Talk:VPBE/@comment-5877442-20140628123222/@comment-1330314-20140628193959

The new Machete actually has a slight buff to its defensive capabilities (5 damage reduction is better than 5 health restored per hit when you're being attacked by multiple jungle monsters), and the conditional attack damage is going to benefit AD junglers, who make up the majority of the jungling roster.

I personally don't really like Machete in both its current and upcoming form, as I think it's only tuned towards one of many jungling archetypes (the AD fighter jungler). Jungle itemization would be a lot better if it took on the same format as S4's support item trifecta by offering a set of different starter items, each one tailored towards one type of jungler (i.e. one for autoattacking carries, one for AD champions, one for AP champions and one for tanks).