Ultimate Pantheon Jungle Guide: Build, Runes & Counters

Ultimate Pantheon Jungle Guide: Build, Runes & Counters

By Marcus Chen

February 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM

Pantheon Jungle excels at early game pressure and objective control with a 50.4% win rate across 10,948 matches. Here's the optimal build and strategy:

Most Popular Build (50.4% WR):

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Smite
  • Runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace
  • Secondary: Cosmic Insight, Magical Footwear
  • Shards: Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling
  • Core Items: Sundered Sky → Plated Steelcaps → Black Cleaver
  • Full Build: Add Unending Despair, Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin
  • Ability Order: Q > W > E

Key Tips:

  • Aggressively invade enemy jungle for kills and camp steals
  • Use ultimate (R) for long-range ganks and tower dives
  • Solo secure objectives when enemy jungler location is known

Strong Against:

  • Sejuani (55.6% WR)
  • Karthus (54.6% WR)
  • Evelynn (54.5% WR)

Weak Against:

  • Gwen (41.3% WR)
  • Bel'Veth (44.8% WR)
  • Teemo (45.0% WR)

Alternative Build Option (47.0% WR):

  • Keystone: Press the Attack
  • Core Items: Eclipse → Plated Steelcaps → Sundered Sky
  • Full Build: Add Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage, Unending Despair

Off-Meta Build (51.0% WR):

  • Core Items: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Plated Steelcaps → Eclipse
  • Full Build: Add Sundered Sky, Spear of Shojin, Sterak's Gage

Best Synergies:

  • Swain (56.5% WR)
  • Ryze (55.2% WR)
  • Irelia (54.3% WR)

Adjust your build based on team composition and enemy matchups for optimal performance.

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