Talk:Udyr/@comment-1663379-20110208191151/@comment-67.180.61.245-20110209223204

Also, smite is not just so that you can kill the jungle faster, although not giving up that experience and gold is certainly a good reason to take it. Moreso, it is so that you will not get as low on life in the jungle, giving the enemy an easy kill, and so that the enemy cannot steal your buffs unless they have smite as well since you save it until it can kill the jungle creep. (445 health at level 1)

The advantage of having another summoner spell is not worth having a teemo or eve kill you at level 1 and stealing your golem, which will completely screw over your jungling rotation and therefore your ganking and guarantee your team a rougher start. And don't think you're going to fool people into thinking that your udyr isn't jungling because he didn't bring smite, very few people will fall for it.

But, as the previous poster noted, I would love to be against an Udyr who gimped himself by not taking smite or experience masteries or buff duration masteries as they would have trouble even keeping up with side-laners.