Get... in... my... BELLY - Fenrir Jungle Guide - Archived

Me Hey! I'm a (currently) gold 3 jungle and solo main. I never actually played Fenrir a lot, but when I played him, I thought he was a lot of fun. And now with the giveaway coming up, it made me realise I should really make a guide :P!

Fenrir Fenrir is a physical assassin. He has 2 'leaps' (I like to call it 1,5 leap since Brutalize isn't a leap), giving him a lot of mobility. He has built in sustain with Seething Howl and an ultimate forcing the whole enemy team to buy Purification Beads.

Pros Aegis Shield Good mobility Very strong early game Can snowball very easily Not very hard to play

Cons 'Falls off' late game Ult very easily counterable Squishy lategame Passive can be annoying to utilise

Starting Items

'The' jungling item. It gives you the sustain you need to stay in the jungle as soon as possible. Bumbas Mask vs Deaths Toll So why not Death's Toll? Since you have your 2 already, you don't need the extra early power. You do however, need the MP5 from Bumba's Mask so you don't run out of mana. Death's Toll isn't bad on Fenrir, I just think it's better if you get Bumba's Mask.

Essential for every jungler. Not only do you get extra clearspeed, you get a midcamp secure and later on you get a stun or FG/GF secure.

Early Game

A very standard item. There are 3 reasons why you would want to get this and not something else. First one being that you get extra movement speed. Every god gets boots early. If you don't, you'll be a lot slower and it will be a lot harder to chase a god. Second reason is that you get extra penetration, increasing your damage a lot. The last reason is very obvious; you get power! More power = more damage = more kills = more gold = more power!

One of the best item on most assassins and warriors. Fenrir has pretty high cooldowns. 15 and 14 seconds for your most important skills is a lot. 25% CDR helps a lot. With the extra mana you get you'll be able to stay in the jungle for longer, which means you have more time to get kills. You also get some penetration, which (again) will increase your damage a lot.

Mid

Game

A very good item, but only if the enemy team has 4+ physical gods. Yes you could buy it if there are 3 physical gods on the enemy team, but there are just way better choices. The physical power is meh, and so is the passive. The physical protection is good though and that's why you get it where there are 4+ physical gods on the enemy team.

I think this is one of the best items in the game. Get this when there are 3 physical or magical gods on the enemy team. When you're above 50% health, you get 60(!) physical power. That's higher than Deathbringer or Malice. When below 50% health, you get 35 magical and physical protection, which isn't great, but it's definitely something.

This is the item that was just introduced, and it's very good. Get this when you're up against a 4+ magical team. When fully stacked it gives you 50 physical power, 50 magical protections and 15% CDR. It finished your CDR and is a very good item, but I prefer Shifter's Shield.

Mid Game

A very good penetration item. It's very straightforward and even gives some power. With Titan's Bane you'll be ripping through protections.

You can also get this item. It's better than Titan's Bane, but only if you can auto attack 3 times before you use Brutalize. I like Titan's Bane more since it's guaranteed penetration. If you need to auto attack, you give the enemy time to escape. This item is good against enemies without escape.

Late

Game

Usually an item for a tank, but if there are 4+ mages, it will make them do almost no damage to you! Since you're fairly squishy lategame, this will make you less squishy. Remember, only get this when there are 4+ gods with magical damage.

This is the best defensive item in the game for non-tanks. It gives 65 physical and magical protections when fully stacked (that's more than Bulwark of Hope!) and some health and mana. Definately get this when the teams are balanced.

Again, an item primarily for tanks, but when there are 4+ physical gods on the enemy team you need some extra physical defense.

Magi's Blessing

Late Game

Magi's Blessing

A great defensive item, but not really needed. I'd only get this when you didn't buy Greater Purification as an active.

If you did buy Purification Beads, get this item for that last extra damage. It finished your CDR and gives you a welcomed power boost. But you're doing it for the damage. Let's say you have the recommended build and are level 20. You deal 294 damage with your auto attacks. Half of that is 147 which you'll do extra because of Hydra's Lament. That may sound like not a lot, but it does make an impact.

Auto Attack

Items

This is your penetration item. The extra 20% attack speed helps you utilise the lifesteal from Seething Howl more and it helps you build up runes. It's your only attack speed item since your attack speed scales really well without attack speed so you'll end up with a pretty high attack speed even with only one attack speed item.[/spoiler]

Works really well with attack speed. In this build we don't focus on the power from Brutalize, and raw basic attacks don't give enough damage. Simple solution: get Rage!

