Grandmaster Mercury Jungle

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Passive - Fastest God Alive Mercury gains increased auto attack damage for his next auto attack, scaling by distance traveled. Additionally, he gains bonus physical power from his movement speed. Fastest God Alive gives you additional damage on your first hit, and the bonus power from movement speed items is why you want to pick up speed buff/buy movement speed items.

Ability 1 - Made You Look Mercury punches, dealing aoe damage to anyone in a location of his choosing. This ability can crit. Made You Look is your main damaging ability, and used on cooldown to clear camps/hit enemy gods. The ability being able to critical hit is one of the reasons why Mercury scales hard with critical strike.

Ability 2 - Maximum Velocity Mercury gains movement speed passively, and when this ability is activated he gains a massive amount of attack speed and immunity to slows. Maximum Velocity is the second reason Mercury scales so well with crit, as it supports the built-in attack speed from this ability.

Ability 3 - Special Delivery Mercury dashes forward, grabbing the first enemy god hit and throwing them towards a direction of his choosing. Special Delivery is your escape ability, but can also be used aggressively to disorient the enemy. It is very powerful if the enemies do not have beads, and throwing them against a wall will keep them closer to you, allowing more auto attacks to land.

Ultimate - Sonic Boom Mercury charges up a long dash, increasing in range the longer he charges. He can choose to cancel, or to dash forwards a very long distance, damaging and stunning enemies hit. Sonic Boom is his gap closer and initiation, used almost every time you dive. It is one of the reasons why Blink Rune is not necessary on Mercury, as this ability has more than enough range to hit an enemy.

Simple Poke:

Made You Look

Boxing:

Special Delivery > Auto Attack > Maximum Velocity > Auto Attacks

If it is not a 1v1 or you may need to run away, replace Special Delivery with Made You Look as you run towards the enemy.

Ultimate:

Sonic Boom > Maximum Velocity > Auto Attacks > Special Delivery

Use Special Delivery once they recover from the stun, which will CC chain any enemies without relics.

• Star at the Fire Giant side Speed Buff (or Red Buff), and group up the jungle camps with your mid laner. Once the Red and Speed buff jungle camps are cleared together, head towards your remaining speed buff. Your mid laner should help you clear this buff camp. Finally, head towards the exp camp near the Tier 1 Mid tower, presume you will clear this alone.
  
  
• You now have 2 choices. You can stay in the Jungle towards the mid lane, looking for a gank on the enemy mid laner or clear the Mid-Harpies. The second option is to head straight to duo lane, and look for a gank on the enemy duo lane (and clear Scorpion). Heading to Duo lane has a greater risk, but much greater reward if successful.
  
  
• Mercury has a weaker early game in comparison to the other junglers, but his dash Special Delivery is very powerful at CC'ing the enemies. Don't initiate any fights, but if the enemies dive, don't be afraid to Special Delivery aggressively.
  
  
• Your priorities are: Buff Camps > Rotations > Harpies.
  
  
• While Mercury has gank pressure with Special Delivery, his early game is weaker compared to most junglers. It's best you farm up for your ultimate Sonic Boom, as the rotational pressure it gives you is very strong. Use it to ult down minion waves, beating the enemy jungler to the fights.
  
  
• Your fights are much stronger once you gain some crit, so use your speed to farm efficiently.

• Begins around ~14 minutes, or when most people have hit Level 12 and unlocked their Second Relic. Most enemy teams have gotten around to warding by now, and team fights become increasingly common. Most builds have started to show effectiveness.
  
  
• If you see an enemy laner pushed up in their lane, Sonic Boom to force relics or possibly kill them. Having Aegis Amulet makes your disengage much easier, as the threat of the enemy jungler is much lesser.
  
  
• While you deal incredibly high dps, it is hard to do damage when the enemies are all grouped up for team fights. Try to wait for a team fight to begin, and Sonic Boom on the enemy backline.
  
  
• You do have the option of playing the opposite side of the map and hyperfarming, but it's not worth loosing an objective or a teamfight for this. Presume you always need to rotate, and be ready to Sonic Boom into the teamfight.

• Almost everybody has hit Level 20, Fire Giant is the most important objective on the map. Starter items become unlocked at Level 20, which results in a damage/defensive spike. This means that everybody dies faster, and Team Fights are the most important thing.
  
  
• Mercury has a strong 1v1, but some enemy junglers can force your relics and escape, leaving you vulnerable to the next engage. It's best for you to hang back and wait for the Fire Giant fights to begin, then Sonic Boom into the fray. If it's up to you to make an opening for your team, you can try pushing the mid waves slowly. You can disengage with Sonic Boom if the enemy team rotates, there's a chance of a jungler 1v1, and if nobody comes you may get a free phoenix.
  
  
• At Siege Fights, split push the Mid Phoenix. You can Sonic Boom into the fights once they have begun, or take the Mid Pheonix if nobody comes to you. Some junglers may win the 1v1, so consider your objective as wasting the enemy teams time.

Green = Early/Rotational wards, you don't go out of your way to place these wards. Place them while already in the area, they are used to prevent blind spots while you rotate. They also double as objective wards

Blue = Late game wards, you want to place them as high as possible without getting caught by the enemy doing so. They cut off chokepoints on the enemies side, which lets you know which side of the map they are on. Good wards for a Fire Giant fight

If you find yourself at an enemy buff camp, feel free to drop a ward for the timer if you plan on coming back!

It is very important to recognize which side of the map enemies are on. If you see the enemy jungler on the solo side, recognize they could counter-rotate if you try to play on that side of the map. On the flip side, it means you are free to rotate on the Gold-Fury side of the map!

Mercury is one of the strongest late game gods, but struggles to keep up early game pressure. Use your movement speed to your advantage, outfarming and outrotating the enemy jungler. It doesn't matter what the enemy jungler could do if they never make it to the fights to begin with. Your 1v1 becomes insanely powerful after your first few crit items, as you do large amounts of damage. Throw some hands!