Talk:Jungling/@comment-5658488-20130425180450/@comment-5266525-20130426120251

Jungle Leona isn't new, she's been used that way ever since Season 1.

It obviously can work, as you've experienced, but her problem is just that other junglers can do the same things she can do and more. Nautilus for example shares her niche as an extreme CC tank (possibly slightly less singletarget lockdown but he has much better AoE crowd controls) but he's considerably more mobile and isn't nearly as goddamn slow. So basically her problem is just being outclassed.

I'd take Q at level one instead and start wolves - you don't need the AoE for the small monsters as they die in like three hits anyway. The hard damage reduction from the stun and the auto reset is more valuable than the soft damage reduction from your shield if you're getting a decent leash.