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TLDR: When Ivern clears Krugs it should also spawn the second and third set of Medium and Mini-Krugs. In total it would take Ivern 7.5 seconds of channelling (3 times per set) + the 40-1 seconds (based on level) waiting for the first grow to finish before you can collect it OR a smite. Set 2 and 3 of the Krugs should be instantly collected similar to how it works when Ivern marks a camp without a big jungle Monster.
Ivern only gets gold and XP from the Big (Ancient) Krug and the Medium Krug that are already there, equal to about 27% XP and 36% gold compared to other junglers. This was a "nerf" he received years ago when junglers had worse clear speeds and sustain to level the playing field.
To explain quickly, Ivern does NOT get full gold and XP from Krugs because of how quickly he could clear it if he got full gold and XP from them with smite Versus other junglers. As a result of this Ivern is always down in gold and XP because he only gets 27% of the XP from the camp.
This was not a major issue before this season since we could still hit level 4 from 5 camps + Scuttle, but after the Scuttle nerfs we are stuck at level 3 with about 70% XP even after clearing 6 camps, if we opt into clearing Krugs as well (Edit: It seems we might be able to hit level 4 at 3:26 if we full clear). I think at least changing how Ivern interacts with this camp could be a valid thing to look into with the current clear speed and sustain most junglers have.
I am proposing that;Marking and collecting a grow on Krugs will spawn the next set of Krugs until they are all cleared;
1st, The big Krug (Ancient Krug) and Medium Krug: Marking it with a grow will take the normal time (40 sec to 1 sec based on level) before being ready to collect or you can smite it to instantly clear the Big Krug and Medium Krug (similar to how it works at the moment)
2nd set, 2 Medium Krugs and 2 Small Krugs: Marking it will instantly clear it similar to any camp missing the big jungle creep
3rd set, 4 small Krugs: Marking it will instantly clear it similar to any camp missing the big jungle creep
So in total Ivern would need to mark the Krugs camp 3 times (the channel to mark a camp takes 2.5 seconds x 3 = 7.5 seconds) to get all the gold and XP, however when marking the camp the first time he would have to wait 40-1 second for the grow to complete or smite it (similar to how clearing a normal camp) and then have to mark the remaining two sets of Krugs twice to clear them all. In total it should take Ivern 7.5 seconds of channeling + 40-1 second for the grow to complete or a smite to clear the entire camp.
This should be sufficient enough to make the camp "worse" for Ivern but at least give us the option of farming it when we have nothing else to do on the map.
Edit: I actually think you might be able to hit level 4 after clearing 6 camps + Scuttle without leashing lane XP, tested it in the practice tool. It seems that you can hit level 4 with a full clear at 3:26 >___>. Still pretty horrible compared to most other junglers but I thought I should added it to be transparent after doing some testing.
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