Originally Posted by
crazypearce
the problem is that you rely a lot on your team mates to actually help you. I play jungle a lot and most people end up pushing to tower without wards and complain that they are getting ganked. you can try to counter gank to stop them from dying but it can be very time consuming camping a lane just to save them from ganks. you will be underleveled, underfarmed and you will miss a lot of potential kills from another lane.
more recently I have been trying to keep an eye out on who can poke well and has good mechanics. if they are winning early engagements I just camp their lane and get them fed. sure, other lanes may complain, but if you can get a good player fed, you have a high chance to win a game.
I just played a ranked game as yi with syndra vs kassadin. she was poking really well so I just kept going mid. she had about 8 kills by 10 minutes or so, while kass had no farm and was a very low level. the game was won pretty easily because she had so many kills. the other lanes were a little behind but syndra was so far ahead she made up for it.