Talk:Shyvana/@comment-24.47.58.40-20120719191053/@comment-97.116.181.45-20120719194735

I suggest in a custom game, practice your jungle route. Try different variations and get comfortable with how much damage the minions do to you lvls 1-6 (most important jungle time).

From there go to normals and practice counterjungling. Based on who the enemy is jungling try to plan their route. Do they use mana? Would they start blue? If that is the case, start your wolves then move to your blue, ask for a heavy leash and say you aren't smiting. If you laners help you enough where you don't have to smite you could burnout rush to their red (Careful to avoid bot lane wards) and possibly break out a steal.

If they don't use mana, start wraiths>red and then look for a gank. If you don't see a gank, look at your allies. Are their healths low? Is the enemy jungling a shaco/shen or another lvl 2 ganker? If they are you have a choice to make, either go to your low health ally and prepare for a counter-gank (which may never happen and you waste time) or you can rush to their blue and go for the steal while the enemy is looking for a gank. If they're jungling with someone manaless and strong (IE Lee Sin or Mundo) they might try to steal one of your buffs as well. If this is the case, figure out where they start by figuring out where they begin their buffs and go from there, if they take their red it's likely they'll go for your blue and vice versa.

The key to great jungling is to ALWAYS be doing something, or planning something. Trying to figure out what to do next is only slowing you down. When you're in doubt, take out your small camps and ALWAYS be looking around at health bars and positions.

It takes time to master jungling, but with a LOT of practice (reading guides and watching streams help too) you can master it with little trouble.