Talk:VPBE/@comment-24951773-20161013065149/@comment-8506165-20161020015221

" By contrast, there isn't really meant to be this "safe" jungle path or buff, but that's what ended up happening with the Smite buffs."

Maybe there isn't "meant" to be one - Riot certainly seem to be indicating that they think there shouldn't be - but in practice jungle paths have usually shaken out as being fairly static once people have worked out a few solid ones. Buff -> Mini camp -> Buff -> gank was one of the most popular for a while if memory serves, and there have been others. At the moment... there's a few, actually, but they are relatively static. Plants don't seem to really do anything to solve this, though, and the efficiency of a jungle route isn't predicated entirely on Smite buffs, so I think blaming them for junglers taking identical clear routes is myopic on Riot's part.