Thanks to his unique jungle thinking, SofM has created a series of extremely unusual playstyles in the Korean rank, inspiring countless players from casual gamers to professionals. True to his title as the “mad scientist of LPL,” it seems he doesn’t want the “rest of the world” to adapt to his playstyle, so recently SofM has continued to use an extremely quirky jungle route with Smite plus Teleport:
To avoid being in a passive position during major objective contests, SofM often brings Teleport instead of Flash when choosing champions with terrain traversal abilities like Kayn, Zac, Sejuani,…
Regarding the characteristics of this playstyle, many have analyzed it as a highly disruptive strategic summoner spell. Because Teleport can create unexpected ganks, and can be used to steal jungle resources, disrupting the opponent’s jungle route leading to losses in both experience and gold.
SofM is so “passionate” that he even took Kayn with Teleport into the jungle during the recent match against eStar (ES) in the LPL, and along with his teammates, they obliterated the opponents just like “showing off” in rank.
Looking back, there have been many times SofM successfully experimented with unusual playstyles in the Korean rank, which many people have “copied” and used widely. So it’s very likely that we will see this playstyle become meta in major tournaments.