Deity Thor Jungle

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• Start at the Fire Giant side in the lane. You have to start on the scorpion leveling up your Berserker Barrage (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 ( Thor has a very good early game thanks to his passive that gives you that extra strength Warrior's Madness and the stun Tectonic Rift is really good for comboi with your midlane, 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 they're 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. In the early levels with Thor, it's recommended to level up a bit Berserker Barrage to clear the jungle more efficiently, but it does more damage to enemies Mjolnir's Attunement if you manage to double hit.
  
  
• 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 using your ultimate combo, the most important thing is to use your ultimate far enough away that the opponent doesn't hear it, but still within range to hit them. While it's not always necessary to use Anvil of Dawn to gank, it's also very useful to get close enough to apply the stun combo: Tectonic Rift > Mjolnir's Attunement > 1 basic attack > Berserker Barrage.
  
  
• 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, work with your team using your stun Tectonic Rift, as it's quite easy to hit and follow up. Objectives like the pyromancer and the gold fury are also important, but for these, you need to work with your team, trying to pick someone and using your wall is the most important.

• 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 look for a stun with Tectonic Rift > Mjolnir's Attunement (You'll probably force a lot of Purification Beads which will be very useful for your team), but without teleporting and calling your team to follow the stun, since it's one of the best abilities in the game. This doesn't mean you can't make a solo play to get the kill on the adc or mage. Furthermore, your ultimate Anvil of Dawn is very useful for fights in Fire Giant because when you go up into the sky you have vision of the map and you can see where all the enemies are and you can engage, although it's a bit risky.
  
  
• 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 and you can stun them, they can be easy kills, or if they've already used them.
  
  
• The moment you have the fire giant buff, the sieges on the Phoenix begin. Here you have to play calmly, looking for your stuns Tectonic Rift to poke slowly and 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, play calmly without engaging too deep and playing with your mobility and the extra damage the fire giant provides is very useful for trying to one-shot someone.
  
  
• 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.