So now you've got 30% crit chance which can lead up to 80% if you auto attack 5 times. This is not a lot. You get some crit chance which helps a lot. You also get a power boost which will increase basically everything. So you've got more crit chance and you crit more often, now with the passive of Deathbringer your crits do devestating damage.

Unbound Runes

A good passive when utilized correctly. Always try to have this fully stacked when going into a fight so you get extra bonusses. I will discuss when and how to use every skill with full runes below.

Unbound Runes

Unchained

In my opinion, one of the best jumps in the game. It deals a lot of damage and gives a 1 second stun with 5 runes. Attack with this first, after your team has initiated. Otherwise the whole enemy team will focus you and you'll be dead very quickly. You can however, engage in a 3v3. As a matter of fact, I advise you to do that since it's very easy to isolate someone with the 1 second stun. Keep in mind that if you use this move, it's gonna be a lot harder to escape so keep an eye out for other enemies. Around level 11 you can use this for clearing and save Brutalize. When you hit a god with this ability, it halves the cooldown. With CDR this ability will have around a 6 seconds cooldown so you can jump in, Brutalize and jump back out!

Unchained

Seething Howl

A very good steroid, giving you huge amounts of lifesteal and power. Use this before you jump in with Unchained for that extra power or when you need health. You can use this to solo the gold fury as well. At level 20 you can even solo the Fire Giant (with full items).

Seething Howl

Brutalize

'The' Fenrir move. Love it or hate it, it's a great move with a lot of damage. You stick to your target for 4 attacks, but it's canceled by jumps or leaps (so not Special Delivery or other dashes!). Use this for clearing with full runes untill around level 11, where you can clear with Unchained and your auto attacks. Use it on the middle harpy with 5 runes to clear very fast and finish the harpies off with auto attacks. More about Brutalize is in the FAQ. It's very important to focus on one target, which should be fairly easy since you stick to the target. Also keep in mind that you can cancel the attacks by pressing right mouse button. If you're using Brutalize on someone, and you see an Ymir coming your way, he's probably going to use Frost Breath and that will most likely get you killed.

Brutalize

Ragnarok

A great ultimate, but it's countered by beads. You can use this to set up kills by dragging an enemy into a friendly ultimate or just to drag the enemy under tower. Never grab a tank, unless you're sure you can kill him. He's tankiest and you shouldn't wast a lot of skills on him. With 5 runes, you get double protections. This isn't so useful late game as it is early game, since you're a lot squishier late game so pay attention to that. Don't be afraid to use it as an escape, as it provides CC immunity.

Brutalize

Conquest Jungle Ability Based
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You level your ultimate first, it does most damage and I think it benefits you most. Then you level Brutalize. It's your main damaging and clearing ability. Then you level Unchained, which is fairly obvious. You benefit a lot more from the extra damage than from the power and lifesteal Seething Howl provides. You level Seething Howl last.

Conquest Jungle Basic Attack Based
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You level your ultimate first, it does most damage and I think it benefits you most. Then you level Brutalize. It's your main damaging and clearing ability. After that you level Seething Howl, since you've gotten The Executioner by now and have gotten some attack speed. This will give you a lot of lifesteal making you unable to duel. Then you level Unchained.

Start Fire Giant side If the solo lane is on the right, start by soloing red buff. After that, meet your solo laner at mana buff. Watch out for invades! Then, go to lane until level 3 or 4. Then take the small harpy camps. If you have enough time to get speed buff before going to the mid camps, get speed buff. Gold Fury side If the solo lane is on the left, start by clearing the speed and mana camp. Then go to lane (tip: try and stand in the jungle when the wave is cleared, you'll get some MP5 from Bumba's Mask) until you hit level 3 or 4. Then repeat what I said above.

At the start of the game, you might get invaded. The best thing to do is to try and secure the buff using Hand of the Gods (therefore it's important to save it until the buffcamp is low on health!). You'll be level 1 and only have Brutalize so don't use that to clear the camp. It's your only escape! Make sure that most of your buffs and small harpy camps are on a timer before you gank. If you gank too much, you'll fall behind, even if you get some kills. This doesn't mean you can't gank, just don't do it too much. If you encouter the enemy jungler, engage him. Be aggressive, but pay attention to the lanes to see if someone left. It's usually good to engage with Unchained at full runes, use Seething Howl and Brutalize when fighting the enemy 1v1.
Here you still need to do what I said about farm, but less. Ganking is the priority. If you notice that every lane has wards, don't be lazy and buy some Sentry Wards. You could try to solo the Gold Fury around leel 15/16 or sneak it with your support, but please. PLEASE use wards so you don't get caught. But ganking, pushing and defending towers is what mainly happens.
Now you'll see if you did well early game. If you did, you'll have gotten your defensive item and be a lot tankier. If not, you'll still be stuck on Titan's Bane without the protections, making you a lot squishier and limiting your ability to kill people. If you did do well, you should continue doing what you did mid-game. If you didn't do well early game, stay with other people, since your ultimate is still very good and you've got a 1 second stun. Be sure to help your team as much as possible, by buying a lot of wards and defending lanes. Always engage fight with 3 people or less. With 3v3's you can engage.

