Talk:Udyr/@comment-4612150-20120318003827/@comment-98.118.45.33-20120326211957

What matters in jungling is not onlyt clearing speeds, ganking, and scaling, but also counterjungling. Udyr is great in the fact that he retains High HP in the jungle and is a great duelist. Adding the fact that he has the best clearing speeds allows him to effectively clear out enemy camps while protecting his own. You mention that Olaf and Mundo can clear it out just as fast but only at low HP, this leaves them extremely vulnerable to counter-jungling. Shyvana's ganks are not as good as Udyr's, because even though she might do more damage, she has no hard CC, while Udyr has a stun, allowing for more time to do damage tothe target. Although Udyr only has one Good AD scaling, he has a steroid on every stance and upon switching stances. These steroids and lack scaling is great for junglers because there is not too much gold to be found in the jungle, especially if ganks are not succesful or scarce, so they can not rush expensive items. It is great to put Udyr in the jungle because he is not heavily dependent on items (a wit's end and an Atmas are all the Offensive items Udyr needs). He is one of the best, if not the best, jungler because he excels in all the criteria involved in jungling. His only faults are dependance on blue (early) and lack of a 'true gap-closer'.