User blog comment:Troll the Fools/Am I right for thinking this?/@comment-5219125-20120716211821

Irishskullpanda's post is incredibly well done.

I would like to emphasize that the biggest disadvantage to having a bruiser or fighter in the jungle (like hecarim, shyvanna, lee sin, riven) is that they NEED gold to do well, and they will have a tough time getting that in the jungle. It is ok to put your fighter/bruiser in the jungle if you need your tank up top (to counter someone like jax). Doing this will help deny the other teams bruiser, but will also partially deny your own.

The best time to have a fighter in the jungle, however, is if all of your lanes have some sort of good cc, so that they can just bring serious damage to the gank and increase its chance to success, like panda said. Also, you would need a tanky person in your top lane or as support in your bot lane.

In my opinion, tanks belong in the jungle, for the exact reasons that you described. But most of them are weaker to being counter jungled early on due to their lack of speed/damage. Sometimes, you are better off with your fighter in the jungle, but whether or not this is proper choice would depend on your team and the enemy team's compositions. Choose well. :D