Fenrir isn't great in teamfighting. You're the 'clean-up squad' and you pick or retreating enemies. You isolate carries by using your ultimate and you pressure them as much as you can by fighting them. Be sure to use Seething Howl to heal back a lot of the damage you receive. If you think you'll die or take a lot of damage, just retreat and wait for another oppertunity to attack. It's better that you don't die and don't get a kill than that you do die and feed someone. Brutalize with full runes also gives AoE damage, which wasn't really useful for ganking, but since a lot of gods are close to eachother, it's very useful here. Just be careful to not get CC'd while using Brutalize and only use it when your team has already engaged. When being chased, you can retreat by using Unchained and Brutalize for an extremely quick escape. Ganking Well, since you just had to read a lot of information about teamfighting, I'll try to keep this short. When ganking mid, solo or duo lane, always say that to your teammates by using the command [VGG]. Also keep in mind that the enemy could have warded their lane. Therefore it's very important to always get into lane fast. This shouldn't matter if the enemy is all the way up to a tower, only when the enemy is around the middle of the lane. Keep in mind the abilities of the enemy and friendly god of the lane you're ganking, so you might be able to synergise with them. Also, keep minions in mind. You can use them for bodyblocking, lifestealing or getting extra runes. Usually it's a good idea to wait for the enemy to use his clearing skill, since that's (a lot of the time) the most damaging. You should also wait for the enemy to use his escape (if possible). When ganking duo lane, the support and adc are usually close to eachother so you could use the AoE damage from Brutalize.

HARD Explanation His Shackles are devestating. He cancels your Brutalize and make you extremely vulnerable since you can't use any escapes. Use Brutalize after he uses (preferably misses) his Shackles. You can also use Seething Howl while he has used Shackles on you to sustain yourself and use Unchained and Brutalize after Shackles has worn off.

HARD Explanation She has 2 skills that counter you: Sic 'Em and Sentinel. Her Sic 'Em cancels your Brutalize and makes you very vulnerable to other attacks. With Sentinel she can easily teleport out of range making you useless against her. There aren't really any solutions other than waiting for them to use those skills.

HARD Explanation This is probably the most annoying goddess to fight. She can jump away or stun you when you're Brutalizing, and when you think you got her dead, she pops her damn invincibility skill and walks away. Don't use Brutalize until she has jump away or used Incense. You could try to stun her with Unchained followed by a quick Brutalize if she's low. You can also start fighting her while using lifesteal to heal you back up. After she used Incense use Unchained. She'll probably jump away and then you can use Brutalize.

HARD Explanation His Whirlpool counters you a ton. It cancels your Brutalize and Unchained. Luckily for you, this is his main cleating skill so just wait for hm to use it. You could also use Purification Beads or Magi's Blessing.

MEDIUM Explanation His dash doesnt matter, since it's a dash. His stun with it is what makes him medium. He can stun you while dashing, making for an easy escape for him. Use Brutalize with 4 runes, when he stuns you get 5 runes and use Unchained to stun him. Then you or your team should finish him off.

MEDIUM Explanation Kinda easy, the only thing that makes him good against Fenrir is his Book of Demons stun. The problem is that he rarely uses it. He'll usually use it when you jump in with Unchained and stun him, out of panic. Then use Brutalize and kill him.

MEDIUM Explanation She has a silence Dispel Magic, which is a problem for you. Her Spirit Ball stun is fairly hard to land, so that's not as much of a threat. Luckily, most Eset players use Dispel Magic quite often when there are enemies around, so just wait for her to use it and engage. What I mean by that is go into lane (not behind the Eset!) and be a bit aggressive. She usually uses Dispel Magic to slow you so she can hit Spirit Ball. After that you can use your skills.

MEDIUM Explanation Her leap is the only problem. Engage with Unchained and wait for her to use Pounce. Just chase her and when she can't jump back anymore use Brutalize.

MEDIUM Explanation You should start using auto attacks. Your Seething Howl should sustain you enough. Then Unchained on top of him with a stun. Wait for Unchained to come off cooldown and use Brutalize. When he jumps away he should be low enough to finish him off with Unchained.

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