What are the best jungle champions in Season 15?

S-Tier jungle picks in Season 15 include Viego for his versatile passive and strong ganks, Nidalee for her unmatched clear speed, Lee Sin for early game pressure, and Karthus for scaling power. Warwick and Amumu are excellent for beginners. Tank options like Sejuani and Zac provide reliable engage, while carries like Kha'Zix and Evelynn excel at snowballing.

What are the easiest jungle champions to learn?

Warwick is the best starter jungler — his Blood Hunt (W) reveals low-health enemies, showing you exactly where to gank. Amumu has simple mechanics with a point-and-click stun and massive AoE ultimate. Master Yi farms to 6 then becomes a 1v9 hypercarry. Nunu's snowball gank is easy to execute and his Q is a second smite for objective steals.

How do I choose between tank and carry junglers?

Choose a tank jungler when your team lacks frontline or engage. Sejuani, Zac, and Rammus provide reliable CC and peel for carries. Choose a carry jungler when your team needs damage. Kha'Zix, Evelynn, and Kindred can solo carry games but require mechanical skill. In solo queue, carry junglers have more impact because you rely less on teammates. Pick based on your team comp and the enemy team's damage profile.

Best Jungle Champions

Overview

League of Legends jungle champion selection is about understanding your role in the team composition. Some junglers are early-game monsters who must snowball the map before 15 minutes. Others are late-game carries who need to farm until 2-3 items. Pick the right style for your team.

The jungle meta shifts every patch, but certain fundamentals remain: clear speed, gank setup, dueling power, and scaling. The best Season 15 junglers have fast clears (3:15 full clear), healthy first clears, and meaningful impact at every stage of the game.

This guide covers S-Tier meta picks, easy-to-learn champions for new junglers, tank options for frontline comps, and carry picks for players who want to 1v9.

S-Tier Picks

Viego: The Ruined King is a staple in Season 15. His clear is healthy, his ganks are strong with W stun, and his passive (possessing enemy champions after kills) makes teamfights unwinnable for the enemy. Build: Kraken Slayer -> Trinity Force -> Death's Dance -> Sterak's Gage.

Nidalee: The Bestial Huntress has the fastest clear in the game (~3:00 full clear). Her spear damage is absurd, and she can invade any jungler early. High skill ceiling but devastating in the right hands. Requires excellent mechanics.

Lee Sin: The Blind Monk never goes out of style. His early game is unmatched — level 2/3 ganks with Q and E slow are deadly. Build Eclipse into Black Cleaver and transition from damage to utility mid-late game. Ward hopping keeps him mobile.

Karthus: The Deathsinger is the ultimate scaling jungler. His full clear is one of the fastest at ~3:10. Lay waste (Q) chunks health bars. Requiem (R) is a global execute. Build Liandry's -> Zhonya's -> Rabadon's. Late game Karthus wins games solo.

Easy to Learn

Warwick is the best jungler to learn the role with. His Blood Hunt (W) tells you exactly where to gank (enemies below 50% HP). His sustain means you never need to recall before 6. Build Blade of the Ruined King -> Titanic Hydra -> tank items.

Amumu has straightforward mechanics. Bandage Toss (Q) is a skill-shot stun, Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) is a massive AoE stun. His clear is healthy and his ganks are devastating with ultimate. Build Jak'Sho -> Sunfire -> Abyssal Mask.

Master Yi is the low-ELO stomper. Farm to 6, then look for skirmishes. Highlander (R) makes him untouchable. Build Guinsoo's -> Blade of the Ruined King -> Kraken Slayer. Do not play him above Platinum — he is too easily countered by CC.

Nunu & Willump is simple and effective. Snowball (W) gives massive gank speed, Consume (Q) is a smite on a 5-second cooldown (great for objective stealing). Build Sunfire -> Jak'Sho -> Dead Man's Plate. Objective control god.

Tank Junglers

Sejuani is the premier tank jungler. Her Permafrost (E) stun works with allied slows, making her ganks extremely reliable. Fury of the North (R) is a long-range AoE stun. Build Heartsteel -> Sunfire -> Thornmail. Excellent for protecting carries.

Zac has incredible gank angles with Elastiblob (E). He can jump over walls from unwarded angles. His passive (blobs) gives him sustain in teamfights. Build Radiant Virtue -> Sunfire -> Spirit Visage. God-tier engage.

Rammus is the anti-ADC pick. Powerball (Q) ganks at Mach 2, and his taunt makes ADC players cry. Tremors (R) zones entire teams. Build Sunfire -> Thornmail -> Dead Man's Plate. Pick into 2+ AD champions for free wins.

Maokai offers point-and-click CC with Twisted Advance (W). His saplings provide free vision and poke. Build Sunfire -> Unending Despair -> Spirit Visage. Utility jungler with excellent objective control.

Carry Junglers

Kha'Zix excels at isolation picks. Evolve Q first for damage, then E for reset mobility. His clear is fast and his ganks are lethal after 6. Build Eclipse -> Profane Hydra -> Serylda's Grudge. Track the enemy jungler and counter-gank.

Evelynn is invisible after 6. She is a scaler who needs to reach level 6 without falling behind. Once she has ultimate, every lane is in danger. Build Hextech Rocketbelt -> Lich Bane -> Rabadon's. Shadow Walk lets you walk through wards unseen.

Kindred offers ranged DPS from the jungle. Mark management is key — invade the marked camp and take the kill. Build Kraken Slayer -> Trinity Force -> Runaan's Hurricane. Lamb's Respite (R) saves your team from burst.

Kayn is two champions in one. Shadow Assassin is good against squishy teams (build lethality). Rhaast is good against tanky teams (build bruiser). Form choice is the most important decision of the game. Pick based on enemy team comp at 8-12 minutes.

Pick the jungle champion that fits your team comp, not the one you have the most mastery on. A tank jungler with CC (Sejuani, Zac) enables your carries far better than a 1/5 Kha'Zix. League is a team game — play for the team.