This is my favorite Joule build, one that has never failed to earn me less than eight kills, even after a dozen or more matches. I've never died more than three times either, and normally average zero or one. Keep in mind this guide is for players who want a Crystal Damage Joule build to dominate the jungle. Please stay in the jungle! This guide requires precise farming early on and a death in the lane because you were greedy and chased someone past a turret will throw the whole guide off.
Only go to the lane when:
1: An allied turret is destroyed. This usually means their is a low health enemy player for you to pick off, or a cloud of minions to be fried by your laser. Both scenarios are good.
2. When you (or the enemy team) has captured the Kraken, and you are going to support (or kill) it.
3. When all mines are captured, your set for that time period is complete, and the jungle is clear of enemy players.
Enjoy the guide!
When the game begins (0:00) immediately buy Ironguard Contract and maybe a Halcyon Potion or two then head off to the jungle. Put your point into Thunder Strike.
At (0:45) the jungle monsters spawn, be sure you're in position to start farming that very second. We need to earn 1400 gold in 5 and a half minutes. If their's someone else farming, time Thunder Strike at the exact second so you get last hit. As soon as you hit 800 gold, buy a Lifespring from the jungle shop. This increases Joule's already great regen even more, allowing us to farm almost indefinitely. The time should be about (2:50).
Keep farming until the mines spawn at (4:00) then buy Crystal Bit and Swift Shooter. Take the Minion Mine close to your side, then buy Hourglass. Time should be (5:30). Continue to farm, but watch for enemy players. Your high-speed farming early on means you should be ahead in levels and items, but watch for ganks if they have multiple junglers.
Build your Swift Shooter into Blazing Salvo, and your Crystal Bit into Heavy Prism. Then save up 1100 to combine the two into Alternating Current. This adds large amounts of crystal damage to your auto-attacks, and you will hit significantly faster. Finally buy a Void Battery. Time should be (10:00). Build Hourglass into Chronograph, Lifespring into Renewal Fountain, and buy Light Armor. Now it should be (15:00). Try to signal to your team to head to the Kraken. If your team is busy in the lane or isn't listening, keep farming.
Upgrade Light Armor to Atlas Pauldron, Chronograph to Clockwork, and buy Eve of Harvest. Time should be (20:00 to 22:00). You can now solo Kraken! I won't elaborate, the exact method for doing so will be in another chapter. If the enemy has already gotten the Kraken or if you capture it and it's not enough to win, keep farming but pop into the lane to kill enemies. If you have nothing to use Big Red Button on, use it on a turret. Whenever the cooldown on your ability is off and your energy is reasonable, you are wasting that ability. At late game (25:00 and beyond) just buy Journey Boots.
Then you're done, however, if you have tons of spare gold after that, sell any one of your items (preferably a cheap one like Clockwork), buy a Crystal Infusion, activate it, then buy back that item. So that's what you spend your cash on, now how do you farm so fast, or deal with enemy junglers? (To be added later)
Strategy to come soon! Enjoy the money guide and I'll add the rest later, as well as matchups for Skaarfungandr once he comes out.
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