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In 10.4 patch when talking about widening the jungle champion pool they mentioned;
" One trend we've seen over the years is that new and low-MMR players pick jungle at a much lower rate than other positions—even when it's stronger than those other positions. For 10.4, we're approaching this problem by giving some popular champs at these skill levels better tools to jungle with, especially also because jungle has an arguably smaller champion pool than other positions "
While this statement is somewhat true, it is only true because Riot nerfs all champions that weren't intended to go to the jungle. Don't get me wrong, I sorta like the 10.4 buffs for instance the Diana buffs. But the wording used annoyed me more than it should have because of what Riot have done to balance the game in the last 6 months or so.
Four recent champion cases that were stripped off jungle duty were Qiyana, Camille, Sylas and Taliyah (Qiyana being the latest at patch 10.2). Granted they were quite strong in the jungle but why make them obsolete. Taliyah highest pick rate position is in the jungle at 1.7% at plat+, not only did they nerf her jungle but they killed her overall. But Camille's nerfs had me a little sad cause she was an fun and interesting jungler where she had to make high risk/high reward plays to win.
What are your guys thoughts on this?
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