Deity Da ji Jungle

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• Start at the Fire Giant side in the lane. You have to start on the scorpion leveling up your Horrible Burns You just have to hit basic attacks (In all buffs and camps, it's important to execute skill combos and basic attacks well to gain a time advantage over the enemy jungler) and then go to the red buff in which your mid laner will help you do it so you can get this buff and go to the cyclopede camp next door, then you have to go to the harpy camp next to the speed camp, and then do the speed camp, your mid laner will help you set up the cyclopede camp in front of the speed lane that way you'll both reach level 3, then you'll both go to the middle lane.
  
  
• Now, whoever wins the minion wave pressure decides whether to go to the neutral buff camp or the Gold Fury vision harpies, to gain pressure, you can use your abilities to push faster or attack the enemy mid or jungle, communicate with your midlaner what you want to do, If you want to push quickly, you can position yourself sideways in the minion wave and hit them all with One Thousand Cuts. In the early levels, Da Ji doesn't do much damage, but if the enemy outpositions themselves, you can take advantage with your slows and get a kill or force a relic Trickster Spirit > Horrible Burns > One Thousand Cuts if you win this pressure, it's best to take the neutral buff. Now you have several options: you can try to gank the solo lane, but if you really think you'll get the kill, it depends on the enemy god they have and how they're positioned, because if he is under the tower, it's very difficult to get the kill. You can also go back to mid to do another minion wave and keep pressuring mid, then move to the duo lane to look for a gank, or you can farm your harpy Camps. Even after that, you can do a small gank on another lane before backing.
  
  
• After backing, buy what you can from the shop and you'll have two options again. You can look for a duo gank, which should respawn the enemy purple buff so you can invade it with your adc and support. Or you can go solo to kill the stones that respawn in the fire zone and possibly invade the blue buff in the solo lane. Keep in mind that these stones are quite tanky and you'll need help from your solo or mid laner, plus the enemy team won't let you kill them easily, so there will probably be a small teamfight (This option is the most profitable and the best). You can also try to gank the solo before this to leave the opposing solo lane with low health so they can't fight the rocks.
  
  
• After this your entire jungle will spawn, so it's a good time to farm and finish your first item completely and think about what you're going to do next.
  
  
• Remember to buy wards to gather information on the location of the opposing team and the movement of the enemy jungler.

• At this point of the game, which is roughly between 7:00 and 18:00 minutes. After you finish farming your jungle, the neutral mid buff and the Gold Fury vision harpies reappear, so try to do them with your midlaner. After this, it's important to look for a gank in one of the lanes because the pressure you apply is very important.
  
  
• The jungle role is one of the most important because you have the ability to put your team ahead. If you go to any lane, you can not only get some kills but also create pressure, and the relics you force are very important for your teammates.
  
  
• Tips for ganking lanes: For example, if you gank the solo lane, they're usually warriors and guardians who are quite tanky, so I recommend ganking more in the first few minutes of the game because they don't have much defense and you can get the fire stones, which give a lot of experience and permanent strength. If you're going to gank the duo lane, the most important thing is where the enemy adc is positioned, rormally, if he is more or less in the middle of the lane, it should be an easy kill, but it's quite common for them to have wards. Teamfights in the mid lane are usually quite dangerous because the support is often there and can easily force you to use Purification Beads. Furthermore, if you manage to get a kill or apply a lot of pressure in the lanes, you can kill the Gold Furys or the Pyromancer, which are very important thanks to the experience and gold they grant.
  
  
• As for the way to use the skills: If you want to gank a lane the best strategy is to try to get behind them or use Blinking Abyss to close the distance. You can use Trickster Spirit to position yourself behind him > Horrible Burns If the enemy dashes or tries to hit you, you can use One Thousand Cuts to deal damage and gain movement speed to dodge basic attacks and abilities. You can also use Paolao if you need immunity or to avoid taking damage and deal very good damage (Keep in mind that if they have Purification Beads, they can easily escape your ultimate, although you'll still be dealing damage).
  
  
• It's also important to constantly farm your jungle, clearing your harpies, and very important to be ready as soon as your speed buffs, the red buff and the scorpion, appear, because they are the ones that give the most experience and the buffs they drop are very important (the scorpion drops a global map ward that reveals all gods for 1 second, very useful if you don't know where they are).
  
  
• It's important to pay attention to the objectives. The beacon that appears in the middle is crucial, group up with your team to secure it, as the nagas that spawn are very useful. For this, try picking someone in the jungle or play with your team. When there are teamfights with many gods, it's usually difficult to get in and deal good damage, but your ultimate Paolao is very good in these situations, allowing you to deal damage and crowd control without taking damage yourself.

• At this point in the game, which is around minute 18:00-25:00, your job is to try to pick an enemy carry or be prepared to enter teamfights in a way that allows you to do as much damage as possible.
  
  
• To achieve this, you need a large number of wards around the map to know where the enemy team is at all times, in addition to your frontline doing a good job applying crowd control and damage so you can engage them in the best possible way.
  
  
• If your team pulls the Fire Giant, you don't usually need to attack it unless your team doesn't have much dps. The best thing you can do is about look for someone by going to the sides and trying to kill the adc, mage, or jungler, Trickster Spirit > auto attack > Horrible Burns auto attack > One Thousand Cuts. You can also wait for your team to apply enough CC and damage to all go in together Trickster Spirit > Paolao.
  
  
• In games that go very late, you have to be careful because you can easily get one-shotted, so you have to play calmly and wait for your frontline to apply their crowd control so you can take advantage of it. It's important to know about enemy relics, because for example, if they don't have Purification Beads you can apply your slows and your vortex of your ultimate Paolao more easily.
  
  
• The moment you have the fire giant buff, the sieges on the Phoenix begin. Here you have to play calmly, without doing any crazy engages, trying to pick someone and be able to ult multiple enemies and you team can poke the Phoenix little by little, you can also be in the mid zoning and creating pressure so that they come to defend you, thus giving your team a better opportunity.
  
  
• If the enemy has the fire giant and it is your turn to defend the Phoenix, you have to be in a group with your team and defend under the Phoenix, being careful with the picks.
  
  
• Constantly call for all information, when you engage try to be followed by your team, always be sure of your decision making.
  
  
• Remember to wards all the zone on fire giant and when you are sieging you need wards too.