Talk:Kayle/@comment-202.82.103.23-20120320024823/@comment-4900160-20120322122935

One does not simply jungle without smite.

It is as simple as that : if you do not take smite, then you are not a jungler. You're just a roamer clearing some neutral camp in his way. Even if you're already a fast jungler, you WILL ALWAYS be even faster with flash. You CANNOT secure buffs without it, even if you're nunu. You WILL counter jungled hard if you face a decent jungler (because HE will have smite). You shall never kill drake/baron. Even if your jungle route is uncommon, if they place wardsin your jungle you're screwed, and they will. CV will spot you anyway. What's more, smite can help killing clones and tibbers, allowing easier chasing and dueling with shaco and leblanc for instance. It also gives you more gold, and it gives a lot if you use it everytime it's off cooldown (not as much as a GP10 item, but still, but on the other hand you don't pay for it either).

Don't think you're skilled enough not to take it. NO ONE IS. The best junglers IN THE WORLD get they buffed stolen AND YET THEY TAKE SMITE.

It all comes down to this : if you do not take smite, you are not a jungler, period.