Saw a funny Chinese comment so I translate it here.
Junglers in the Past:
I have small AoE skills with a short cooldown to take camps quickly so I’m a jungler.
I have quick movement ability to traverse the map so I’m a jungler.
I have great gank setup/damage potential so I’m a jungler.
Junglers now:
My abilities deals 300% damage to camps and I can Q smite at 2000 and one shot dragon so I’m a jungler.
I played the new game mode for the first time last week since the new pet stuff came out to help junglers a year ago. Those fking item descriptions are SO LONG that I had no idea what to buy or what they did. The fact that a whole essay has to be on each of those items to balance the jungle really made me realize how many modifications were needed just to make the jungle playable.
I will say though that even though they have to make these insane mods all the time, it does allow for the jungle pool to be much larger than I remember in early seasons. There was a season where if you didn’t play J4, Lee Sin, or Gragas as jungler, you were flamed and basically throwing the game.