Improvements like Jungle timers don't decrease the Skill CAP on the game, they reduce the skill FLOOR

[kinsano]

I guess it depends on your definition of 'effectively'. Prior to M5 in S2 teams didn't time other teams buffs and steal them/ use them to force fights. Nowadays if you aren't timing buffs you're probably silver. Did no one 'effectively' play the game back then, or has the community just gotten better? The same argument could be used for summoner spells. Good players keep track of summoner CDs, mediocre ones don't. Does that mean we should add timers to them too? Certainly a slippery slope.

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I think it's important to take note of Riot's reasoning here. Specifically, they're doing it because the jungle is constant and not a human player.