League of Legends Patch 9.16 jungle tier list aggregation – Sejuani got bucked off the boar

Buffed champions

Ekko

We touched on him briefly but the buffs to his kit seem to have made him a viable jungler.

Pantheon

After the rework Pantheon jungle is…well let’s just say it’s bad. Sitting in our F tier, Panth jungle has just a 42.9% win rate in Patch 9.16 in his current state.

Jax

You wouldn’t think the buff to his Q – Leap Strike cooldown would be that huge, but it actually does make a big deal in the early levels. Because Jax is going to max W first, having Q on a lower cooldown for the first few levels (until about level 7) means that he has a few more windows to gank early.

Jax rose from C tier last patch all the way to B tier following these buffs. His jungle win rate also shot up from 49.5% to 51.2%. Almost a 2% increase in one patch is pretty significant and I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes up further next patch.

Nocturne

Nocturne was left in the garbage pile for most of Season 9 after having a strong start where he was actually a viable pro pick. After some buffs to his base stats and the bonus attack speed on his W – Shroud of Darkness, he’s right back to prowling the jungles.

He rose from a consistent D tier pick to now being high C tier. Like Jax, his win rate also jumped from last patch’s 47.6% to his current win rate of 50.2%. That’s over a 2.5% increase, which is quite significant.

Nerfed champions

Sejuani

She’s been a menace in pro play for a while now, even though she hasn’t been too bad in terms of solo queue (after the last nerfs in 9.13 she never was above B+ tier). Now, Riot is nerfing her Passive – Fury of the North‘s bonus armor and MR along with the cooldown on her Q – Arctic Assault.

Unfortunately for you solo queue Sejuani players this did cause her win rate to crater from 49.5% last patch to 47.4% this patch, despite the fact that her pick rate has also been plunging for five straight patches. Only time will tell if Riot overnerfed her, but she’s currently in our D tier.

Sylas

And RIP to Sylas jungle, it was fun while it lasted. Riot finally caused the Q – Chain Lash‘s damage reduction to apply to minions and monsters (previously it was only minions) crippling the kingslayer’s clear speed.

His win rate dropped from 49.2% to one of the lowest among junglers, 47.2% and he fell from the B tier (his highest ranking in our tier list) to the D tier. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up off our tier list in the jungle soon.

What are your thoughts on our Patch 9.16 jungle list? Let us know who you’re going to be playing in the comments below!