Objective Control — How to Secure Every Tyrant and Overlord

A "Smite battle" is when both junglers are at the objective, both have Smite up, and whoever clicks Smite at the right moment wins. This is a 50/50 coin flip. Good junglers never take 50/50s.

How to avoid Smite battles:
• Kill the enemy jungler before starting the objective. Sounds obvious, but most junglers don't do this.
• Zone the enemy jungler away. Have your support or tank stand between the objective and the enemy jungle entrance.
• Burst the objective from 2,000 HP to 0. Coordinate with your team: "Burst at 2k." The enemy jungler can't react fast enough.

Smite does about 1,500 true damage to monsters at level 15. Know your Smite damage. When the objective hits 1,500 + (enemy burst damage), Smite it. Don't wait for it to get lower — the enemy will Smite first.

Sometimes the correct play is to give the objective.

Give Tyrant/Overlord when:
• Your team is dead or too far away to contest.
• You're outnumbered (3v5, 4v5).
• Your jungler doesn't have Smite.
• The enemy team is significantly ahead (5k+ gold).

When you give an objective, trade something else. They take Tyrant? You take their top tower. They take Overlord? You push out all three lanes so the Overlord buff is wasted on clearing minions.

Dying to contest an objective you weren't going to get anyway is the most common jungler mistake. Live to fight another day.