Talk:Hunter's Machete/@comment-193.174.111.250-20130117152757/@comment-5266525-20130306014431

It's not necessarily about relying on autoattacks, it's about how much you need/want to pad your speed.

boosts your clearing speed immensely but only has one upgrade path,, which may not be a very suitable purchase for your champion. A lot of very slow junglers will just buy this and sit on it until the endgame when they sell it for something more useful.

on the other hand doesn't actually increase your speed very much, but for those champions who already have good clearing, this gives them a lot of extra sustain for their jungle duties. It also has three really.

For example, and, as stated above, prefer Madreds, as their speed is so awful without it they would lose far too much time and health just trying to clear the camps. A jungler like, on the other hand, despite having good autoattacks, will actually prefer to go Spirit Stone as his clearing is already monstrously good with his and he loves the extra sustain and upgrades it gives.