Can we see a video for the new map and what each wild pokemon gives and strategies please?

Hey Jake! I've been watching you consistently since you started making content (not saying I'm your number one fan or anything, but let me know if you ever do autographed headshots so I can frame one... lol!) but I actually stopped playing pokemon unite about a year and a half ago. I just picked it back up last week and have been playing like crazy, and back to basics videos like this are insanely helpful! If you ever need more ideas for content, me and others like me would love more videos like this! I remember a long time ago you made a video about what held items worked well on which pokemon. I know that's a much taller order now with an expanded roster and more items, but something like that would be amazing! Just some thoughts. As always, appreciate you, cowboy! Thanks always for the great content on this fun game.

Sad that you got a Lutano game where his teammate messed up his clear. Lutano used to do a convoluted clear with Ralts that involved aggroing the Escavalier to charge closer to the Baltoy so that he could hit both with one Confusion and get out of the jungle slightly earlier.

Thank you for giving this basic information

My hardest struggle is stacking in center area. If my team doesn’t push with me it’s hard to grab those KOs so I can score with the 30 points I get from farming center

una bulid de aegislash ful críticos estaría muy bien y gracias por los consejos

Kinda confuse for lineups for this if you were Attacker but Jungler

I don't even know how you did this without 3 hats. Inconceivable.

Good advice. I take Blue first almost exclusively because move CD allows me to wipe jungle Pokemon quicker. Timing is 100% important. Far more important to ensure you're grabbing mid Swablu/Altaria at 8:00 than those Baltoy.

I usually steal enemy farm after the first respawn then around the same time birds in the middle pop up if my team doesnt steal my buffs by the time i get back i hit level 9 right before the 7 minute mark

I already knew it from baby mazo,but thanks for the tip!(even tho i already knew it)

0:55 As far as I can tell from both unite-db and my own testing on the training dummy, Escavalier’s red buff does not provide extra damage to attacks. According to unite-db the red buff has “Basic attacks slow enemies” at “30%” Scaling, and then notes “This slow lasts 2 seconds and the duration resets upon a new application of itself. This means you can keep an enemy slowed as long as you continue basic attacking them.” So taking down Escavalier first shouldn’t really quicken the Jungle (Central) clear time, whereas Accelgor’s blue buff providing 10% cooldown reduction should if ever so slightly.

What do you do when and top or bottom lane takes the buffs on their way to the centre column?

I’m coming back from beta, is this the “meta” map compared to the starter map?

Now, how to act or develop when you call center area and then another "team mate" goes there and steals?

Love these videos, love your content, love your personality and love you as a teamate when I'm lucky enough to get you in solo queue (that one random ttar that you clefabled in lane) - Resignation Keep it up jake! These videos are really great and I love it for the newer players because I'm genuinely starting to see more people in solo queue making higher iq plays!

Ok this video is very useful and everything said in it is true but i still wanna clarify something because unless you are a mage you will almost always pick the red buff first because of invade pokemon like greedent sableye and dodrio

What do you do when your team keeps pinging you "check it out" BECAUSE you're getting your buffs and not helping a specific fight? If getting buff is so important, shouldn't the majority of players respect that, and not harass ping you for doing your jungle?

I hate it when your jungler never goes back to its jungle after the first clear

I usually don't like to get jungle, but when I do my route is based in the type of attack my pkm. If is a Atk type I will go: Xatu>Top Baltoy>Red Buff>Bot Baltoy>Blue Buff. If is a SpAtk type I will go: Xatu>Bot Baltoy>Blue Buff>Top Baltoy>Red Buff. But if I see a Greedent or a Sableye with X Speed I will go from the Xatu to the priority buff then the 2nd buff.

Stealing buffs or jungle farm to feed the enemy team is a Pokémon Unite special

Can you do one for how to fight at Ray too?

Would you have a different recommendation for leve 5/8 jungles as opposed to 4/7?

I usually go for a "Z" rotation sometimes it will flip depending on the situation in either lane. I notice nobody pick jungle or they just steal farm. I make sure to keep an eye on the lane and prepare for a possible rotation in case someone falls behind

That center swan group pokemon mostly come 8mins and 6mins exact

This does help

I went from beginner to rank 1 with this strat. Doctors hate me

That Gard's camera work was nauseating holy smokes lol

Jake please make one for both lanes too. I am tired of people not going for the farm that you need to compete for in masters.

Pro tip: Respect your teamates' roles. If you try to steal a speedster's jungle then your more likely to lose bc you two are underleveled. And most likely the other team's jungler already is over-leveling you guys. So respect your teamates' roles. Follow yours as well.

Super helpful. As a jungler main, I hope top lane rowlets and bottom lane machops take note. Leave the jungle to the person that called it. We need those levels to provide assistance in the lanes. If y’all take the kills from the jungler, we don’t have the level or moves required to be play makers.

I can't ignore the fact that you have a float stone on Syther lol.

I'm curious for people's preferences on this: when jungling, do you typically help the lane that's already winning (give them an even bigger boost/gatekeep the enemy even more) or try to help the lane that's behind (try to help your teammates catch up)? I tend to prefer the former, as gatekeeping the enemy can be super helpful and really put them behind, but there are obvious benefits to helping a struggling lane. What're people's thoughts?

Real refreshing to just get back to basic jungling procedure

Thanks Jungle Jake

As a 13 year league player, with similar jungle set up, let me share a thought to consider. Blue buff is great to help you clear. And red buff is great to help you gank. My path is first camp obviously. straight to blue buff. Then take the 2 smalls Then take red. This gives you the longest duration on your red buff now that you are moving onto the map to gank (attack the other side lanes) The blue buff gives you cooldown reduction for your jungle clear speed on your way to red buff so you get get to the map as soon as possible 😊 TL:DR I go blue buff to red buff. This gives faster clear with the cooldowns from blue, and longer duration of redbuff while on the map. ❤

that garchomp jumpscare tho

I consistently miss dual wingbeat move ,

I think the biggest problem people have with the way they play is thinking that every match and every character is going to play and have the same timing and methods but every situation is totally different on a match to match basis

thank you for this. I very very rarely need to jungle. someone almost always calls it. but this will make me feel better if I need to.

Buffs are on Timers, get them last, and go for the buff that will benefit you the most in your 1st fight. This is what decides my 1st mid lane rotation of the game.

Did you add "when someone already said they will jungle, dont jungle with them"?